Childhood Hunger Outreach Coordinator

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America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, headquartered in Savannah, GA serves as the food safety net for tens of thousands of children, senior citizens, low-income families, and people with disabilities that are at-risk for hunger throughout southeastern Georgia.  We partner with over 275 faith based organizations and non-profit agencies to provide emergency food assistance across Coastal Georgia in twenty-one counties.  Last year, Second Harvest provided more than 13 million pounds of food to hungry people in our 21 county service area through a variety of programs.  We are currently hiring for the following full time, exempt position: Childhood Hunger Outreach Coordinator
Reports to:  Executive Director

Essential Functions and Basic Duties:
The Childhood Hunger Outreach Coordinator will work in the Kids Café, Summer Feeding and Backpack programs’ department to increase partner relationships and the distribution of food for low-income children.  This position requires occasional evenings and weekends.


Responsibilities

  • Identify locations and organizations that may be able to support a Kids Café and/or Summer Feeding sites.
  • Recruitment of new Kids Cafe and Summer Feeding site
  • Conduct gap analysis to determine areas of need for weekend backpack programs.
  • Recruitment of partners for backpack programs. 
  • Develop relationships with existing sites to provide ongoing customer service support

Job Specifications/Requirements

  • Previous experience with business development, sales and customer service with increasing responsibility is required.
  • Able to work independently and to handle multiple priorities under minimal supervision and complete reports by appropriate dates. Managing multiple tasks and changing priorities required.
  • Must be able to understand instructions and effectively demonstrate quality results. Position requires a high-degree of professionalism and trustworthiness.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with internal and external audiences are required.
  • Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with staff and from all areas of the organization is necessary.
  • Strong customer service ethic is required.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Bachelor’s degree or experience in a related field.
  • Financial management and budgeting experience.
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced environment with multifaceted demands.  Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills.  Proven ability to successfully handle multiple projects and meet critical deadlines. 
  • Personal leadership skills and the ability to work as part of a team.  Strong project management skills. 
  • Committed to organizational mission of ending hunger.


Interested candidates should email or mail a copy of their letter of interest, resume and salary requirements to:

Alison Mahoney
Human Resources Manager
2501 E President St
Savannah GA 31404
amahoney@helpendhunger.org

Apply for this position using the contact information below.

Position Type: Full Time
Company: America's Second Harvest
Address: 2501 E President St, Savannah, GA, 31404
Web: www.helpendhunger.org
Email: amahoney@helpendhunger.org