Special Programs Manager

Are you an experienced Special Programs Manager professional who wants to improve the lives of more than 300,000 Alameda County residents? Are you a self-driven, community-centered, and visionary leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment? Do you want to apply your organizational, service-oriented, strategic planning, and program management knowledge to helping one of the Bay Area’s top non-profits — and a nationally recognized leader in hunger relief — achieve its mission? If so, Alameda County Community Food Bank could be looking for you as our next Special Programs Manager!

The ACCFB Programs department maintains relationships with over 400 partner agencies that distribute food in Alameda County. The Special Programs Manager is responsible for strategically leading multiple unique ACCFB programs that serve Alameda County. Additionally, they are responsible for developing and implementing new initiatives, strengthening processes and logistics, and creating innovative programming for the Partner Network. A critical component of this position is maintaining and deepening relationships with ACCFB’s partners, overseeing specialized distribution models as well as client care and experience across the network.

Alameda County Community Food Bank is a well-established and multi-faceted organization, which has been at the forefront of food justice efforts for 35 years. As one of the most efficient direct-impact organizations in the country, few nonprofits are as well-respected — or have a bigger impact on the community — as us. We are a dedicated group of mission-driven people who will provide enough food for 30 million meals this year for 1 in 4 county residents facing food insecurity. But that barely scratches the surface of all our work. We’re changing lives … we’re forward thinkers who encourage innovation … we’re proud of our work … and we’re having fun doing it!

Our strategic plan sets a bold trajectory for the long-term work required to dismantle the systems that perpetuate hunger and poverty, including racism. Our staff regularly engage in conversations about race, class, power, and privilege as part of our organizational commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. Please learn more about our efforts at www.accfb.org.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Required Competencies

• 5-7 years’ experience in the social service field.
• Minimum 5 years of proven, successful program management experience from strategic development through implementation.
• Minimum 4 years of experience motivating, training, and supervising multiple direct reports.
• Experience conducting program evaluation, data analysis, and solution-oriented recommendations.
• Experience building partnerships with community and faith-based organizations of various sizes.
• Strong customer service and care orientation; ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Clear and effective communicator; excellent diplomacy skills; comfort navigating difficult conversations including giving and receiving feedback.
• Experience developing training curricula and materials and facilitating training- one-on-one and in groups.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative and professional relationships.
• Proven experience with setting and driving timelines and deliverables for multiple concurrent projects and building consensus in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail, experience keeping accurate records on complex programs.
• Strong computer skills including proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Comfort and experience regularly working with relational database management systems (MS Access, Microsoft NAV, CERES), including ability to perform queries, compile data and generate reports.
• Experience working with people from diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds.
• Valid California Driver’s License, insurable driving record, and access to a personal vehicle for spontaneous local travel (up to 50%).

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES

• Passion, enthusiasm, focus, and creativity around Alameda County Community Food Bank’s vision, mission and values of community, leadership, transparency, innovation, and diversity.
• Impeccable integrity and honesty.
• A roll up your sleeves, can-do attitude.
• Strong work ethic with an orientation toward action, innovation, and process improvement.
• Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative setting with people of diverse backgrounds and circumstances.
• Innovative self-starter and problem solver with a bias towards action.
• Servant-leadership mentality with a sense of humor.
• Leads as an action-oriented big picture thinker, yet manages details with a high degree of efficacy, flexibility, and professionalism.
• Influencer who builds strong relationships, cares deeply about people’s development and commits time and energy to coaching and mentoring.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This role is required to work a partial-remote schedule but requires a minimum of 2 days per week onsite at our 7900 Edgewater Drive facility in Oakland. Additional days onsite may be required during the orientation/introductory period.
This work is in both office environment and community settings. Physical activities necessary in the performance of this job include ability to: Sit for prolonged periods; move throughout the food bank in performance of duties; visit community settings; conduct site visits including walking, bending, stopping, and squatting; communicate in a clear speaking voice; interpret instructions; and use a computer.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
This is a full-time, exempt position working Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (7.5 hour workday, 1 hour unpaid lunch). The non-negotiable starting salary is $98,300 annually. Scroll down for benefits information.

If you meet these qualifications and want to join our mission, please_ submit your resume and answer our application questions_* by clicking the apply button below.*

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $98,300.00 per year