Community Engagement Corporate & Business

Join our team as Community Engagement Manager - Corporations, Businesses & Special Projects and make an impact on food insecurity!

Are you a versatile community builder with a passion for creating equitable access to nutritious food? Do you want to use your skills to help address the root causes and impact of hunger in the Kansas City area? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About Us: Harvesters employees are mission-driven: we want to improve how our neighbors access nutritious food. We're a friendly, dedicated, and passionate bunch of folks. We offer a robust benefits package, including employee paid medical, dental, life and disability insurance and a 403b plan. Our paid time off is generous and includes paid holidays. We're building a hardworking and diverse team that works hard toward shared goals. We also support our employees' growth and desire to live well-rounded lives.

The Role: The Community Engagement Manager - Corporations, Businesses & Special Projects is responsible for strategy development, engagement, implementation and evaluation of volunteer engagement and food/fund drive programs with corporate and business groups and other special projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Harvesters' community engagement programs and special projects to cultivate increased community engagement through volunteering and food drives, and to support hunger advocacy goals; develop and implement strategies to increase external speaking opportunities and awareness of regional hunger issues.
• Responsible for raising more than $1,000,000 annually through food/fund drives for this constituent base, including off-site and special events and community-wide drives.
• Lead interaction with our Volunteer Engagement Center as needed to ensure the best possible experience for corporate and business volunteers.
• Serve as the lead manager on the Community Engagement team regarding the use of Navision (Food donation database) and Raiser's Edge (Financial donation database) to capture accurate data.
• Serve as a lead manager operating organization's peer-to-peer fundraising platform, TeamRaiser in Luminate Online, to create new events, mentor and cultivate team captains and support donor/user experience with Harvesters' virtual food drives.
• Work regularly with the our Kansas Distribution Center staff on corporate opportunities that impact both locations.
• Work with appropriate managers in Fund Development to ensure an integrated, coordinated approach on engagement strategies for corporations and businesses.
• Work with Community Engagement Manager - Individuals and & Organizations on development and execution of hunger education and service-learning materials for corporate and business groups.
• While not an "on-call" position, this position regularly supervises positions with normal work schedules covering 56 hours per week, as well as special events that could require attention outside of normal work hours.
• Often serve as Manager-On-Duty with responsibility for staff and numerous volunteers at any given time.
• This position includes occasionally driving and operating a cargo van with a lift gate and other related equipment and requires moderate lifting.
• This position's normal work schedule is Tuesday - Saturday.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• Some fund development, special event or equivalent experience; solicitation experience
• Effectively communicate and interact with all food/fund drive sponsors, donors, the media, volunteers, coworkers, and the general public.
• Able to multi-task and collaborate to achieve goals in a lively office environment.
• Develop budget, track expenditures, and participate in strategic planning process.
• Produce high quality and effective volunteer and food/fund drive engagement opportunities with limited resources.
• This position requires an understanding of all Harvesters food safety policies and compliance with all food safety related procedures.
• Digital literacy
• Class E License if a MO resident

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in Non-Profit Management, Business, Communications or equivalent
• 1-3 years documented success in volunteer engagement, fund development, special event or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Kansas City's philanthropic community.
• Experience with non-profit volunteer engagement

Harvesters is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.