Vice President of Accounting jobs in Augusta, GA

Summary

The Vice President of Community Impact serves as the visionary leader for the Community Impact Department in the implementation and expansion of direct service programs to our neighbors facing food insecurity. These programs are run successfully in collaboration with our network of community partners. This position provides oversight of our child and senior feeding programs, agency partnerships, health and nutrition, Urban Farm, and SNAP outreach. Strong leadership of this department is integral in Golden Harvest Food Bank's efforts to alleviate hunger in our 25-county service area by working with internal and external stakeholders, including a network of 350 Partner Agencies and community leaders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Mission Advancement & Leadership

• Assures that all Community Impact projects are aligned with the mission and strategic plan.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, internal and external, in understanding the needs of our clients.
• Ensures nutrition support and poverty alleviation strategies are at the forefront of all assigned projects.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to develop and execute the organizational strategic plan.
• Works with Development regarding grant applications and partnership accountability.
• Gathers, analyze, and report financial and program data in collaboration with the Finance department.
• Works in conjunction with the Operations department, collaborating on decisions and deliverables with the Vice President of Operations daily, supporting the procurement and distribution of our sites
• Nurtures strong connections with team members and other departments as we cultivate external relationships throughout our service area.
• Represents the Food Bank at Feeding America conferences and other relevant community events.

Build and Maintain Network Capacity

• Seeks opportunities for collaboration with civic leaders, other non-profits, private funders, and school systems to expand the food bank's reach to neighbors that are facing food insecurity.
• Implement plans to alleviate food insecurity throughout the Food Bank
• Leads the department in creating and maintaining operating and training manuals, policies and procedures, and professional presentation of communication materials in collaboration with our marketing department.
• Work with the CI team to conduct workshops and other training forums for our community partners to address common deficiencies, encourage growth and share best practices.
• Develop and implement strategies to promote and enhance the delivery of nutrition education and cooking tips for clients' healthy eating.
• Continuously works to build partnerships throughout the service area as well as the SNAP outreach programs to support neighbors.
• Ensures that all community partners comply with Feeding America, state/federal/local operating guidelines, and regulations.
• Establishes standards and leads the CI team in site visits and monitoring; ensures all community partners are properly trained in food safety, civil rights, required documentation, etc.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Leads the Community Impact department with direct supervision of department managers (3) and our Neighbor Advocate. Each department manager had supervisory responsibilities for their sector and direct reports. The VP of Community Impact may provide leadership and guidance to our community partners and volunteers.

Skills & Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual will demonstrate teamwork, commitment, written and verbal communication and organizational skills. The Vice President of Community Impact must be able be results-oriented. Must be sensitive to diverse populations and have a strong moral compass with ability to exercise good judgment and discretion. The ideal candidate must possess successful experience in strategy and operational implementation of hunger fighting or social service programming.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• MS Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook Mail, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc.
• Exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills
• Must be professional, adaptable, flexible, and able to exhibit strong organizational, communication skills (verbal, written, and phone etiquette); public speaking
• Ability to work as a team and individually
• Experience, comfort, and ability to speak publicly and the ability to train/teach others
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and deadlines, with an ability to multitask
• Flexibility to work preplanned schedule including some evenings and Saturdays
• High integrity and moral character, supporting our mission, philosophy, values, and policies
• Strong work ethic, diversity, and professionalism
• Available to travel throughout service area, some overnight travel for meetings and special events

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in the field of Public Administration, Human Services or related.
• Related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Nonprofit experience preferred, 5 years

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Must have valid driver's license
• Maintain ServSafe certification

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Noise level moderate
• Usually works in office and warehouse setting