Manager, Food Waste Warrior Program

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree with 5-8 years of experience in program management and community-based engagement. Direct experience of supervising, coaching, and developing staff is essential. Advanced degree preferred.
• Candidates with experience working in or with K-12 school systems are strongly preferred.
• Excellent relationship management and facilitation skills, with experience engaging school district leaders, food and nutrition service professionals, educators, funders, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Knowledge of school food systems, food and nutrition services operations, school procurement processes, and relevant stakeholder networks is strongly preferred.
• Experience in sustainability, food systems, education, public administration, environmental management, or related fields preferred.
• Demonstrated success managing multi-year projects, budgets, funding streams, deliverables, risks, and cross-functional priorities.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands, manage multiple deadlines, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and public speaking skills, with the ability to communicate complex information effectively to diverse audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management and similar collaboration tools.
• Committed to building and strengthening a culture of inclusion within and across teams.
• Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values: COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home. INTEGRITY – We live on the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability, and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve. RESPECT – We honor the voi
• COURAGE – We demonstrate courage through our actions, we work for change where it’s needed, and we inspire people and institutions to tackle the greatest threats to nature and the future of the planet, which is our home.
• INTEGRITY – We live on the principles we call on others to meet. We act with integrity, accountability, and transparency, and we rely on facts and science to guide us and to ensure that we learn and evolve.
• RESPECT – We honor the voices and knowledge of people and communities that we serve, and we work to secure their rights to a sustainable future.
• COLLABORATION – We deliver impact on the scale of the challenges we face through the power of collective action and innovation.