Montana Career Opportunity – Director of Community Organizing and Equity – Missoula Food Bank & Community Center

Missoula Food Bank & Community Center’s mission is to lead the movement to end hunger in through advocacy, volunteerism, and healthy food for all.  We nourish community. MFB&CC is an anti-racist, ally organization with a 37 year history of addressing food insecurity in Missoula County.  In 2019, our emergency food programs helped 1 in 5 people countywide.  MFB&CC acknowledges the impacts of systemic racism and economic inequity in food systems and pursues our mission to end hunger through direct nutrition programs and through advocacy efforts that impact the upstream, causal issues of food insecurity. One of the base values of our organization is that those most impacted by the issues of hunger and poverty be a leading voice in solutions.

This is a full time (40 hr/wk), exempt position reporting to the organization’s Director of Development & Advocacy.  The Director of Community Organizing and Equity stewards MFB&CC’s broad based organizing efforts, working alongside peer community institutions and among everyday people, particularly historically marginalized groups, to address the systemic issues that result in food insecurity in our neighborhoods.  This director-level position, with support from the Directors Team, leads MFB&CC’s institutional anti-racism and ally work, with both internal and external objectives. Racially and gender diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

The right fit for this role is energized by working with diverse people and has a sense of injustice toward the reasons people are experiencing food insecurity and other inequities. The right fit for this role is able and willing to lead conversations about equity and systemic racism in a community that is majority white.

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Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience as a community organizer among historically marginalized populations is required.
• Gifted in and motivated by communicating with and empowering others.
• This Directors-level position requires four-years of formal or informal leadership in community organizing, related education, or equivalent combination of the two.
• Must possess an understanding of systems of privilege, power, and oppression.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build relationships with, train and support citizen leaders surfaced through MFB&CC programs.
• Develop and manage a diverse core team of leaders, including people representative of those served in MFB&CC programs, to identify issues within the social determinants of health and inequity affecting everyday people in our community.
• Provide leadership training and development to citizen leaders.
• Build and support systems within existing programming to integrate community organizing.
• Work with MFB&CC’s Advocacy and Education Board Committee and staff to identify internal opportunities to improve equity, including policies and practices.
• Work with MFB&CC’s Advocacy and Education Board Committee and staff to build systems within the food bank to better address equity in existing programming.
• Support the development of campaigns to address social determinants and inequity.
• Represent MFB&CC as a community organizer in the Missoula Community Action Alliance.

Other requirements include:

• Weekend and evening work will be necessary as the work requires.
• Willing to complete Industrial Areas Foundation Regional and/or National training
• Strong relational skills and ability to work in diverse settings
• Skills in leading group trainings
• Work collaboratively within a team environment and have a willingness to assist other co-workers and volunteers.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and detail oriented to support the balance of a wide range of tasks and responsibilities including multi-tasking, prioritizing and delegating tasks when necessary.
• Demonstrated organizational skills to support large teams of everyday people in engagement including scheduling and regular communication.
• Proficiency in the operation of common computer applications such as Zoom, Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint preferred.
• Be open-minded and flexible with regard to the work performed.
• Exercise safe workplace policies and procedures and effectively communicate adherence of policies to volunteers and other staff.

SPECIAL JOB SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Perform the essential functions of the position with reasonable accommodation.
• This is an exempt position. Hours are typically Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm; weekend and evening obligations occur with some regularity.
• A criminal background check will be required; those with sexual or violent offenses may not qualify