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Location

Cedar Rapids, IA | United States

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Job description

Company descriptionMatthew 25 is a vibrant, growing non-profit organization. Our mission is to improve the health of people and neighborhoods by investing in quality affordable housing, healthy food, educational opportunities, and community building. Job description

Matthew 25 is seeking a Senior Director for our Cultivate Hope food programs.  These food-focused social enterprises seek to bring healthy, affordable food and a sharing economy into neighborhoods categorized as food deserts. The ideal candidate will oversee the Cultivate Hope Corner Grocery Store, Groundswell Pay-It-Forward Café and Event Center, the Education Department and the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm. This person will be an integral part of the Matthew 25 Leadership Team.  Matthew 25 works to revitalize our geographic areas by working through our four pillars of food, housing, education and community building.  During the last few years, Matthew 25 has more than doubled in size.  In order to continue to expand our programs, we need someone who has experience in food (preferably in grocery and restaurant) and overseeing teams.

 

Matthew 25 is an innovative entrepreneurial organization with diverse programs. Current social enterprises include a tool library, urban farm, Groundswell Café, Cultivate Hope Corner Store, affordable rental housing and net zero, sustainable housing. All of these programs seek to make neighborhoods healthier so that people might live into their full potential. Matthew 25’s primary future growth will come from scaling and multiplying these programs. The Cultivate Hope Senior Director is an important piece to implementing our mission and vision.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to the following)

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Operations, the Sr. Director of Cultivate Hope will lead all food-related operations and have the following responsibilities:

1. Implement Matthew 25 mission of investing in healthy neighborhoods by overseeing all Cultivate Hope food programs, including Groundswell Café, Cultivate Hope Corner Store and Urban Farm. Connect food programs to larger goal of growing strong neighborhoods.

• Leadership Team Member that works with a group of 5-7 other leaders at Matthew 25 to develop and carry out long-term strategic plan of the organization.
• Interface with the Matthew 25 Board of Directors and Cultivate Hope Board Committee on food-related programming, routinely providing thoughtful, well-crafted board reports and strategic decision making leadership.
• Life-long learner, seeking out best practices from other food-based social enterprises.

2.  Team Management

• Build and manage a collaborative, cohesive team focused on growing, sharing (through sales or donations) and educating people on the use of healthy foods.
• Develop, coach, evaluate and train staff, creating a team atmosphere that promotes camaraderie. 
• Plan and review financial and programmatic results and expectations with employees on a regular basis.
• Provide hands-on leadership through regularly working in each program area.

3. Financial management

• Develop and oversee all Cultivate Hope budgets
• Ability to understand and analyze café, grocery store and produce grower revenue margins and strategies/tactics needed for financial sustainability
• Balance financial success with maximizing pay-it-forward contributions and educational goals
• Regularly hit revenue, donation and educational targets each year

4. Equipment and operations flow

• Work with team to maintain quality equipment and to develop a budgeted plan for regular equipment replacement
• Work with team members to implement standard operating procedures that allow for the scaling and replication of Cultivate Hope programs. Recommend process improvements for increased efficiencies

 

 

Compensationthis position is : salaried, 50k-75k Application instructionsPlease click here to sign in and view application details.

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