Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator

Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York's premier human services providers, is a settlement house founded in 1894 that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services—social, educational, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness—which significantly improve the lives of 16,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan. Our clients include older adults, unhoused and formerly unhoused adults, children and families, disabled persons, adult learners and more.

The Neighborhood House has transformed our institutional food services into a farm-to-table model so that our clients across programs can eat, access and learn to use healthy, fresh, locally sourced and sustainable foods to improve their overall health and well-being. We serve 250,000 meals annually to clients throughout our programs including three meals a day in our Women's Mental Health Shelter, Early Childhood Center and Older Adult Centers and have recently launched a new Community Meals to Go program as part of our healthy food access initiatives. Through the Teaching Kitchen®, we train other nonprofits to transform their food services programs to a farm-to-institution model – without raising costs. The program aims to improve the health of individuals who depend on government-funded meals by increasing their access to fresh, healthy food and localizing institutional food systems to strengthen regional farms and economies and improve environmental sustainability. We also have deep expertise in assessing need, providing resources, and directly enrolling community members into programs like SNAP.

We are eager to add a Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator to our team focused on managing and coordinating all details related to our community healthy food initiatives across the Neighborhood House. The Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator will report to the Executive Chef and Director of Culinary Programs and will work closely with our Senior Program Director to manage all aspects of this new initiative including all administrative, operational, organizational, and direct client facing support.

The Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator will:

• Manage the day-to-day logistics of the Community Meals to Go and Fresh Farm Bag Programs, including scheduling, registration, distribution coordination, volunteer management, and ensuring food safety and compliance standards are met
• Provide person-centered food access services to community members across all Neighborhood House programs and for the broader community
• Coordinate and make referrals to food access benefits and food security services
• Assist community members in accessing and enrolling in SNAP and other nutrition assistance programs
• Track program data and outcomes, contribute to grant reporting and impact documentation, maintain records for food inventory and client services, and support budget monitoring for healthy food programs.
• They will work closely with the Executive Chef and Director of Culinary Programs, Senior Program Director, and staff across the organization, and will support the Teaching Kitchen® program and Food Services program
• Complete all other responsibilities and duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate for the role of Healthy Food Initiatives Coordinator will have education and experience in food services, culinary programs, social services, community education, or a related field. The ideal candidate will be organized, mission-driven, and comfortable working directly with community members and collaborating across departments.

This position is typically scheduled Monday through Friday during standard business hours; however, some evening and weekend availability will be required to support distribution schedules and meet community needs. Based on the language needs of our community, fluency in Spanish or Chinese is highly preferred.

Salary: $70,000 annually

What we Offer:

• Comprehensive health insurance choices for staff and their families
• Extensive paid time off – 25 days' vacation; 12 holidays; and sick time
• Matching contributions to Retirement Plan
• Paid parental leave policy for all staff
• Professional Development Opportunities – certifications and licenses, conferences, trainings, lectures and more
• Free Life Insurance – 3x annual salary
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical, Dependent Care and Parking/Mass Transit
• Supplemental Insurance Coverage (Accident, Hospital and Critical Illness)
• Staff events and parties including Film and Dinner nights, bowling parties, baseball games, food trucks, holiday parties, parties on our Green Roof, chocolate event for Valentine's Day and ice cream socials, and much more.
• Staff use of State-of-the Art Fitness Center, Gym and Swimming Pool
• Staff group fitness classes, swimming lessons and lap swim for staff
• PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) Eligible Employer

All individuals, as a condition for employment by Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, are required to undergo a pre-employment background check. Certain positions require more extensive background checks to comply with applicable laws.

At Lenox Hill Neighborhood House we value respect, diversity and integrity. We are an equal opportunity employer. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. The policy of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and anti-discrimination applies to all aspects of the relationship between Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and its colleagues.