Executive Director

Location: New Hope, PA / Titusville, NJ, with travel throughout Bucks (PA), Hunterdon (NJ), Mercer (NJ), and Montgomery (PA) Counties

This position is a combination of remote and field-based work. Your schedule will fluctuate throughout the year based on seasonal demands and specific events.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visionary leadership and translate the Board's strategic priorities into an actionable operating plan.
• Oversee broad operational objectives, including gleaning, growing, and food rescue goals, Food Access Hub management, and special distributions. Engage in daily operations when needed.
• Recruit, supervise, and support a small paid team along with a large volunteer base.
• Lead fundraising efforts, individual donor cultivation, corporate partnerships, and special events. Assist the Deputy Director with grant writing and reporting.
• Support the Procurement & Volunteer Manager with maintaining and growing relationships with partner farms and hunger-relief agencies across Bucks, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Montgomery Counties.
• Manage the annual budget and ensure sound financial and administrative practices in partnership with the Board of Directors and Bookkeeper.
• Serve as the primary spokesperson with media, government officials, and community partners. Oversee all social media messaging.
• Report regularly to the Board of Directors and support Board development and governance.
• Champion the organization's nutrition education and food-waste awareness initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of nonprofit management, hunger-relief, agricultural, or related community-impact experience involving strategic planning; direct executive leadership experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to manage others and build collaborations
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities, prioritize work, solve problems, and operate under time and work volume pressure
• Demonstrated success in fundraising, grant writing, major gifts, and donor cultivation
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and nonprofit financial oversight
• Experience building and maintaining partnerships and relationships with diverse stakeholders — farmers, hunger relief organizations, volunteers, funders, and legislators
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; dynamic energy with an ability to speak publicly
• Familiarity with, and passion for RHFR’s mission, including food systems, agriculture, food recovery, and hunger-relief work
• Commitment to building an inclusive organization and working with a diverse community
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Valid driver's license is required given regional travel