Overview
National Food Bank Standards Coordinator Jobs in Dartmouth – Nova Scotia at Feed Nova Scotia
Title: National Food Bank Standards Coordinator
Company: Feed Nova Scotia
Location: Dartmouth – Nova Scotia
Category: Non-Profit
National Food Bank Standards Coordinator Full-time, one-year contract / 37.5 hours per week Who are we? Food is not the solution to food insecurity, but people need support today. Knowing this, we collect and distribute more than three million kilograms of food annually to 140 member food banks, meal programs, and shelters across the province. This equates to over $1 million worth of food each month.
We also support our member agencies as they build capacity to serve their communities. While we help Nova Scotians meet a very basic need, we’re raising awareness of the root causes of food insecurity – things like systemic racism, low wages, inadequate income support, and unaffordable housing. And we’re advocating for sustainable, policy-based solutions that will allow everyone to live a life of dignity and leave no one relying on charitable band-aids to address human rights.
National Food Bank Standards Food Banks Canada is a national charitable organization, supporting Canadians living with food insecurity by supporting a network of provincial associations, including food banks and food agencies, that work at a community level to relieve hunger. They act in
collaboration
with a food bank network coast-to-coast, including a partnership with us here at Feed Nova Scotia, to maximize collective impact, strengthen local capacity, and reduce the demand for food banks until a day when they are no longer January 2024, Food Bank Canada announced their “Standards of Excellence”, a new set of national food bank standards that covers all areas of food bank operations, to ensure overall operational excellence across the network.
More details about the Standards of Excellence can be found on Food Bank Canada’s website.
This one-year contract is a new role to support Feed Nova Scotia member organizations in achieving compliance with the Standard of Excellence by March 2025, and providing post-implementation support to the team in transitioning this work. Food Banks Canada has provided funding that contributes to the salary of this contract position. Overview of
Responsibilities
The Standards Coordinator will be responsible for supporting Feed Nova Scotia’s network of 140 agencies achieve compliance with the Food Banks Canada Standards of Excellence (SOE) by March 2025. The Standards of Excellence program provides a framework for food banks to identify opportunities for
innovation
and performance improvements in the areas of client service and care, food operations, safe food handling, and more.
The standards also reflect the food banking network’s thought
leadership
and commitment to continually enhance our collective capabilities to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.
Some evening and weekend work will be required of this position to accommodate necessary engagements with community partners, agencies, and other interested parties. The current expectation would be up to one evening per week and one weekend day per month, which would be accounted for through the provision of lieu time.
What does the Standards Coordinator do? Get thoroughly acquainted with the Feed Nova Scotia network of 140 member agencies through on-site visits, member meetings, virtual and one on one calls
Initiate preliminary assessment phase to identify gaps in compliance with standards
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