Program Director - Our Daily Bread Food Pantry

• Develops strategies to offer fresh, healthy, and nutritious food options to pantry clients.
• Procures pantry stock, coordinates food pickups and deliveries, and maintains records of purchases and invoices for payment.
• Handles food donations by issuing receipts, entering data, sending thank-you cards, and completing necessary paperwork.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization of the food pantry facility and grounds.
• Manages the food pantry budget.
• Prepares and submits agency and funding reports as required.
• Supervises volunteers and oversees scheduling, ensuring orientation and training for both new and existing volunteers, and coordinating with the agency's volunteer coordinator for recruitment efforts.
• Cultivates a positive and inclusive volunteer culture, fostering a values-driven environment, aimed at maintaining a strong volunteer core group.
• Ensures completion of volunteer appreciation initiatives, in conjunction with the volunteer coordinator for the agency.
• Maintains and grows a strong relationship with the Kansas Food Bank, other local pantries, and local food suppliers.
• Represents the agency in the community (Schools, businesses, and civic clubs) on issues of poverty and hunger.
• Stays up to date on hunger, poverty, and anti-poverty efforts.
• Actively participates in fundraising appeals, food drives, and grant applications to support agency and program needs
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Education
  • Undergraduate degree preferred.
  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.
  • Experience in lieu of education may be considered
• Certificate, Registration, or License
  • Class C driver's license, motor vehicle, and insurance required.
• Experience
  • Experience in working with economically disadvantaged persons, or those with other social issues required.
  • Proven work history that demonstrates ability to establish rapport with people from various socio-economic backgrounds and cultures.
  • At minimum, one (1) year of experience in a social service environment.
• Skills and Abilities
  • Ability to work within the scope of Catholic Social Teaching.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of services needed in the Diocese of Wichita.
  • Develops project plans and budgets.
  • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of programs or services.
  • Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills to develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
  • Proven track record of collaboration, facilitation, problem solving, leadership, volunteer, and partnership management.
  • Excellent word processing and spreadsheet skills including ability to create build and generate reports.
• Communication
  • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Exposures
  • Controlled inside work environment with noise/vibrations from general office equipment.
  • Minimal exposure to fumes/dust/odors.
• Travel
  • ​​​​​​​Commute within Sedgwick County and surrounding counties.

• Work Type: Moderate, exerting up to 40 pounds of force as needed, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Climbing/Balancing/Freedom to Move: May be assigned to multilevel building with some floors accessible by stairs only. Frequently required to move about office. Sit about 25 percent of time.
• Stooping/Bending: Very Frequent.
• Reaching: Occasional, overhead as well as horizontal and down.
• Vision: Adequate to perform essential functions. Color vision: No color vision requirement.
• Hearing: Frequently perceive nature of sounds by ear.
• Speech: Frequently express ideas by means of spoken words.
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Occasionally operates equipment requiring moderate ability.
• Manual Dexterity: Frequently operates equipment requiring moderate ability.

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