Job Posting: Gleaning and Food Recovery Project Director with the Kearsage Food Hub
The Kearsarge Food Hub is seeking a Gleaning and Food Recovery Project Director to lead Phase One planning for a regional food recovery and distribution program serving the greater Kearsarge area. This is a contracted position compensated at $40 to $50 per hour for approximately 25 to 30 hours per week over 30 weeks, with a total contract value of up to $36,000.
The Project Director reports to the KFH Executive Director, supervises the Farmer Advocate, and serves as the lead for the Gleaning and Food Recovery Work Group under the FEED Coalition. The role is responsible for turning regional food access data into a concrete operational blueprint — surveying every grocery store, market, restaurant, school, hospital, and food service institution in the region to assess recovery potential, designing the distribution channel mix, evaluating storage and vehicle needs, finalizing legal templates and food safety compliance, and building the volunteer infrastructure and funding strategy the program will run on.
The Project Director also consolidates farm surplus data from the Farmer Advocate with grocery and institutional recovery data into a single, unified recovery estimate that forms the foundation for Year One implementation.
The ideal candidate is an experienced project manager who is equally comfortable negotiating a recovery agreement with a regional grocery chain, presenting to a funder, and resolving a logistics bottleneck in the field. A background in food systems, food recovery, or rural community development is strongly preferred, as are existing relationships within the Kearsarge region's food, agricultural, and institutional communities.
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