Program Manager Jobs in The Dalles, OR (NOW HIRING)

Application Guidelines:

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

A cover letter is recommended for consideration.

This position is currently onsite.

We recognize that people gain skills and experience in many different ways. If you’re excited about this role and believe you could succeed in it, we encourage you to apply — even if you do not meet every qualification listed. We especially welcome applications from people with lived experience related to hunger, poverty, and systemic inequities.

Who We Are:

Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes.  We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.

Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity. 

Who You Are:

You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism.  You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.

Position Summary:

As the CGFB Program Manager, you will contribute to the organization’s success by collaborating with the CGFB Executive Director in overseeing food bank programs to carry out OFB’s mission within Wasco, Sherman and Hood River Counties. The Program Manager works with staff and community partners to develop and implement strategies to build equitable food access throughout the region with particular focus on communities disproportionately impacted by hunger - including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Trans- and Gender expansive communities, and immigrant and refugee communities. Responsibilities include management of agency and partner relations and compliance, hunger relief programming, food sourcing, volunteer management and community outreach. The position requires flexibility, a solutions oriented mindset, strategic thinking and a commitment to racial justice and equity. 

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Apply strategic decision making and tactical execution to support a strong network of hunger relief partners through robust programming. 

  • Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of internal programming in partnership with the CGFB Executive Director  including but not limited to, mobile pantry, volunteer management, community outreach, food sourcing, flex space usage, migrant farmworker boxes, Gorge homeless outreach and native outreach.

  • Work with a broad base of partners, coalitions and low-income people on solutions to hunger and its root causes in support of Oregon Food Bank’s mission.  When possible, create leadership opportunities and partnership with the communities that are disproportionately impacted by hunger.

  • Provide effective communications and technical assistance to hunger relief partners, ensuring their programs are well integrated with other strategies to end hunger and are operating consistently with CGFB’s strategic direction and all relevant OFB and Feeding America partner agreement(s). 

  • Develop and maintain relationships with local growers, farmers, orchardists, producers and grocers to source food for donation and limited purchase.

  • Lead Partner Agency compliance program including working with CGFB Operations Leads and Oregon Food Bank’s internal compliance stakeholders to ensure that partners meet or exceed all USDA, Feeding America, ServSafe, Fresh Alliance and local health department regulations.

  • Analyze program, inventory, and community impact data to identify trends, evaluate effectiveness, inform decision-making, and improve equitable food distribution outcomes  within Sherman, Wasco and Hood River counties serves those that are disproportionately impacted by hunger. This includes the ability to use inventory and client management systems to generate and analyze reports for both internal and external distributions.

  • Support local independent food and fund drives and fundraising events for the Branch. 

  • Support the management of contracts and relationships with program partners and funders – including administrative oversight, writing grant reports and assisting with applications, and tightly managing the budget and outcomes.

  • Act as thought partner for Operations Leads when challenges arise and support as necessary. 

• General responsibilities:

  • Assist the Columbia Gorge Food Bank Executive Director in developing the Columbia Gorge Food Bank annual work plan, goals, objectives and budget for incorporation into OFB annual plan and budget. Operate within the annual budget of income and expenditures and ensure successful completion of the annual work plan. 

  • Actively participate in Oregon Food Bank efforts to develop and support community ownership of the Columbia Gorge Food Bank. This includes collaboratively developing systems for data and information flow.

  • Work in collaboration with the Community Philanthropy Manager and Executive Director and to have a right-sized presence on social media (and other communication/media platforms) to share stories about CGFB, our partners and issues impacting our clients. Exact responsibilities may adjust by season. 

  • Connect partners / program participants with Oregon Food Bank’s legislative agenda and public policy priorities, which is created by the Policy Leadership Council. 

  • Participate in collaboration and peer learning amongst other Regional Food Bank managers, Oregon Food Bank colleagues and community partners to improve nutrition for low-income individuals and families: increase variety and choice in food access, increase cultural competencies, spur innovative programing and sustainable solutions. 

• Shared Branch Operations Responsibilities:

  • Assist with general office needs including customer service, processing donations and bank deposits, checking the mail, and maintaining branch equipment and supplies (front office). 

• Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include:

  • To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism. 

  • In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to: