Director of Education and Capacity Building, Community Food Security Coalition

CFSC is hiring a senior level person to provide leadership and vision for its training and technical assistance program. This person will have two sets of duties. The first set of duties is focused on directing the implementation of the new CPPW grant (see below), including managing completion of all deliverables, program staff and consultants, and ensuring the completion of all evaluation and reporting needs for the program. A separate Program Manager position will support the TA Director in this function. In addition, the TA Director will provide overall direction for the organization's T&TA programs, including managing staff, conducting program development,. This position requires a high level of autonomy, initiative, and ability to work with a range of players in the technical assistance field. The T&TA Program Director will report directly to the Executive Director. His/her responsibilities include:

• Direct the implementation of the CPPW obesity prevention program, including supervising program staff, managing relationships with community representatives, partners and federal staff; managing the $1 million budget; developing an evaluation plan and overseeing its completion; developing a sustainability plan; and overseeing completion of all deliverables. In accordance with federal guidelines;
• Provide leadership and vision to CFSC’s T&TA program, based on our recent strategic plan and further coordination and integration of our technical assistance initiatives;
• Supervise three to four staff;
• Foster a team environment that encourages information sharing and collaboration among core TA staff and other staff whose work includes a technical assistance component];
• Participate in program planning and grantwriting for current and new technical assistance program activities.

Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Recently, CFSC was awarded a two-year multi-faceted grant from Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as part of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative (http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/funding/cppwfactsheet.html) to provide technical assistance services on obesity prevention to approximately 20 communities. These services will include one-on-one support for creation of farmers' markets, farm to school projects, healthy corner stores, and procurement policies. Other deliverables include participation in a National Prevention Media Initiative; policy briefs; a national conference on local and state food policy; and healthy corner store webinars. This program will integrate many of our existing education and technical assistance initiatives and staff.