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Job Summary

Job Description

The Food Is Medicine (FIM) Manager leads Food Bank of Alaska’s Food Is Medicine initiative. This includes entrepreneurial efforts to integrate nutrition and healthcare through statewide network development, educational and technical programming and tool development, and community outreach. This role works closely with the Chief Advocacy Officer (CAO) to design, implement, and evaluate FIM initiatives that address diet-related chronic disease and food insecurity among our neighbors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Administration

• Leads Food Bank of Alaska's Food Is Medicine portfolio, informing program’s strategy and work plan. Serves as the person of contact
• Works with the CAO and external partners to develop annual work plans and budgets, and manages contract reporting timelines
• Supports the CAO and Development staff in diversifying and sustaining Food Is Medicine funding, including playing a lead role in proposal writing and funder reporting

Program Management

• Oversees regular updates to the existing statewide landscape assessment of nutrition incentive and produce prescription program availability, needs, gaps, data systems, and funding sources
• Informs and guides FIM strategic plan and accompanying work plan
• Coordinates all produce pilot programs related to produce distribution, including procurement, vendor management, and healthcare partner relations.
• Manages subcontractor and consultant relationships, including scopes of work, deliverable tracking, and required state approvals
• Works with initiatives to develop a sustainability and funding plan that includes insurer reimbursement pathways
• Identifies culturally preferred healthy foods among priority FIM populations
• Provides training and technical assistance to organizations developing or expanding produce prescription programs  

Cross-Team Coordination

• Coordinates across Food Bank internal departments to align Food Is Medicine work with organizational strategy
• Coordinates closely with FBA Programs, Operations, and Agency Relations on produce procurement

Community Engagement

• Recruits and works directly with healthcare sector partners
• Convenes and facilitates the statewide Alaska Food Is Medicine Coalition, managing agendas, materials, speakers, and follow-through.
• Represents FBA at partner meetings, conferences, and public forums
• Recruits coalition membership from a broad and relevant pool, spanning the food and healthcare systems.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in public health, nutrition, food systems, public administration, social work, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
• Three or more years of progressively responsible program or project management experience, including responsibility for deliverables, timelines, and budgets.
• Demonstrated experience convening and facilitating multi-sector coalitions, workgroups, or advisory bodies, including agenda development, facilitation, and administrative follow-through.
• Experience collecting, organizing, and reporting data, and using data to inform program decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to work respectfully and effectively across diverse populations.
• Ability to work independently while keeping a supervisor and partners appropriately and proactively informed.
• Willingness and ability to travel in and out of state, including to communities off the road system accessible only by small aircraft or boat, and to work occasional evenings and weekends for convenings, distributions, and community events.
• Valid driver's license and an insurable driving record.
• Ability to pass a background check consistent with Food Bank of Alaska policy.

Preferred, not required

• Background in public health, nutrition, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of SNAP, SNAP-Ed, WIC, CSFP, senior nutrition programs, school meal programs, and Medicaid, including Section 1115 waivers and Health-Related Social Needs authorities.
• Familiarity with Food Is Medicine evidence and practice, including produce prescription programs, medically tailored groceries, and medically tailored meals.
• Experience working with health care systems, Federally Qualified Health Centers, or clinical and closed-loop referral processes.
• Established relationships within Alaska's food system, public health, or health care networks.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Skilled facilitation and relationship-building across state government, Tribal entities, health care, agriculture, philanthropy, and community organizations.
• Comfort operating as a subject matter expert and providing consultation and technical assistance to external partners.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to carry long-horizon deliverables alongside recurring monthly operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools, and comfort with AI and virtual meeting platforms.
• Commitment to Food Bank of Alaska's mission and to health equity, cultural humility, and the dignity of people experiencing food insecurity.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

NOTE: Even if you do not have experience that relates to every point under “essential duties” but feel you may still be qualified for this position, please apply! Food Bank of Alaska is committed to the consideration of a variety of candidate profiles.