Senior Manager of Nutrition and Food Initiatives

Clayton Early Learning • Denver, CO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

This role supports nutrition and food initiatives for children, families, and the community to promote Clayton's whole child, whole family approach. The Senior Manager will oversee Seed to Stomach activities, food procurement, distribution, budgeting, and grant management. They will manage partner relationships and services, continually growing and enhancing offerings to support child and family wellbeing. This position partners internally and externally to provide strategic leadership for the innovation hub, aiming to foster thriving children and families. The role delivers a coordinated and coherent set of evidence-based services that meet family needs, while collaborating with Clayton team members to ensure direct services meet family needs and impact systems change beyond the Clayton campus.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition or a related field
• 1-2 years of leadership experience
• Operates with a data-driven mindset and uses data to drive learnings and continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adjust style to communicate to diverse audiences.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to build effective and credible relationships and lead a team.
• Serves as a trusted partner within their team and the organization.
• Highly developed project management skills with a track record of strategic design and implementation that generate results.
• Ability to build relationships, influence others with strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Can relate to others from a variety of backgrounds.
• Ability to identify and seek needed information/research skills.
• Implements creative ways to solve problems while remaining calm in stressful situations.
• Analytical thinking skills; can understand and perform intermediate level mathematical computations and analytical skills for assessment and evaluation.
• Planning and creative skills; ability to create and deliver proposals and presentations independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; ability to learn and adapt to new software.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, including CBI/FBI fingerprinting, a physical and a national sex offender registry check.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual preferred

Responsibilities

• Sets the strategic vision for food and nutrition initiatives on the Clayton campus in partnership with Director Team members.
• Drives partnership development and implementation plans to achieve Clayton's strategic goals.
• Participates in campus planning processes to facilitate a coordinated service approach.
• Reviews and evaluates the Clayton Cares Market and manages contracts and contractor relationships.
• Oversees grant invoicing and reporting, including weekly monitoring of procurement and spending.
• Ensures culturally responsive and inclusive practices in service delivery models.
• Oversees all aspects of the Clayton Cares Market, including purchasing, inventory, procurement, and food safety and sanitation.
• Monitors and tracks goals for services and meets with stakeholders to review progress.
• Analyzes and tracks the team's progress towards achieving federal, program, and organization goals and objectives.
• Builds and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including families, partners, and government entities.
• Develops, implements, and monitors policies and procedures for the team, including quality assurance processes.
• Focuses on balancing empirical rigor and cost-efficiency.
• Supports enforcing guidelines and standards for all procedures.
• Oversees and develops their team to build expertise.
• Provides support and guidance on activities and workflow.
• Provides regular performance feedback and establishes performance plans.
• Represents the program in the community to enhance collaboration and advance the brand and reputation of the organization.

Benefits

• 16+ paid company holidays
• Spring Break and Winter Break - up to 10 paid days off
• Accrued vacation time, starting at 10 days per year up to 30 days per year, based on years of service
• Paid sick time
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage
• Life, AD&D insurance
• Mental health support through our medical coverage and our employee assistance program (EAP)
• Long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) with 5% employer match after 1 year of employment
• FSA plans
• College 529 investment plans
• Identify theft and protection plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager