WNY Solutions for Farming and Food Access (WNYSFFA) Team Leader - Buffalo, NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County has an opening for a full-time WNY Solutions for Farming and Food Access (WNYSFFA) Team Leader working from the E. Aurora NY office.

The Team Leader for Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Erie County is responsible for providing leadership in the assessment, development, planning, delivery, and evaluation of WNY Solutions for Farming and Food Access (WNYSFFA) programming and connections for low-income individuals and families.

This position will also be responsible for managing community related objectives of the CCE Erie nutrition and community health program, developing programs that meet priorities and seeking resources needed to carry out those program priorities.

The Team Leader will lead efforts to increase food access throughout the Western New York region (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, and Orleans) focusing on urban and rural communities with high food security and access needs..

The Team Leader will identify regional needs, formulate programs and plans, and coordinate staff at the region-wide level to meet identified gaps by scaling existing successful programs and engaging farmers and other partners to strengthen and widen the farm-to-families pipeline, stabilize struggling farm economies, and increase food availability across the region.

    

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, or related discipline relevant to the role of the position.
•    2 years volunteer or related work experience. 
•    Ability to meet travel requirements associated with this position. 
•    Ability to meet acceptable background check standards.
•    Ability to work flexible hours, which may include evenings and/or weekends, as appropriate.
•    Ability to clearly communicate (speak, read, and write proficiently) in English.
•    Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, manage, and participate in professional team efforts and highly functioning work teams.  
•    Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, supervision, management, and guidance to staff.
•    Demonstrated ability to identify and secure funding that supports programs, including grant writing, developing public and private partnerships.
•    Demonstrated experience and ability to work independently and as part of a team with internal and external partners at multiple levels within organizations and across communities.
•    Ability to organize, manage, and prioritize multiple tasks, deadlines, requirements, and priorities to complete work in a timely manner and within established deadlines.
•    Proficiency with windows-based software including use of the internet and Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
•    Ability to work in a typical office environment which may include lifting, moving, and/or transporting office supplies, work related materials, and equipment with or without accommodation. 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 to perform the essential functions. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Experience with Cooperative Extension or other similar educational organizations.
•    Background or course work in leadership, management, education, and/or grant writing/management.
•    Experience in both educational program design and delivery.
•    Experience in grant writing.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Program Assessment - 10%
•    Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to develop program needs assessment to identify specific community needs best served by expansion of programs within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work. 
•    Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to identify needs, gaps, and trends within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
•    Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to analyze program needs within scope of the grant and association/regional plans of work.
•    Provide leadership in analyzing and evaluating programs identified for expansion including New Farmer Training program; Master Preserver programs; development of Butcher/Slaughterhouse focused programming and educational trainings.
•    Provide leadership in identifying and setting priorities and opportunities to implement, grow and expand educational program.

Program Development - 20%
•    Apply high level of disciplinary subject matter knowledge to develop educational strategies, programs, activities and materials to meet identified needs within scope of the grant and association/re