Child Nutrition Program Associate
$56,000–$60,000 year
HybridEast Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Conduct community-level research and identify partners to expand Summer Eats and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) across Massachusetts. Assist in developing relationships with school districts, community organizations, and meal providers while providing technical assistance and resources to program operators. Execute research projects to inform outreach programming and maintain program data and record-keeping systems. Support event management for the annual Summer Eats Conference and organize state-wide mailings of program materials. Fulfill material requests, organize content, and prepare presentation slides as needed. Participate in organization-wide events, including staff duties for the annual Walk for Hunger in May. Collaborate with team members on special projects and promote an inclusive working environment. Requires travel within Massachusetts to visit meal providers.
Required Qualifications
- Prior professional experience in nonprofit or community-based settings
- Ability to travel within Massachusetts, to visit and transport materials to meal providers and stakeholders not accessible by public transportation
- Personal commitment to solving hunger in Massachusetts
- Work in person at Project Bread's East Boston office and on location within assigned Eastern MA communities
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with school food service programs and/or other child nutrition programs is a plus
- Comfortable being a self-starter who can jump into a range of situations and settings, working both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with a range of audiences
- Works effectively as part of multiple teams and across concurrent projects
- Communicates clearly, stays open to feedback, and adjusts approach based on what a task or teammate needs
- Manages a full plate of work efficiently, keeps multiple projects moving in parallel, and catches small details and inconsistencies that others might miss
- Builds genuine, collaborative relationships with external partners — school districts, community organizations, meal providers — and maintains them over time
- Picks up new program areas and systems quickly and confidently
- Comfortable diving into an unfamiliar program area, like CACFP, that's still being built out, and knows when to ask questions along the way
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