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Manager, Disaster Services - Preparedness (Remote)

Feeding America
United States, Illinois, Chicago
35 East Wacker Drive (Show on map)
Aug 06, 2025
Description Work. Serve. Thrive. Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Working at Feeding America is a uniquely rewarding experience in which our employees work together as vital parts of a much larger mission. We are innovative, mission-focused, diverse, collaborative, values-driven and focused on results. Feeding America is the nation's largest charity and the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United States. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Learn more about Feeding America here. The Opportunity The Manager, Disaster Services - Preparedness plays a vital role in the development and execution of Feeding America's disaster preparedness and capacity-building initiatives. This position works in close partnership with member food banks and state associations to deliver expert tools, training, guidance, and resources that strengthen and sustain preparedness efforts and enhance overall disaster response capabilities across the network. Compensation Here at Feeding America national organization, equality is central to our mission and is an integral part of our compensation policies and structures. As such, we maintain transparent salary ranges and clearly defined practices for how our team, including new hire salary offers, moves through these ranges. You can expect us to offer the best salary up front based on these clearly defined pay practices with little room for negotiation. We make exceptions for highly experienced (multiple years of at-level experience) new hires in accordance with our pay practices. Once hired, employees have the opportunity to progress through salary ranges via regular merit increases and step promotions. Salary Range: $86,000 - $91,000 Based on Experience. Benefits:A comprehensive list of benefits available to full-time employees can be found here. Responsibilities: Lead Strategy and Capacity Building Lead the implementation of Feeding America's disaster preparedness and capacity-building strategy, aligning efforts with the national disaster framework and organizational goals. Build, support, and sustain the capacity of network members through technical assistance, resource sharing, and strategic planning. Promote community-focused preparedness planning by centering communities facing hunger and ensuring that strategies address disparities and build inclusive response models. Manage grant responsibilities related to regional collaboratives, including implementation, tracking, and reporting on deliverables aligned with preparedness and capacity-building initiatives. Leverage data and metrics to inform planning and evaluation, including the aggregation and analysis of Network Activity Report (NAR) data and application of the disaster self-assessment tool to drive strategic improvements. Network Engagement and Learning Convene regional collaborative calls, capacity check-ins, and in-person convenings to identify needs, foster alignment, and promote peer-to-peer best practice sharing. Lead or co-lead webinars, workshops, and learning sessions that build network readiness, resilience, and disaster knowledge-tailored to network members. Lead best practice sharing forums and learning collaboratives that highlight innovative and tested approaches to disaster readiness from across the network and beyond. Planning, Tools, and Exercises Plan, coordinate, and evaluate tabletop exercises (TTX), simulations, and other preparedness drills across the network; provide coaching and support to partners on exercise execution. Create and update practical tools, guides, planning frameworks, and resource matrices to support food banks in strengthening preparedness infrastructure and identifying gaps. Support the development of the annual pre-staging setup strategy by evaluating network coverage, identifying capacity gaps, and recommending new pre-staging sites or partnerships to strengthen overall preparedness planning. Publish regional capacity maps, disaster planning guides, and preparedness reports to inform situational awareness and readiness across the Feeding America network. Partnerships and Representation Partner with internal leaders and external agencies to inform and align capacity-building efforts; represent Feeding America in national forums (e.g., FEMA, VOAD, IAEM). Foster a collaborative approach to disaster services in partnership with member state associations and food banks and national, state, and local partners to ensure neighbors in need receive timely and effective support during times of crisis, while keeping people facing hunger at the center of our work. Continuous Improvement and Response Support Support After Action Reviews (AARs) by helping to translate lessons learned into actionable preparedness improvements. Contribute to closing the feedback loop and ensuring insights from response efforts inform future preparedness planning, fostering a cycle of continuous learning and refinement. Serve in a supporting role and act as a backup to the Manager, Disaster Services - Response, during disaster response operations as needed. Required Experience and Qualifications: 5+ years' experience in an emergency management, disaster relief, human services or governmental organization or Certified Emergency Manager (CEM). Excellent project management skills. Strong communication and presentation skills to diverse audiences. Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of professionals in multiple organizations. Required Leadership Competencies: Fosters an Enterprise Mindset Fosters an Open and Supportive Environment Leads with Accountability Collaborates Internally and Externally Focuses on People and Teams Manages Organization and Business Complexity Communicates with Impact and Influence *Feeding America's goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging and*contribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage all individuals, including those from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger, to apply. Feeding America participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.