Coordinator, Corporate Food Partnerships

Daily Bread Food Bank works towards long-term solutions to end hunger and poverty and runs innovative programs to support individuals living on low incomes and experiencing food insecurity. Daily Bread distributes fresh and shelf-stable food, and fresh-cooked meals to 132 member agencies and 207 food programs across Toronto. Daily Bread also publishes the influential Who’s Hungry report - an annual survey measuring trends in food insecurity and poverty in Toronto to educate the public and spark policy change.

**Job Title**:Coordinator, Corporate Food Partnerships

**Department**: Development

**Reporting to**: Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships

**Location**: 191 New Toronto Street, Toronto, ON, M8V 2E7

**Salary**: $63,000- $65,900 per annum (depending on experience)

**Terms**: 35 hours a week / Full-Time, 13 months Contract, Hybrid

**Schedule**: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am -4:30 pm

Additional benefits and considerations for you:

- 100% employer-paid health and dental benefits.
- Free daily lunches when on-site at 191 New Toronto St office.
- 15 days of paid vacation per year
- Paid sick leave and personal days.
- A hybrid work environment.
- Recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers (2024).
- Awarded Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital (2023).
- Recognized as a 5-star rated charity by Charity Intelligence Canada (2023).
- Creative, kind, fun, and passionate team culture.
- Free on-site parking.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

The Coordinator, Corporate Food, is responsible for collaborating with the corporate food team to support the inbounding of food inventory and engaging the corporate in-kind donor portfolio to support Daily Bread’s mission of ending hunger in our city. This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships.

**Donor and gift administration 30%**
- Maintain accurate and consistent donor activity tracking in the Raiser’s Edge database, including call reporting, moves management and database updates.
- Execute Daily Bread’s fundraising principles and guidelines to create a donor journey through the food procurement sales funnel.
- Work in tandem with the corporate food team on maintaining prospecting database to reflect outreach and engagement with new potential food donors.
- Prepare reports as required for internal teams along with stakeholder asks to inform business decisions and use of resources to support food procurement.
- Act as main contact for financial donations for food industry donors from point of pledge, invoicing, processing with finance team, and stewardship requirements.

**Grant writing and proposal development 40%**
- Research and identify new and recurring financial grant opportunities made available through food donor partners.
- Ensure viability with Daily Bread’s fundraising principles and guidelines through strategic coordination with Coordinator, Fundraising Support & Special Projects.
- Create expertly written grants to compel corporate donors and partners to support Daily Breads work, complete grant reports and ensure reporting is accurately tracked and adheres to grant guidelines.
- In collaboration with the Sr. Manager, Corp Partnerships, execute detailed proposals to potential in-kind partners which reflect the complexity of food inventory needs. As needed, prepare briefing notes, proposals, and impact reports for corporate partners.
- Identify and execute boutique cause marketing campaigns with corporate partners to generate revenue through public engagement, marketing, sales, and event attendance.

**Operational and account management 30%**
- Responsible for the flow of donated food through grocery yellow bin, fire halls, and retail food programs.
- Own the scheduling and operation of retail food programs through a high volume of donor communications at both store and corporate levels.
- In collaboration with transportation and operations team, strategically identify scheduling and deployment of trucking resources to meet donor demand.
- Attend weekly and ad-hoc meetings with development, operations, and marketing communications as they relate to donor outreach, engagement, stewardship, and overall donor retention.

**Education/Experience (or equivalent)**
- You are building upon a solid base of 2+ fundraising and research experience, employing a long-term perspective of how to grow and maintain a program which will have implications for many stakeholders.
- You have a natural inclination to build and foster partnerships, leveraging existing ones while establishing new inroads as a natural people person with a trusting relationship-building approach.
- You are donor and customer-focused with a keen eye for improving donor experience and providing feedback on everyday processes and barriers.
- You are an excellent communicator with strong writing skills, you have exceptional communication and diplomacy skills coupled with experience in cross-functional collaboration, partnership building and