Food Recovery Coordinator - NJ

Move For Hunger; Neptune Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care

Dental

Vision

401k/ROTH IRA

Professional Development Stipend

Open Vacation Policy

Job summary

A nonprofit food recovery organization is seeking a Food Recovery Coordinator to enhance food recovery efforts primarily in New Jersey. This role involves organizing food logistics, building relationships with donors, and ensuring proper documentation for grant compliance. Ideal candidates will have 2+ years in related fields, excellent organizational skills, and proficiency with digital tools. The position is hybrid, requiring travel within New Jersey and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in food sourcing and logistics required.
• Strong project management skills essential.
• Comfort with CRMs and digital tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate food recovery logistics across New Jersey.
• Manage relationships with food donors and agencies.
• Track and report expenses related to grant-funded initiatives.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Project management

Education

2+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Salesforce

Google Workspace

Asana

Job description

Overview

Move For Hunger is a national non-profit organization founded in 2009 that mobilizes transportation networks to deliver excess food to communities in need, partnering with over 1,400 moving companies across the nation and more than 600,000 apartment units across the relocation and multifamily housing industries. In addition to rescuing food during move-out, Move For Hunger organizes thousands of food drives, fundraisers, and corporate employee engagement events, and has recently expanded its reach to farmers, distributors, CPG, and logistics companies to recover fresh food at scale. To date, Move For Hunger has helped deliver over 72 million pounds of food to communities in need.

About the Role

We’re looking for a highly organized, relationship-driven Food Recovery Coordinator to support and operationalize Move For Hunger’s food recovery efforts across the Eastern Seaboard, with primary ownership of New Jersey-based recovery operations.

Approximately 50% of this role will be dedicated to sourcing, organizing, and coordinating food recovery within New Jersey — working closely with local donors, transportation partners, and recipient agencies. This role coordinates logistics for a wide range of food transports, including fresh produce, non-perishable items, bulk donations, cold-stored food, multifamily food collections, disaster relief shipments, food drives, and special events.

This role will also be responsible for tracking, documenting, and reporting expenses tied to grant-funded New Jersey food recovery initiatives, ensuring accurate use of funds and compliance with reporting requirements.

Who You Are

• Passionate about hunger relief, food recovery, and sustainability.
• A confident communicator who enjoys relationship-building with donors, partners, and agencies.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven.
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects, deadlines, and partners at once.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn and grow within a scaling nonprofit.

Key Responsibilities

Food Recovery and Logistics Coordination:

• Plan and coordinate food recovery logistics across the Eastern Seaboard, with a primary focus on New Jersey-based recovery efforts.
• Source, organize, and operationalize Eastern Seaboard food recovery opportunities, including donor outreach, relationship stewardship, and recovery scheduling.
• Ensure the deliverables and objectives for NJ funded programs are met.
• Serve as the main point of contact for food donors and transportation partners, including contracted freight providers.
• Identify and build relationships with grocery stores, farms, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, restaurants, and gleaning organizations.
• Track all recovery activity and transportation data in Salesforce to report back to donors and stakeholders regarding their food donations and deliveries.

Relationship Management & Communication:

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with donors, transportation providers, and recipient agencies.
• Ensure clear expectations, proactive communication, and timely updates with partners.
• Work with the Marketing and Development teams to capture testimonials, stories, and impact content.

Data, Reporting & Grants:

• Maintain accurate records in Salesforce, Google Workspace, and Asana.
• Collect and document weight receipts and delivery confirmations from food banks and pantries.
• Track and report expenses tied to NJ-based, grant-funded food recovery initiatives.
• In collaboration with the Grants & Foundations Manager, maintain organized, audit-ready documentation to support grant compliance and reporting.
• Support grant reporting by providing timely expense and activity data.
• Partner cross-functionally with Programs, Development, Finance, Marketing, and Operations teams.
• Participate in regular team meetings and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Represent Move For Hunger at in-person and virtual events, partner meetings, and public engagements.
• Travel approximately 20% of the time, primarily within New Jersey, with occasional travel across the Eastern Seaboard.

Ideal Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Food Sourcing, logistics, food recovery, nonprofit programs, or related fields.
• Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills.
• Comfort working with CRMs and digital tools (Salesforce experience preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a remote/hybrid environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%, primarily within NJ.
• Experience with grant-funded programs, expense tracking, or compliance reporting is a plus.
• Background in food systems, nonprofits, and logistics, is a plus.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid role — must reside in New Jersey.
• Core hours Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM ET.
• Occasional evening or weekend work for events or recovery operations.
• Frequent travel for partner visits, site tours, and recovery operations.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. for event materials or recovery coordination needs.
• Comprehensive and Competitive Benefits Package includes:
• Health Care, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Retirement Plan (401k/ROTH IRA), Annual Professional Development Fixed Stipend; Employee Wellness Offerings; Open Vacation Policy + Paid Holidays and Sick & Safe Leave.

Move For Hunger is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a company that celebrates and embraces diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social or ethnic origin; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; religion or belief.