Program Supervisor - Facilities

Feed My Starving Children; South Dakota; On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

PTO

FSA

Dental

Vision

Job summary

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) in Aurora, IL, seeks a full-time site supervisor to lead food packing shifts, manage facilities support, and ensure safety, quality and compliance. You will engage volunteers with hospitality, storytelling, and donor outreach while coordinating maintenance with vendors and site leadership.

The role emphasizes coaching peers, maintaining clean, food-safe operations, and acting as on-site food safety contact. Leadership experience required; training provided.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience is required.
• Able to coach and direct the work of others.
• Able to engage large groups of volunteers and supporters.
• Self-starter who can make decisions and solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise food packing operations during shifts and delegate tasks.
• Provide on-the-spot coaching and escalate issues as needed.
• Lead site-level facilities support and coordinate with property management and vendors.
• Maintain safety standards and support inspections and regulatory compliance.
• Create welcoming volunteer experiences through public speaking and storytelling.
• Orchestrate packing sessions and manage volunteers and logistics.
• Back-up forklift operations training provided if needed.

Skills

Leadership

Public speaking

Coaching

Volunteer engagement

Safety compliance

Teamwork

Hospitality

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Your Role:
Supervise and provide peer leadership during food packing shifts at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Coordinate facility repairs, maintenance, vendor services, and building projects while supporting food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. Deliver engaging volunteer experiences through hospitality, presentations, mission storytelling, donor engagement, and prayer. Uphold safety policies and procedures. Perform cleaning and warehousing tasks. Serve as the person in charge in the absence of management.

Pay, Schedule, & Benefits** :**

• This is a full-time, non-exempt (hourly) position. Set starting rate is $22.10 per hour.
• Regularly scheduled for 40 hours per week, subject to site staffing needs. Schedule includes weekday, weeknight, and weekend hours. Occasional holiday availability required.
• Benefits include health insurance, 401(k) with employer match, PTO, FSA, dental, vision, and more. Detailed benefit information can be found here: https://www.fmsc.org/about-us/careers/fmsc-benefits.
  What You’ll Do:
• Supervise food packing operations during scheduled shifts. Delegate tasks and ensure that operations run according to FMSC policies and procedures from setup to cleanup.
• Model excellent work performance and encourage high performance from staff. Provide on the spot coaching to peers, recognizing successes and escalating issues as appropriate. This position does not have direct reports.
• Lead site-level facilities support (Generally 20-35% of the time)
  • Serve as the site point of contact for all facility related needs, coordinating with property management, vendors, the Site Manager, and Project Manager to ensure timely resolution of issues.
  • Monitor and address facility maintenance needs, coordinate repairs and projects within scope and budget, maintain accurate records and payments, and communicate updates with internal departments as needed.
  • Partner with Program Supervisor – Safety and Compliance to maintain safety standards and support facility inspections, audits, and regulatory compliance.
• In the absence of management, serve as a on-site contact for food safety, quality assurance and occupational safety questions and emergencies. Complete PIC, CPR, and first aid training.
• Create a welcoming and impactful volunteer experience through public speaking and one-on-one interactions. Share FMSC’s mission and food impact stories, encourage future involvement and donations, promote campaigns and MarketPlace items, and express appreciation for each volunteer’s contribution.
• Orchestrate packing sessions. Anticipate needs, think ahead, troubleshoot problems, and be flexible with the unpredictability of a volunteer workforce. Clean, track production, direct volunteers, palletize boxes, and move pallets using a pallet jack. Lead a Christian prayer over the packaged food and invite volunteers to join.
• Maintain a clean and food-safe facility: do laundry and clean floors, dishes, and bathrooms several times per day.
• Uphold food safety, food quality, volunteer safety, and personnel safety policies and procedures. Ensure compliance.
• Act as a backup forklift driver (training provided), if needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  Your Qualifications:
• Commitment to support, promote, and authentically communicate FMSC’s Christian mission and goals.
• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED. Experience with facilities maintenance preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership experience is required. Able to coach and direct the work of others.
• Able to present to and engage with large groups of volunteers and supporters.
• Self-starter able to independently make decisions, perform tasks, and solve problems in a timely manner.
• Thrives in a team setting. Able to pitch in, fill in gaps, remain flexible, ask for help, and share responsibilities.
• Able to exert yourself physically for a 4-8 hour shift. Able to walk and stand in intervals up to 4 hours. Able to push, pull, lift 30-50 lbs. repeatedly, bend, twist, and use hand tools like utility knives.
• Enthusiastic, assertive, and confident when sharing information with groups and individuals.
• Focused on hospitality: recognize and meet volunteer needs. Can build rapport and maintain relationships.
• Respect and value FMSC’s volunteers and supporters, varying in beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities.
• Able to tolerate consistent exposure to soy (an allergen).
• Work location is Aurora, IL.
• Member of the Site Leadership Team along with other Program Supervisors.
• Reports to the Site Manager.

FMSC is an equal opportunity employer, and we consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), pregnancy, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, military service, veteran status, genetic information, union membership, or any other status protected by law. See the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Know Your Rights” poster. Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at FMSC - https://www.fmsc.org/about-us/values.

FMSC is an E-Verify employer. See the federal “E-Verify Participation” poster, and the “Right to Work” poster for more information.