The Teen Feed Volunteer Services Manager (VSM) is a full-time staff member providing structured support and leadership to 2,000+ annual volunteers, including kitchen, nightly dinner Advocate/Ally teams, and STOP Outreach/In-Reach teams serving street youth in the University District of Seattle. If you are a practical, grounded individual with kitchen experience who values timeliness, a strong verbal and written communicator, has an interest in curriculum, is a resourceful servant leader with a passion for sustainable food, nutrition, community alliances, youth, and want to be a key member of a small team, we welcome your interest. Teen Feed is seeking a recruiter, educator, trainer, scheduler and relationship manager: a superstar at balancing administrative and on-site work. The VSM is highly organized and flexible, with cheerful maturity and clear professional boundaries. This thrifty, resourceful human works with little supervision partnered with a small but mighty staff team addressing barriers to food instability through our mission of nightly meals, basic needs supplies, and outreach. Successful candidates have managed others, are self-starters with the capacity for high-volume volunteer management, systems creation, and have exposure to customer service and wait-staff meal prep/service experience. This role embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, champions a strong organizational social justice roadmap, and values both youth and staff input. This position is 40% on-site after initial training and allows for moderate schedule flexibility, with ability to work periodic evenings, weekends, and holidays in-person required. This position reports to the Administrative Director (AD), and is 40 hours per week on average, non-exempt. Annual salary is $62,000 (includes healthcare stipend). 

Expanded VSM position description linked HERE. All potential candidates please read closely.

Mission:

Teen Feed works with the community to offer support to meet basic needs, build strong relationships, and ally with houseless youth as they meet their future off the streets. On a daily basis, Teen Feed responds to the basic needs of houseless youth in Seattle’s University District through three integrated programs: Teen Feed Nightly Dinner Program, Street Talk Outreach Program (STOP), and Service Links for Youth (SLY). We are a street-level and low barrier team offering a hot meal and navigation toward youth services for vulnerable youth ages 13-25.

Desired Skills & Qualifications 

• Excellent interpersonal skills, reliable, with a high degree of personal integrity. Juggles priorities with empathy, and superb administrative and organizational talents. A project manager, self-motivated working with minimal supervision. 
• Ability to think quickly, move swiftly, be diplomatic and multi-task proactively with excellent professional boundaries. Capacity to inspire and motivate others, with a versatile, mature and non-judgmental approach. 
• Flexible, can “roll with it” attitude and is able to balance all types of personalities when problem solving. Ensuring consistent quality of program services while simultaneously facilitating the collective volunteer experience to be positive and meaningful. 
• Is an active, contributing team player who values transparency, equity of talent, and a willingness to cross-train. Must be willing to cooperate in a team and accept feedback. This position encourages individual growth as well as a commitment to continued education and demands autonomy. 
• Preference given to self-starters and those with project management, systems creation, kitchen/industry/waitstaff, and administrative assistant backgrounds, excellent writing and organizational skills and knowledge of Salesforce and Google Suite. 
• Desire and/or ability to work well with diverse populations, including youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth. Bilingual, multilingual and non-traditional candidates desirable, not required. Helpful (not required) attributes: Background in curriculum development, training facilitation, Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-informed Care, past wait-staff meal prep/service experience. 
• We welcome racially diverse and bilingual candidates as well as those seeking an understanding of poverty and oppression. 
• Undergraduate degree helpful, not required (experience considered equally)

Job Requirements

• Ability to obtain Washington State Food Worker card 
• Valid Washington State Driver’s license
• Ability to pass Washington State Background Check
• Ability to lift/carry 40+ pounds regularly
• Ability to sit/stand as needed, ability to stand/walk for 4+ hours frequently
• Stairs required, carrying 40+ lbs up/down stairs somewhat frequently
• Ability to work periodic evenings, weekends, and holidays in-person

TEEN FEED IS A 501c3 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER EIN 94-3034862 www.teenfeed.org

TO APPLY:

–submit completed staff application with resume + cover letter attached

Questions? Email: recruitment@teenfeed.org