Director of Finance
WHO WE ARE
Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Its mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. They believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. It recognizes that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why OFB works systemically to achieve its mission to end hunger: by fostering community connections to help people access nutritious food, and by building community power and strengthening networks of support and the safety nets to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.
OFB works to build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.
Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and they strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of the organization and strengthen the capacity to eliminate hunger. They believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join their team. The organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.
WHO YOU ARE
You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply
equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with
OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.
POSITION SUMMARY
As the Director of Finance, you will contribute to the organization’s success by leading the finance team in support of an ambitious strategic plan and annual operating budget of approximately $100 million. You are a deeply knowledgeable and experienced finance professional who is passionate about building highly effective, values-driven mission-critical financial systems. You have led fiscal teams and improved processes. You wake up in the morning eager to build and belong to an effective team, find and tell the story within the numbers, and to participate in making the best decisions to meet our mission. You are known for your ability to think strategically and holistically while driving tactics and projects to fruition, but you also have the ability to get into the details from time to time. You have confidence in your skills and knowledge and the humility to reflect, listen to understand, and be changed. You are self-directed yet flexible and excel in a mission- and deadline-driven environment. You care deeply about people experiencing hunger and
hold them in the center of all that you do. Most importantly you demonstrate transparency, equity and inclusivity in all that you do and work with your heart and soul to improve the world.
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Interested in Learning More?
180one is a retained search firm and has been engaged by Oregon Food Bank to manage this search. If interested in learning more about the opportunity, please contact Lisa Heffernan /971.256.3076/ lisa@180one.com