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Vice President of Impact

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Hybrid · Chicago, IL

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Location

Hybrid · Chicago, IL

Timezone

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Contract

Full-time

Experience

Mid

Category

Other

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Remote flexibility

Hybrid

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About the role

Position Title: Vice President of Impact

Department: Impact

Reports to: Chief Operations Officer

Position Type: Full-Time, 40 hours

POSITION SUMMARY

The Vice President of Impact provides strategic and operational leadership for the nonprofit organization's Agencies, Programs, and Build Healthy Communities functions. Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, this role is responsible for advancing the organization’s mission by strengthening community partnerships, supporting a high-capacity agency network, improving program effectiveness, and driving measurable community impact across the organization's 13-county service area.

The Vice President translates organizational priorities into community-focused strategies and operational plans that improve food access, expand program effectiveness, build partner capacity, and address the root causes and conditions that contribute to food insecurity. This position ensures that agency partnerships, program investments, and community impact initiatives are aligned with organizational goals, community needs, and measurable outcomes.

As a member of the Vice President Leadership Team, the Vice President of Impact collaborates closely with Operations, Philanthropy, Transformation, Finance, Marketing & Communications, and other leaders to ensure organizational resources are leveraged effectively to support neighbors, strengthen communities, and advance long-term food security outcomes. This role leads through directors and managers while fostering collaboration, accountability, community partnership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Agency & Network Leadership

Provide strategic leadership for agency partnerships, network engagement, and member agency support activities.

Strengthen the capacity, effectiveness, sustainability, and experience of the organization's member agency network.

Develop and implement strategies that improve agency engagement, compliance, service delivery, communication, and partnership outcomes.

Foster strong relationships with food pantries, meal programs, community-based organizations, and other network partners throughout the service area.

Partner with agencies to identify emerging community needs, address access barriers, improve service models, and expand equitable food access.

Programs Leadership

Oversee the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of hunger-relief programs.

Ensure program strategies align with organizational priorities, community needs, operational capabilities, and measurable impact goals.

Monitor program effectiveness, participation, outcomes, compliance, resource utilization, and service quality.

Use data, partner feedback, community insight, and evaluation findings to improve program design, delivery, and impact.

Ensure all programs operate effectively, ethically, safely, and in compliance with organizational standards, grant requirements, and applicable regulations.

Build Healthy Communities Leadership

Provide leadership for Build Healthy Communities initiatives that address food insecurity, nutrition, health, community well-being, and related social determinants of health.

Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with healthcare providers, community organizations, municipalities, schools, coalitions, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

  • ·Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • ·Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive leadership experience in nonprofit management, community programs, public health, human services, social services, network engagement, program leadership, or a related field.
  • ·Minimum of five (5) years leading managers, directors, or multiple functions.
  • ·Demonstrated experience building community partnerships, leading programmatic strategies, and advancing measurable community impact.

Benefits

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How to apply

  1. 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
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