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Description:

The Grow Appalachia Associate Director of Strategic Impact will assist the Director of Grow Appalachia program in all areas of management, operations, and development for one of the country’s largest rural food systems projects. The position includes close collaboration with Grow Appalachia’s Associate Director of Production Programming and as support to all Grow Appalachia’s current program priorities. Duties include: resource development (including but not limited to grants and other forms of monetary and in-kind contributions); evaluation of site partner applications and communications among the funder(s), participants and the general public; coordination of system wide activities among site partners and other collaborating institutions and individuals: public relations and appropriate online media management; curriculum and teaching materials development; program assessment and results based reporting to appropriate campus administrators and funders.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Coordination of on-going evaluation of all program activities and program development in collaboration with the Associate Director of Production Programming, the Director and all staff.
• Coordination of communication strategies in collaboration with the Director and Program Associate, Associate Director of Production Programming, and in support of staff.
• In collaboration with the Director and staff, coordinate annual garden grant proposal processes including reviewing proposals, providing feedback, and making decisions with the team.
• Submit grant proposals in support of Grow’s initiatives in partnership with the Director, Associate Director of Production Programming, and all Grow staff and their programming goals.
• In collaboration with staff, draft annual budgets for the Garden Grants program, hunger relief and child nutrition programming with the Berea Kids Eat Coordinator, and other infrastructure projects in partnership with non-profits throughout Grow’s service area.
• In collaboration with the Director, Associate Director of Production Programming, and all staff, coordinate key activities in Grow’s strategic plan, including succession planning across all programs, supporting a peer-to-peer learning network with Garden Partners, maintaining an online resource library for gardeners, and other key strategies.
• Supporting Grow’s commitment to racial equity, through food justice education and racial justice awareness within staff, programs, partners, and deep integration of racial equity strategies within programs, services, and program evaluations.
• In collaboration with the Director, Associate Director of Production Programming, and Grow’s Program Associate, brainstorm annually with long-term Garden Grant partners in support of realizing their long-term food security goals through strategic planning.
• Support the Program Associate in training for program partners and volunteers in website, blog and reporting processes.
• Provide assistance in training and oversight of program students, interns and volunteers.
• In collaboration with the Associate Director of Production Programming, support the Social Enterprise Manager with marketing plans and materials.

What You'll Bring:

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• Bachelor’s Degree, required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• 5 years of experience working in the non-profit sector.
• Knowledge of communications, marketing and fundraising strategies.
• Understanding of program evaluation and metric tracking.
• Gardening and production experience, highly desirable.
• Background in personnel management including hiring, training, evaluation and termination.
• Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress web design, email and internet researching).
• Experience working or living in the Appalachian region.

Special Skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to identify opportunities for efficiency and collaborations among team members, leadership, and Grow’s larger partner network.
• Graphic design skills
• Delegation
• Strong public speaking skills
• Experience dealing with NGOs of different sizes and capacity.
• Fundraising, specifically grant writing and funder/donor relationship management.
• Basic understanding of gardening and agriculture, highly desirable.
• Commitment to racial and gender equity
• Ability to use wide array of gardening hand and power tools

License, certification, or registration necessary:

• Valid Driver’s License
• Required background checks

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
• Ability to handle small trucks and farm equipment
• Ability to work outside using handled tools
• Ability to travel independently by car and/or plane

Environmental conditions:

• Professional office environment
• Occasional travel is required

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

• Ability to drive pickup truck.

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 44 states and U.S. territories and more than 60 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides every enrolled student with a fully funded degree that covers 100% of tuition, housing, food, supplies, and fees without loans, for all four years. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only 10 federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus, building professional skills in a real-world learning environment. Washington Monthly ranked Berea College the #1 Best College for your Tuition and Tax Dollars, 2025. Berea also ranks #1 in educational access by The New York Times, 2023 and #1 for lowest educational debt by U.S. News and World Report, 2025 and 2026. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2026.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 17,000) lies 40 miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville.

Our Benefits:

Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.

Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of twenty-four hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

Our Unique Culture:

Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.

Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea.

Labor Supervision:

In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience.