Chief Executive Officer

Are you an experienced nonprofit professional?  Do you love food, serving the underserved, helping right social injustices and/or caring for our planet?  Do you want to join a growing nonprofit that is well respected in the community?  WasteLess is looking for our next CEO.

WasteLess Solutions is a local non-profit organization who aims to reduce food waste in Utah through education, prevention, and diversion. As part of our mission, we have two main programs.  The first is our food rescue program, we utilize a smartphone app and our large contingency of volunteers who rescue edible surplus food from food producers, caterers, cafeterias, restaurants, farmers, and farmers markets and transport it to receiving agencies such as shelters, children’s programs, other non-profits, and community centers, to feed those who are food insecure. Our second program is education. Education is the core of our mission as our goal is to reduce food waste.  We educate via social media, tabling, speaking engagements and other channels.

We have been in existence for seven years and are experiencing a great amount of growth.  We are a small team doing big things so we are looking for someone who is passionate about food, the environment, food waste, and food insecurity.  Additionally the ideal candidate should be a go-getter, driven, a creative thinker, a strong leader, and is someone who can implement their creative ideas to help us continue to grow.  This position is full-time and the pay is salaried.  The ideal candidate should reside in Salt Lake County. The right candidate would be joining a great group of very passionate people who want to make a difference in our community and our world!

Responsibilities

Creative thinker passionate about food, the environment and feeding people in need.

Balance innovation and creativity with metrics-driven results and operational efficiency.

Be supportive of a culture prioritizing transparent feedback, continuous improvement, relentless ambition, and mutual respect for all.

Collaborate with the Board of Directors to identify, create, and implement strategic plans to actualize business objectives.

Spend a significant portion of time identifying potential sources of funding and organize fundraising efforts.

Lead, recruit, train and develop a talented team of employees who can lead critical programs and manage strategic business functions.

Monitor company operations and ensure employees and business practices comply with regulatory and legal requirements.

Identify potential risks and opportunities within the organization and its environment to protect business interests and to seek growth opportunities.

Represent the company at social and corporate events in ways that strengthen the brand and communicate the company’s message.

Qualifications

Be a relationship builder, not just with funders but with partners that can help create more infrastructure in this space that doesn’t have many players in it today.

Experience and passion for our food system.

Have an executive presence to feel comfortable speaking with all levels of partners, from funders, to corporate leaders to volunteers.

Have 5+ years of increasing leadership within the nonprofit space.

Have a proven track record of raising funds for a nonprofit organization with a budget of $500,000 or more.

Strong experience in fundraising via community connections, grants, individual donors, corporate donors, and events.

Be supportive of diverse thinking by building an organization with diverse individuals and creating everyone as equal.

Be willing to take risks and pilot ideas to help solve a societal need.

Please send CV to danaw@wastelesssolutions.org before March 7, 2025.