Volunteer Coordinator

Founded in 1988, Food & Friends provides medically-tailored meals, nutrition support, and friendship to people living with AIDS, cancer, and other life-challenging illnesses. Our team of seventy employees and thousands of volunteers delivers meals and hope to people living in the District of Columbia and multiple counties across Maryland and Virginia. There is no charge or income qualification for our services, which are rendered solely on the basis of medical need. Food & Friends is proud to be a nationally-recognized leader of the Food is Medicine movement.

We seek a Volunteer Coordinator to work with group and individual volunteers assigned to our kitchen and meal and grocery packing operations. Reporting to the Volunteer Services Director, the Coordinator will:

• • serve as Volunteer Services’ primary liaison to the teams responsible for management of the kitchen and the packing of medically-tailored meals and medically-tailored groceries;
  • recruit, schedule, and orient both individual and group volunteers;
  • develop and maintain scheduling and tracking systems to forecast and document volunteer activity;
  • cultivate and manage relations with community partners and existing volunteers;
  • address volunteer-related inquiries and complaints;
  • assist with volunteer recognition and retention initiatives’ and
  • work alongside volunteers as needed.

In 2025, readers of the Washington City Paper voted Food & Friends the city’s Best Nonprofit and Best Place to Volunteer. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who enjoys working with the public and giving back to the community. The position has a compressed Monday thru Thursday full-time schedule and requires working on-site.

The successful candidate will have at least one year of relevant work or volunteer experience. Additional requirements include strong written/verbal communication skills, superior organization skills, excellent time management, and strong public speaking skills. Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. Critical to success is the ability to work well under pressure, including the ability to accommodate sudden changes to volunteer scheduling and other workday plans. Must be willing to work some holidays. Offer of employment contingent upon a pre-employment drug test.

Food & Friends provides generous benefits, including medical, dental, disability, retirement plan, paid maternity/paternity leave, and three weeks of paid leave for new hires. Food & Friends is Metro accessible and has free on-site parking.