The Vice President of Community Response is accountable for amplifying WCK’s impact at the local level by building and leading a comprehensive, competency-driven community response strategy. This role ensures that communities are fully embedded in both organization-led and community-led responses, aligned with WCK’s foundational principle of “neighbors feeding neighbors.”
The VP oversees the attraction, support, engagement, and retention of community responders and volunteers; cultivates and sustains a global network of chefs, food partners, and local leaders; and serves as the central hub for WCK’s community response teams. By integrating communities into WCK’s multi-participant response model, the VP ensures their readiness and seamless integration into the organization’s emergency responses.
This individual leads multiple director-level functions and partners closely with Response Operations and Security in their frontline command role, ensuring community teams are embedded in activations. They also collaborate with Response Support to connect community responders into global systems of support and with Response People Operations to align community engagement with broader people strategies.
The focus is on building, maintaining, and scaling a strong community response structure as a critical global asset — one that grows WCK’s capacity, strengthens resilience, and ensures that both communities and WCK teams can respond together effectively to global food crises.
Strategic Leadership & Vision
Network Development & Management
Volunteer Operations & Development
Community Team Leadership
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Application & Cover Letter
This application requires a cover letter that explains your interest in this position and in working for WCK.
References and Background Checks
To help ensure the safety of our communities and our teams, our selection process will include reference and background checks, subject to any legal or regulatory requirements.
Equal Opportunity
WCK is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity and to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment at this time.
E-Verify
For US based employment, WCK participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. Please view the E-Verify posters here with important information.
Para empleados en los EEUU, WCK participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU.. Los empleadores sólo pueden utilizar E-Verify una vez que usted haya aceptado una oferta de trabajo y completado el Formulario I-9. Haz clic aquí para ver los carteles de E-Verify con información importante.
No recruiters or agencies, please.
Skills and Competencies
Preferred Experience
ZERO Premiums: WCK covers 100% of insurance premiums for employees and their dependents, including medical, dental, vision, and group life coverage. Benefits begin on your date of hire.
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