Operations Manager (BC) Food Rescue
Top Benefits
About the role
Operations Manager (British Columbia)
Second Harvest – Canada’s largest food rescue charity
Location: Lower Mainland, British Columbia
Status: Full-Time
Salary: $65,000 to $70,000 Per Annum Plus Benefits
Department/Division: Operations - Food Rescue
Reports to: Senior Operations Manager (Western Canada)
Time Required on-site: 0% (no regular on-site requirements, apart from all-staff events, such as AGM for example)
The Opportunity Awaits—Where Passion Meets Impact!
🌱 Operations Manager (British Columbia)
Are you a strategic, community-minded leader who thrives in dynamic environments? Do you believe good food should never go to waste while people go hungry? Join Second Harvest , where every day is an opportunity to make a tangible impact. As our Operations Manager (British Columbia) you’ll be at the heart of our mission—scaling food rescue operations and building partnerships that nourish communities and protect the planet.
Why This Role Matters
Second Harvest is on a mission to ensure no food goes to waste and no Canadian goes hungry. In this role, you’ll lead the charge in British Columbia, expanding our reach, strengthening relationships, and driving innovation in food recovery. You’ll work with food donors, non-profits, and other community stakeholders to get rescued food to those who need it most—while reducing environmental impact.
What You’ll Do
- 🤝 Build Regional Impact : Cultivate strong partnerships with non-profits, food donors, and other regional stakeholders, to maximize food rescue efforts.
- 🎤 Be a Voice for Change : Represent Second Harvest at events, conferences, and speaking engagements to raise awareness and inspire action.
- 📦 Support Our Partners : Deliver exceptional service to our network of donors and non-profits, resolving issues and providing training to strengthen their food rescue capabilities.
- 👥 Team Management: Lead regional operations staff in British Columbia fostering a positive team culture while setting objectives, assigning accountabilities, monitoring performance, and conducting annual reviews.
- 📱 Drive Innovation : Collaborate with teams to improve our operations, including identifying enhancements to our Food Rescue App.
- 📊 Measure What Matters : Track data, report on progress, and implement quality improvements to optimize our impact.
- 📣 Amplify Our Mission : Work with Marketing & Communications to generate media interest and boost visibility.
- 🚚 Lead the Movement : Organize and support community food distributions, pursue innovative approaches to food redistribution, and expand our footprint across BC.
Who You Are
- Strategic & Solutions-Oriented : You thrive in ambiguity and love solving complex challenges.
- Connector & Collaborator : You build relationships with ease and rally people around a shared mission.
- Innovative & Entrepreneurial : You’re always looking for better ways to do things and aren’t afraid to take initiative.
- Data-Driven : You use insights to guide decisions and improve performance.
- Adaptable & Resilient : You embrace change and grow through it.
- Mission-Aligned : You’re passionate about sustainability, food rescue, and hunger relief.
- Experienced in Non-Profit Work : You understand the unique dynamics of the sector and are ready to lead with purpose.
Why Join Us?
At Second Harvest, you’re not just taking a job—you’re joining a movement. We offer:
- A chance to make a real difference every day
- A collaborative, purpose-driven team
- Opportunities for growth and innovation
- A workplace that values diversity, equity, and inclusion
🌟 The Perks
At Second Harvest, we believe that doing meaningful work should come with meaningful rewards. Here’s what you can look forward to when you join our team:
- 💰 Competitive Compensation : We offer a strong salary package plus a defined benefit pension plan with employer matching—because your future matters.
- 🌴 Generous Time Off : Start with four weeks of vacation and three personal days to recharge, reflect, and reconnect.
- 🩺 Comprehensive Benefits : Enjoy full health and dental coverage, vision care, paramedical services, a healthcare spending account, disability leave, and life insurance — with no waiting period. Your benefits begin on your first day.
- 💸 Group RRSP with Employer Match : We invest in your long-term financial well-being.
- 🧠 Employee & Family Assistance Program : Access confidential support for life’s challenges—because we care about your whole self.
- 🎓 Learning & Development Support : We’ll back your growth with education and professional development reimbursement .
- 🕓 Flexible Work Hours : We understand life happens—our flexible approach supports your work-life balance .
- 🚀 Purpose-Driven Career Growth : Be part of a team where your work directly improves lives and protects the planet .
Ready to Make a Real Impact? Apply Today!
If you're passionate about sustainability, food justice, and community empowerment—this is your moment. Join Second Harvest and be part of a bold movement that’s rescuing food, feeding communities, and protecting the planet .
We’re not just filling a role—we’re looking for a changemaker. Someone who’s ready to lead at the forefront of food security, sustainability, and help shape a future where no good food goes to waste.
✨ Here’s How to Apply
Submit your cover letter and resume through our [online application portal]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don’t wait— apply now and take the first step toward a purpose-driven career.
💬 We’re Committed to Equity & Inclusion
Second Harvest is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, especially those from equity-deserving groups.
We’re also committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodations at any stage, please let us know—we’re here to support you.
🔎 Want to learn more about who we are and what we do?
Visit us at www.secondharvest.ca
About Second Harvest
Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue organization and is a global thought leader on perishable food redistribution. We work with thousands of food businesses from across the supply chain to redirect unsold surplus food to non-profit organizations that feed communities in every province and territory.
By keeping perfectly edible food from ending up in landfill and redirecting it to the charitable sector, our work prevents harmful greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere and improves access to nutrition for the millions of people in Canada experiencing food insecurity.
In addition to our core work of food rescue, Second Harvest produces research on food loss and waste, provides education and training for the charitable food sector and has developed the Second Harvest Food Rescue App to facilitate direct donations from food businesses to local non-profits across Canada.
In 2024 we rescued 87.1 million lbs of healthy perishable food and diverted it to more than 12,400 programs in charities and non-profits across Canada, averting over 288 million pounds of greenhouse gases.
Our vision: No Waste. No Hunger
Our mission is to keep food where it belongs: On plates and out of landfills.
Operations Manager (BC) Food Rescue
Top Benefits
About the role
Operations Manager (British Columbia)
Second Harvest – Canada’s largest food rescue charity
Location: Lower Mainland, British Columbia
Status: Full-Time
Salary: $65,000 to $70,000 Per Annum Plus Benefits
Department/Division: Operations - Food Rescue
Reports to: Senior Operations Manager (Western Canada)
Time Required on-site: 0% (no regular on-site requirements, apart from all-staff events, such as AGM for example)
The Opportunity Awaits—Where Passion Meets Impact!
🌱 Operations Manager (British Columbia)
Are you a strategic, community-minded leader who thrives in dynamic environments? Do you believe good food should never go to waste while people go hungry? Join Second Harvest , where every day is an opportunity to make a tangible impact. As our Operations Manager (British Columbia) you’ll be at the heart of our mission—scaling food rescue operations and building partnerships that nourish communities and protect the planet.
Why This Role Matters
Second Harvest is on a mission to ensure no food goes to waste and no Canadian goes hungry. In this role, you’ll lead the charge in British Columbia, expanding our reach, strengthening relationships, and driving innovation in food recovery. You’ll work with food donors, non-profits, and other community stakeholders to get rescued food to those who need it most—while reducing environmental impact.
What You’ll Do
- 🤝 Build Regional Impact : Cultivate strong partnerships with non-profits, food donors, and other regional stakeholders, to maximize food rescue efforts.
- 🎤 Be a Voice for Change : Represent Second Harvest at events, conferences, and speaking engagements to raise awareness and inspire action.
- 📦 Support Our Partners : Deliver exceptional service to our network of donors and non-profits, resolving issues and providing training to strengthen their food rescue capabilities.
- 👥 Team Management: Lead regional operations staff in British Columbia fostering a positive team culture while setting objectives, assigning accountabilities, monitoring performance, and conducting annual reviews.
- 📱 Drive Innovation : Collaborate with teams to improve our operations, including identifying enhancements to our Food Rescue App.
- 📊 Measure What Matters : Track data, report on progress, and implement quality improvements to optimize our impact.
- 📣 Amplify Our Mission : Work with Marketing & Communications to generate media interest and boost visibility.
- 🚚 Lead the Movement : Organize and support community food distributions, pursue innovative approaches to food redistribution, and expand our footprint across BC.
Who You Are
- Strategic & Solutions-Oriented : You thrive in ambiguity and love solving complex challenges.
- Connector & Collaborator : You build relationships with ease and rally people around a shared mission.
- Innovative & Entrepreneurial : You’re always looking for better ways to do things and aren’t afraid to take initiative.
- Data-Driven : You use insights to guide decisions and improve performance.
- Adaptable & Resilient : You embrace change and grow through it.
- Mission-Aligned : You’re passionate about sustainability, food rescue, and hunger relief.
- Experienced in Non-Profit Work : You understand the unique dynamics of the sector and are ready to lead with purpose.
Why Join Us?
At Second Harvest, you’re not just taking a job—you’re joining a movement. We offer:
- A chance to make a real difference every day
- A collaborative, purpose-driven team
- Opportunities for growth and innovation
- A workplace that values diversity, equity, and inclusion
🌟 The Perks
At Second Harvest, we believe that doing meaningful work should come with meaningful rewards. Here’s what you can look forward to when you join our team:
- 💰 Competitive Compensation : We offer a strong salary package plus a defined benefit pension plan with employer matching—because your future matters.
- 🌴 Generous Time Off : Start with four weeks of vacation and three personal days to recharge, reflect, and reconnect.
- 🩺 Comprehensive Benefits : Enjoy full health and dental coverage, vision care, paramedical services, a healthcare spending account, disability leave, and life insurance — with no waiting period. Your benefits begin on your first day.
- 💸 Group RRSP with Employer Match : We invest in your long-term financial well-being.
- 🧠 Employee & Family Assistance Program : Access confidential support for life’s challenges—because we care about your whole self.
- 🎓 Learning & Development Support : We’ll back your growth with education and professional development reimbursement .
- 🕓 Flexible Work Hours : We understand life happens—our flexible approach supports your work-life balance .
- 🚀 Purpose-Driven Career Growth : Be part of a team where your work directly improves lives and protects the planet .
Ready to Make a Real Impact? Apply Today!
If you're passionate about sustainability, food justice, and community empowerment—this is your moment. Join Second Harvest and be part of a bold movement that’s rescuing food, feeding communities, and protecting the planet .
We’re not just filling a role—we’re looking for a changemaker. Someone who’s ready to lead at the forefront of food security, sustainability, and help shape a future where no good food goes to waste.
✨ Here’s How to Apply
Submit your cover letter and resume through our [online application portal]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don’t wait— apply now and take the first step toward a purpose-driven career.
💬 We’re Committed to Equity & Inclusion
Second Harvest is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, especially those from equity-deserving groups.
We’re also committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodations at any stage, please let us know—we’re here to support you.
🔎 Want to learn more about who we are and what we do?
Visit us at www.secondharvest.ca
About Second Harvest
Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue organization and is a global thought leader on perishable food redistribution. We work with thousands of food businesses from across the supply chain to redirect unsold surplus food to non-profit organizations that feed communities in every province and territory.
By keeping perfectly edible food from ending up in landfill and redirecting it to the charitable sector, our work prevents harmful greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere and improves access to nutrition for the millions of people in Canada experiencing food insecurity.
In addition to our core work of food rescue, Second Harvest produces research on food loss and waste, provides education and training for the charitable food sector and has developed the Second Harvest Food Rescue App to facilitate direct donations from food businesses to local non-profits across Canada.
In 2024 we rescued 87.1 million lbs of healthy perishable food and diverted it to more than 12,400 programs in charities and non-profits across Canada, averting over 288 million pounds of greenhouse gases.
Our vision: No Waste. No Hunger
Our mission is to keep food where it belongs: On plates and out of landfills.