Work With the Office of Food Justice
The Mayor's Office of Food Justice works to improve the accessibility and affordability of healthy food in Boston.
UPDATE: We currently have a number of open positions in our office. Please see below for brief position descriptions and a link to the boston.gov application portal.
Have questions? Please contact us at food@boston.gov.
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Open Positions
Work With UsUnder the guidance of the Director of the Office of Food Justice, the BDUFB Program Manager will work to improve equitable access to nutritious food with respect to affordability, physical accessibility, and cultural appropriateness. The Program Manager will specifically manage the implementation of the Boston Double Up Food Bucks program to reduce food insecurity and increase equitable food access. Apply for this position today.
The Deputy Director will lead operational, planning and evaluation work, manage contracts and identify strategic opportunities in partnership with the Director of OFJ. As a key leader in the department, the Deputy Director plays a backbone role in infrastructure, providing guidance to the team about internal City procedures and working with external partners. Boston residency required. Apply for this position today.
The mission of the Mayor's Office of Food Justice (OFJ) is to build a food system that is equitable, resilient, sustainable, and just. OFJ works to expand equitable access to nutritious food with respect to:
- affordability
- physical accessibility, and
- cultural connectedness.
We support Boston’s food economy and promote environmentally sustainable and resilient food production.
We're building on the work of the City’s previous Office of Food Access. We embed food systems and racial equity approaches into existing food access programming. We pursue whole-of-government strategies, in partnership with GrowBoston, that leverage City resources and partnerships to:
- shift the city and region’s food system
- reduce food insecurity, and
- address the food system’s impact on climate.
This includes close partnerships with other city and state departments. We facilitate a community of practice of organizations, businesses, and entities in the City. These groups are addressing food insecurity and inequitable food access by developing a new food system.
