Working at City Harvest

Now serving New York City for 25 years, City Harvest is the world's first and New York's only food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children. Using a fleet of 16 trucks and volunteers on foot, City Harvest collects excess food from all segments of the food industry and delivers it free of charge to community programs in all five boroughs.

At the same time, City Harvest is working to increase the access that low-income New Yorkers have to nutritious food by partnering with other non-profits, businesses, farmers, and target communities to establish improvements to local food systems that will benefit residents long into the future. City Harvest's programs provide individuals and families with nutrition information that they can use and supports community programs so that they can do their vital work serving meals to people in need. City Harvest's programs currently help feed an estimated 260,000 New Yorkers each week.

At City Harvest, we enjoy working in a team-based environment and value the benefits of a diversified workplace.  Women, people of color, and other underrepresented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. City Harvest is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on age, citizenship, color, creed, physical or mental disability, ethnicity, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, veteran status or other unlawful factors with respect to employment. City Harvest is committed to the maintenance of a drug-free workplace and ensuring compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.

How to apply for an open position:

Please e-mail your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to Human Resources, fax to 917.591.3052, or mail to City Harvest, Inc., 575 Eighth Avenue, 4th Fl., New York, NY, 10018.

Qualified candidates will be contacted by phone and/or email. Due to the number of applications we receive, we will be able to respond only to those candidates who are selected for interviews, but we thank all candidates for their interest in City Harvest.

Current Job Openings
  • Associate - Donor Systems

    We are seeking an experienced professional with proven skills to coordinate City Harvest’s gift entry process utilizing Raiser’s Edge.

  • Special Events Intern

    City Harvest is seeking an intern to assist the Special Events department on a variety of event related tasks.

  • Quality Assurance Coordinator

    The Quality Assurance Coordinator’s role is to contribute to the accuracy of the data which tracks the recorded activities associated with City Harvest procuring and delivering of 28+ million pounds of emergency food annually.

  • Human Resources Internship

    City Harvest Human Resources Department is seeking an unpaid Human Resources Intern to work in our midtown office.

  • Grant Writer

    City Harvest is seeking an experienced grant writer to support a corporate, foundation, and government fundraising department that generates several million dollars on an annual basis.

  • Senior Manager - Accounting

    We are seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting who will manage all financial and administrative aspects of programmatic restricted grants, including donor billing, proper allocation of funds, and revenue and expense recognition in accordance with GAAP.

  • Manager of Program Compliance

    The Program Compliance Manager’s role is to manage the recording of all activities associated with City Harvest projects including the procurement and delivery of 27+ million pounds of emergency food annually.

  • Director of Corporate Sponsorships - New Business Development

    City Harvest is seeking an experienced Director of Corporate Sponsorships – New Business Development responsible for the development of a growth strategy for our corporate partnerships in support of City Harvest’s mission of ending hunger in NYC.

  • Community Development Coordinator

    City Harvest is seeking three (3) Community Development Coordinators for their healthy neighborhood initative reporting to the Director of Healthy Neighborhoods.

  • Community Partnerships School Internship

    As part of City Harvest’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program, City Harvest is seeking four (4) intern to pilot a school-based initiative to help support individual school’s administrators and families.

  • NET Programmer Analyst

    City Harvest, inc., is seeking a NET Programmer Analyst to enhance its’ energetic IT Team.

  • Community Development Manager - Central Brooklyn

    As one of three co-conveners for the NYC Food and Fitness Partnership, City Harvest is seeking an energetic, motivated and organized Community Development Manager – Central Brooklyn within the context of New York City.