JOB DESCRIPTION
Part-Time Mobile Pantry Commodities Associate Location: New York, NY
New York Common Pantry is one of the city’s largest food pantries, providing food assistance, case management services, senior food provision, nutrition education, and hygiene services. We are a dynamic, mission-driven organization, experiencing rapid growth and expansion at this time.
NYCP is a poverty-fighting organization that reduces hunger and promotes dignity, health, and self-sufficiency by using a holistic approach to reach over 122,000 distinct people -- over 729,000 visitors each year. Last year, we served over 11 million meals. Through an array of programs that we offer, we look to establish long-term stability for those we serve.
The Part-Time Mobile Pantry Commodities Associate is responsible for ensuring that the Food Program operations at mobile sites and the warehouse/HUB, run smoothly during distribution, including ensuring food packing is placed in the order in which members arrive, and addressing member ordering issues; and implementing distribution protocols.
The Part-Time Mobile Pantry Commodities Associate reports to the Mobile Pantry Manager at the Oak Ave location. This is a Part-Time position, up to 28 hours a week, non-exempt.
Responsibilities:
- Train and support volunteers to assemble pantry packages for pantry distribution and ensure adherence to Pantry Package Guidelines.
- Provide excellent customer service while facilitating Mobile Pantry operations off-site.
- Control the flow of clients at mobile sites and appropriately resolve member issues that may occur.
- Ensure distribution protocols are followed by support staff and volunteers.
- Work closely with Mobile Pantry staff, Drivers, and Commodities Associates to set up and pack food packages for distribution at mobile sites.
- Inventory maintenance for all food and program-related supplies and ensure appropriate storage of delivered items along with the stock rotation at the warehouse in Hunts Point.
- Ensure that the packing areas and distribution space is properly set up before the program starts operations, including working with partnership staff to ensure the work area is set up for pantry distribution.
- Load and unload vans/trucks and keep an accurate count of commodities being sent out/returning to the warehouse.
- Other maintenance and program operations or other duties as assigned by the Mobile Pantry Manager.
Qualifications:
- A High school diploma or the equivalent is required.
- Full professional proficiency level in English/Spanish or English/Chinese is a plus.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs is required.
- Commitment to helping the communities in need and NYCP’s work and mission.
- Comfortable working with diverse populations.
- Ability to multi-task and work in a highly trafficked area.
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills are required.
- The experience of using a hand truck and pallet jack is required.
- Certification in Food Safety Handling by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is preferred.
- Ability to work with volunteers and employees of NY Common Pantry and staff at partner sites.
- Forklift experience is a plus.
This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts or requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. This description does not constitute a contract of employment and NYCP may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.
New York Common Pantry is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to you without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, age, veteran status, medical condition or disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Pay: $17.50/hour
Benefits:
- Paid time off, including Vacation, Personal, and Sick
- Paid Holidays
- 403(b) Retirement Account
- Employer Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability
- Pre-tax Transit benefits
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