Hand Up Food Pantry Distribution Specialist
Position Title: Hand Up Food Pantry Distribution Specialist
Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Position Type: Full-time (37.5 hours), non-exempt (weekdays and an average of 1 Sunday per month)
Pay Rate: $15 - $16 per Hour
Benefits: Benefits for this position include a 401(k) plan, medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, life insurance and generous holiday benefits.
Position Overview
Jewish Family Service – Hand Up Food Pantry is seeking a full-time Distribution Specialist. This position is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in the San Diego community by helping to alleviate hunger. Hand Up distributes food at eight county-wide locations and is supported by community food drives and donations.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborating with the Food Pantry team in coordinating three community distribution sites (Ohr Shalom Synagogue, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, and Murphy Canyon military housing)
- Picking up and transporting food orders.
- Driving of 3 different vehicles including an 18ft box truck.
- Loading supplies on truck.
- Overseeing volunteers at distribution sites.
- Ensuring food bags are pre-assembled on schedule.
- Delivering food to each site.
- Maintaining relationships with staff/volunteers at each site.
- Managing and engaging volunteers
- Preparation and ensuring inventory is adequate for volunteers’ tasks to be completed.
- Supervising volunteers on a daily basis who work on and offsite.
- Supervising the Corner Market, ensuring it is well stocked and supported.
- Consistently communicating with volunteers, being available for guidance and supervision.
· Coordinates volunteers and drivers for fresh food rescue
- Coordinating food drives and donations
- Ensuring ongoing support of annual community food drive including communications, dropping off collection barrels and flyers, and picking up food donations.
- Soliciting new food drives, including working with teen leadership program participants to run community and neighborhood food drives.
- Picking up and processing store donations.
- Ongoing tasks
- Reporting monthly volunteer statistics.
- Weekly food orders from food banks.
- Bi-weekly thank you notes and letters to donors.
- Maintaining purchase receipts.
- Weekly supervision.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Position Requirements
· High school diploma or equivalent; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
· Must be available to work Sundays.
· Must have a valid CA drivers license, Valid Insurance and a good driving record.
· Experience supervising and motivating volunteers
· Excellent spelling, grammar, and written communication skills.
· Excellent telephone and oral communication skills.
· Ability to read and interpret documents such as memos, general clerical documents, project and grant reports, safety rules, instruction booklets, and manuals.
· Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measurement using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
· Ability to apply common sense and critical thinking to carry out instructions and make decisions within the scope of authority.
· Ability to deal with problems involving several variables.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
· Ability to write clear and concise emails.
· Daily Physical Demands:
o The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
o While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and listen. The employee often is required to stand; walk; use hands and arms to finger a keyboard, handle papers and reach for the phone.
o The employee needs to walk, or stand frequently. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
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About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For nearly 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.