Job Homebase:7900 NE 33rd Dr. Portland, OR 97211
Site requirement:Hybrid
Reports To: Metro & Washington County Services Manager
This is a temporary part-time position (26 hours per week), from June 10, 2024 through August 23, 2024 (not benefits eligible).
Please apply no later than April 30th, 2024.
Who We Are:
Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.
We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.
Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.
Who You Are:
You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.
Position Summary (Essential Functions):
As the Free Food Market Summer Associate, you will contribute to the organization’s success through coordinating the logistics and operations of three weekly Summer Free Food Markets in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation Summer Meals programs. Free Food Market is a free, shopping-style food distribution program of Oregon Food Bank that aims to distribute fresh produce and pantry staples to low-income individuals and families. The Free Food Market Summer Associate will promote the markets, lead the onsite distribution of food, and train and manage volunteers onsite.
You enjoy work which involves interactions with community members from a variety of backgrounds, ensuring quality service for all. You’re great at coordinating a group and have strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills. You can also work well on your own to manage systems and schedules to ensure smooth operations, and feel comfortable to ask for help when needed.
Work will be approximately 30% remote (from home or in office, computer-based) and 70% in-person (at distribution sites).
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Responsibilities):
Attend and manage three weekly, outdoor food distributions located at Portland area parks, distributing food to 100 households.
Promote Free Food Markets to the community through digital and/or in-person outreach efforts.
Oversee food distributions to ensure equitable and safe access to food for all.
Place weekly food orders, according to community needs, feedback, and dietary considerations.
Train volunteers on basic food safety and monitor for food safety throughout the distribution.
Make decisions and adjust plans to respond to community needs and participation.
Collect participant information and report data weekly.
Identify and implement improvements based on community feedback and observations.
Organizational level responsibilities of employees include:
To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism.
In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to:
cross-departmental efforts
work culture activities and programming
advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others
plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission.
Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time.
Skills and Experience:
Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.
Thrive is a fast paced environment and can troubleshoot on the spot
Enjoy working with people from various backgrounds who speak multiple languages.
Enjoy directing and motivating diverse groups of volunteers.
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
Proficiency in Google Suite and web based ordering applications
Ability to work with confidential information and sensitive situations
Reliable and responsible in order to support efficient and productive Free Food Market programming.
Ability to work independently to follow program requirements and procedures.
Valid driver’s license to access work sites in the Portland Metro area; OFB can provide access to a company owned electric vehicle for work duties based on availability.
Organizational level skills and experience required for exempt employees include:
Disposition and willingness to maximize multiple perspectives to innovate, problem solve and seek creative solutions.
Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity and social justice.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically, collaborate, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality.
Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.
Ability to both work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.
Ability to thrive in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven, and fast-paced work culture.
Experience of successful multicultural immersion working and/or living within OFB's Equity Constituencies: BIPoC, Immigrants & Refugees, Single Mothers, Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming folx.
Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
The Fine Print:
Work environment:
Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively.
Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request.
This role requires travel and a valid driver's license
This role requires working outside in the elements.
Background Check:
This position does require a criminal background check. Criminal background checks may be required for the following reasons:
Insurance requirement
Third party contractual requirement/s
Job duties include unaccompanied work with minors, elders, or anyone legally unable to consent to touch, discipline, or sexual contact.
A criminal record unrelated to theft, assault, or sexual violence may not make you ineligible to work at Oregon Food Bank. We actively support all our staff in developing relevant skills and capacities to improve job retention and advancement.
Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions and Disaster Response expectations:
OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. Work and paid designations are described in OFB’s Inclement Weather Guidelines. At all times staff are supported to prioritize their safety and those of their dependants, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors.
1. Nonexempt classification refers to workers that are entitled to a minimum wage and overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay after 40 hours of work in a workweek. They do not; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; nor 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.