Community Food Distribution Specialist

Title:

Community Food Distribution Specialist

Business Unit/Delegate:

Crisis Intervention Programs

Department:

Food Bank Director

Reports To:

Director of

FLSA Status:

Non Exempt

Full Time Equivalent:

Full-Time

Date Approved/Revised:

03/18/2025

Mission Statement:

ARVAC, Inc. promotes self-sufficiency and provides pathways out of poverty for individuals, families, and communities.

Job Summary

The ARVAC Food Bank serves food to low income individuals across a nine county area with multiple food distributions a week. The Community Food Distribution Specialist is responsible for ensuring food inventory is accounted for, proper inventory is placed at distribution sites, proper steps and procedures are followed when goods are out of date, etc. The incumbent is responsible for the compliance of facilities (temperature checks, cleanliness, rodent maintenance) of the food bank. The Community Food Distribution Specialist will work directly under and report to the Food Bank Director.

*The following job junctions are not all-inclusive. Job duties may change as required by needs of the agency. You will assume the responsibility of assuring that you working under to understand your role in accomplishing the strategic goals and performance measures of the Agency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Community Outreach Specialist will obtain quality community volunteers and maintain an outstanding volunteer program. The Community Food Distribution Specialist will work with the Food Bank Director to develop and implement food-safety policy guidelines.

Primary Responsibilities:

Job Specifications

· Ensures all supplies and food items are stocked, labeled, packaged, and distributed to the proper location.

· Recruit and supervise food bank volunteers

· Completes weekly inventory reports, reporting amount of inventory, number of deliveries, amount of bags given, and total inventory at the end of each week; reports information to the Director on a weekly basis; assists in the development and maintains an inventory control system

· Implements food safety guidelines as mandated by state regulations; works with management to develop and deliver a food safety manual;

· Reports to the Director the USDA and management for food spoilage, food damages, and food expiration dates, etc. during the course of inventory and compliance control;

· Prepares stock requests for orders, bid tabulations, pre-quotation bid summaries, and purchase orders for the food bank when needed;

· Responsible ensuring food items are at the necessary temperature in accordance to policies and regulations, completes daily temperature logs, reports temp logs to the Corporate Office and maintains logs in a safe location for auditing purposes;

· Ensure both in and outside of the warehouse are maintained.

· Ensures compliance with TEFAP, CSFP, and USDA requirement and guidelines during distribution sites, food storage regs, pantry regulations, etc.; works to train and assist employees during food distributions to ensure compliance within the regulations.

· Drives Food Bank box truck to distributions to hand out food bags

· Utilizes confidentiality practices while processing information

· Cooperates with auditors as necessary

· Performs duties as requested

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out each essential duty in a satisfactory manner. The job specifications listed below are representative of the education and experience as well as the knowledge, skill and/or ability (KSAs) required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

· High school diploma or its equivalency is required

· CDL a plus

· Two years’ experience in warehouse operations or an equivalent combination of training and experience

· Must hold a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

· Knowledge of inventory control methods, procedures, and systems

· Knowledge of policy and procedures including safety and security measures and the ability to practically apply such knowledge

· Skills and ability to inventory and stock items

· Ability to manually and electronically organize and control inventoried items

· Ability to assist and prepare in creating clear concise reports

· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management, employees, vendors, and volunteers

· Ability to communicate effectively

ADA Requirements (Essential Functions)

· Physical Requirements*

· Sitting 1 hours/day

· Standing 7-10 hours/day

· Walking 7-8 hours/day

· Driving 2-3 hours/day

· Use of telephone 2-3 hours/day

· Lifting 5-6 hours/day

· Lifting at least 40-50lbs 5-6 hours/day

· Working under pressure 3-5hours/day

· Working rapidly for long periods 4-6 hours/day

· Use of keyboard/computer, printer, fax, copier 4-5 hours/day

· Position requires close work; finger dexterity; good vision, hearing, oral communication and critical thinking on a regular basis. May occasionally work longer than 8 hours/day.

The following cognitive or mental requirements are necessary on a daily basis: Critical thinking; Reading; Writing; Mathematics; Drawing conclusions from written or computer generated materials; Analyzing data or report information; Creating methodologies for accomplishing a goal; Conducting research; Implementing recommendations by coordinating persons and/or other resources; Developing plans, procedures, goals, strategies, or processes Directing activities of others to accomplish a goal Clear verbal articulation.

Work Environment:

• Noise level in the work environment is moderate to occasionally loud (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic, human voices).

• Standard office equipment generally used includes:

o Telephone

o Personal Computer (monitor, keyboard, and mouse) or Tablet

o Printer/Photocopy Machine

o Calculator

o Fax Machine

• May be required to operate a motor vehicle during the course of duties.

• This job description is only a summary and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by the employee. This document is subject to change at any time.

Employee’s Signature

Date

Supervisor’s Signature

Date

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $18.81 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $19