What are the responsibilities and job description for the Driver (Home Delivered Meals East) position at STANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER?
Job Details
Description
Intro/Program Description: The Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) is a non-profit, multi-service organization focusing primarily on the needs of children and low-income families, out-of-school and out-of-work youth and aging New Yorkers. We operate at community centers located in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Yorkville, and seek to deliver programs that are impactful, innovative, and intergenerational.
Soups Up aims to deliver weekly food boxes to community members in the immediate area surrounding the Isaacs Center. These boxes are in the style of a meal kit and provide ready-to-eat foods, non-perishable goods, and fresh produce with corresponding recipe cards each week.
Purpose of Position: The Driver will drive and maintain a vehicle used to deliver meals for community members who are in need of food assistance. The Isaacs Center has partnered with Dandelion Food Shed to receive 1000 pounds of fresh produce each week from Hepworth Farm, located in Milton, NY, to the Isaacs Center. The driver will be responsible for picking up the produce order and delivering it to the center at the beginning of each shift.
Schedule: 8-12 hours per week.
Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center follow the CDC and NYS recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and are now requiring all new hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have a qualified exemption.
Qualifications
- Picks-up and delivers meals to community members
- Picks-up and drops-off weekly wholesale produce order from Hepworth Farm to the Isaacs Center, approximately
- 155 miles round-trip
- Observe client and their surrounding area; report concerns as needed.
- Keeps vehicles clean and in good operating condition, assist with the oversight of maintenance of vehicle.
- Inspects vehicles daily and reports any operational or structural defects immediately.
- Reviews vehicle documentation to ensure inspections, registration and insurance information is up-to-date.
- Maintains accurate daily log of deliveries
- Assists in scheduling meal deliveries to minimize time and distance between delivery.
- Keeps daily gasoline and mileage records.
- Picks-up and returns vehicles to garage or parking place daily.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma is preferred
- A valid NYS Drivers License
- 2 or more years of driving experience in NYC or high traffic areas
- No more than 1 moving violation in 24 months
- Ability to stoop, bend, lift and carry up to 50 lbs
- Demonstrated sensitivity to an aging population
- Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus
- Ability to work holidays at times, with advance notice, based on distribution needs
- Ability to work flexible hours including early mornings, if needed
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job related task other than those specifically presented in this description. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
