Job opening: Community Kitchen Shift Leader

Job Title: Community Kitchen Shift Leader (Logistics)(Temporary)

Position Summary: Reports to Community Kitchen Manager. Facilitates volunteers to ensure accurate food packaging for daily deliveries; prepares daily food delivery reports and meal labels; assists with pulling, staging and maintaining Community Kitchen inventory.

This is a temporary position through May 2018.  The hours are Mon. – Fri., from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Duties & qualifications: 

:• Works with Community Kitchen Manager to accurately package and stage items for daily routes; Responsible for creating packing labels and organizing containers for meal packaging. 

• Takes and records temperatures of sample hot and/or cold meals upon route departure from Second Harvest.

• Prefills daily food service delivery reports for site, item and departure temperature information.• Prints meal labels for next food service and as needed; ensures meal labels are created for required number of regular vegetarian, sample and other dietary restrictions. 

• Acts as a liaison between Second Harvest and courier service; assist drivers with loading as needed.

• Maintains food distribution equipment and materials, such as Styrofoam containers, thermal heat packs, packing totes, thermometers etc.

• Works with Director of Community Kitchen pull bulk items from inventory and stage for use in Community Kitchen programs.

• Assists with receiving product deliveries to ensure accuracy of order and quality of product.• Assists with maintaining Community Kitchen inventory to ensure adherence to FIFO guidelines.

• Maintains organized Community Kitchen inventory storage and workspace in coolers, freezers, warehouse, coolers and loading dock. 

• Serves as a program representative from Second Harvest.

• Maintains a positive and professional attitude with sites and other Second Harvest employees.

• Assists the Community Kitchen Manager and Director of the Community Kitchen with other responsibilities as needed.

Employment requirements: 

• Reliable transportation

• Must be able to pass a drug screen and background check

• Ability to lift at least 30 lbs.

How to apply: 

Email your resume to jobs@secondharvest.org. Include”Application for Shift Leader” as the only content in the subject line of your email.  

Join our Mailing List. Sign up to receive news, updates, and action alerts.