Assistant Food Coordinator

Title: Assistant Food Coordinator

Department: Vital Bridges

Shift: FT/ 8:30AM - 5:00PM CST / M-F

Location: 4121 W Lake St | 5543 N Broadway | 8110 S Cottage Grove

• Do you have access to reliable transportation? *
• Are you comfortable with traveling from site to site, including multiple sites in one shift? *
• Are you comfortable working onsite alone? *
  
  

Heartland Alliance Health’s (HAH) mission is to transform healthcare for the most vulnerable – particularly people experiencing homelessness, mental illness or addictions, or struggling with multiple chronic illnesses – improving health for all and the well-being of our community.

Summary: The Assistant Food Program Coordinator is responsible for assisting the food coordinator in the day-to-day operations of all of the grocery center programs. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives, within the framework outlined below.

Essential Functions

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists Food Coordinators in the day-to-day tasks of operating grocery centers on service days
• Stocks grocery center commodities
• Presents menu options to participants.
• Fulfills orders.
• Distributes orders.
• Documents services in databases
• Assists Food Coordinator with receiving and storing of grocery center commodities weekly
• Examines products for safety and signs of damage.
• Counts and reports items received.
• Stores items expeditiously and in the appropriate locations that are in alignment with federal, state and local food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Organizes inventory following “first in first out” protocols.
• Assists Food Coordinators in conducting monthly inventory of grocery center commodities
• Counts products.
• Examines products for safety and damages and reports findings to Food Coordinator.
• Documents inventory on tracking tools.
• Reports shortages or overages of commodities to Food Coordinator for planning and purchasing needs.
• Performs the day-to-day operations of the grocery center in the temporary absence of the food coordinator.
• Transports grocery center commodities, donations, supplies and program files to other program sites as needed.
• Enters data into databases or tracking documents as needed.
• Collaborates with Manager of food and nutrition to create and implement quarterly or ongoing projects.
• Participates in regular program coordination meetings and other staff meetings and trainings, as indicated.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisory personnel
  
  

Education And Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Must obtain (within 6 months) and maintain Food Protection Manger Certification and License.
• Minimum one year experience working in social services or related field.
• Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred.
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (K/S/A)

• Ability to lift packaging up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to frequently squat and bend throughout the day.
• Ability to stand for periods lasting longer the 1 hour.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize universal and systematic methods to organize, maintain and store files and documents.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability and comfortability working with people of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills. Strong networker, convener, relationship builder and communicator with experience collaborating with diverse work teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information possessing skills to handle situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
• A high degree of collaboration and emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and analytical ability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other software routinely used by Heartland Alliance Health.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work independently and remain self-motivated with minimal direct supervision.
• Strategic thought partnership and consultancy skills.
  
  

Work Arrangement

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• To meet both the needs of our participants and contractual obligations, employees must be flexible in their work schedule and location.
• Program sites are located throughout the Chicago area, including the West, North and South sides of Chicago, employees may be required to report to any one of our locations on a temporary or permanent basis.
  
  

Physical Demands

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
• The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl.
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.