Food Bank Assistant- Part Time

Community Action Center • Pullman, WA

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About The Position

Under the supervision of the Community Food Manager, the Food Bank Assistant performs a wide variety of tasks supporting the Food Bank’s day-to-day operations. This is a part-time position for 20 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, with daytime availability needed.

The role supports food bank organization and distributions, including stocking shelves, preparing food boxes, assisting with home deliveries and food deliveries or pickups for other local agencies, and helping set up and clean up food distributions. Duties also include receiving, weighing, logging, sorting, storing, and inventorying food donations; maintaining appropriate refrigeration and rotating stock; gleaning produce for redistribution; and preserving or repacking food as directed. The assistant helps keep the Food Bank clean and sanitized according to current CAC protocols and may assist donors or recipients as designated.

Sick time accrues based on hours worked. The position does not offer benefits.

Requirements

• Daytime hours availability.

Responsibilities

• Organize the Food Bank as directed.
• Prepare for food distributions by stocking shelves and preparing food boxes.
• Assist with home deliveries as needed.
• Assist with delivery or pickup of overflow food for other agencies within town.
• Organize and assist with Food Bank cleaning and sanitizing.
• Glean produce for redistribution to customers.
• Preserve and repack food as directed.
• Assist donors and/or recipients as designated.
• Unload delivery trucks.
• Restock food daily and move food to and from storage containers, refrigerators, and freezers.
• Sort, stock, and store received food appropriately.
• Ensure frozen items are properly refrigerated and rotate food as necessary.
• Weigh food items when received, complete intake forms, inventory donations, and provide receipts to donors.
• Sanitize all Food Bank surfaces, including carts, in accordance with current CAC protocols.
• Sweep and mop the floor.
• Assist with setup and cleanup of food distributions.

Benefits

• Sick time accrues based on hours worked.
• No benefits are offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed