Food Pantry Team Lead

PREBLE STREET•Portland, OR

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Preble Street is seeking a full-time Food Programs staff to join a small team that operates a Food Pantry, transports hot meals and needed foods between the Food Security Hub, homeless shelters and community programs and ensures that unhoused and vulnerable, food insecure Portland individuals have access to warm, nutritious meals daily. This team is also responsible for picking up Food Rescue items donated from local grocers and distributes those foods through the Preble Street Food Pantry and Preble Street social work programs. In addition to providing task guidance and direction to staff and volunteers in the Food Pantry, this diverse food adjacent position unloads trucks, transports and distributes food and works in the Food Security Hub kitchen preparing meals from scratch cooking. The Team Lead plans and implements organized systems that improve food access, performs and coordinates pantry operations tasks, and performs and manages data entry for Food Programs. The Pantry Team Lead is energetic, responsible, works independently and takes initiative. They ensure that there is access to nutritious, delicious food every day. Interacting with dedicated, diverse Preble Street social work program teams, this hands-on position will be directly involved in food pick up and distribution with Preble Street vehicles; receives deliveries at the Food Security Hub warehouse, works in kitchens and the Food Pantry; maintains orderly systems of receiving donated and purchased food; and makes meaningful contributions to our high-quality, mission-focused meal service through a range of Food Programs tasks.

Requirements

Alignment with Preble Street’s mission
Positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty
Strong organizational and communication skills
Experience in data entry, assessment and reporting
Experience working in a team setting
Knowledge of food safety practices and storage
One to three years supervisory/management experience in food service operations or similar field
Ability to drive a box truck and other agency vehicles with a valid driver’s license and a good driving record
Ability to pack and unload trucks

Responsibilities

Providing task guidance and direction to staff and volunteers in the Food Pantry
Unloading trucks
Transporting and distributing food
Working in the Food Security Hub kitchen preparing meals from scratch cooking
Planning and implementing organized systems that improve food access
Performing and coordinating pantry operations tasks
Performing and managing data entry for Food Programs
Receiving deliveries at the Food Security Hub warehouse
Maintaining orderly systems of receiving donated and purchased food