Food Pantry Coordinator

SUMMARY :  Under the Health Coordinator's direction, the Food Pantry Coordinator oversees the food pantry operations, including but not limited to supervision and coordination of food pantry volunteers, restocking of food pantry items, cost and quality control, monthly statistics, and reports as required.

General Job Duties:

• Maintains food pantry inventory
  
• Load and unload food items for the food pantry
  
• Trains, schedules, and provides daily supervision of food pantry volunteers.
  
• Assures that pounds of service are recorded in the organization's database.
  
• Updates and modifies food pantry menu as needed.
  
• Packs food pantry orders and stocks shelves as needed.
  
• Responsible for implementing food pantry policies and procedures.
  

 Food Pantry Management:

• Primary staff person responsible for the day-to-day operation of the food pantry.
  
• Develop marketing and educational materials for the food pantry, including maintaining the food pantry page on the FBGNC website.
  
• Develop and implement processes for the intake and organization of food.
  
• Maintain food supply inventory and order as needed 
  

Managerial Duties

·         Schedules and trains all new volunteers

• Maintains a weekly schedule of all pantry volunteers and emails a reminder notice of the schedule
  
• Conducts an initial familiarization visit with potential new volunteers
  
• Complete data entry tracking through the Efforts to Outcome system and full monthly reports related to food and client traffic
  
  

Food supply

• Determines that sufficient prepackaged (client food bags) is available for upcoming pantry sessions.
  
• Ensures that all donated and purchased food is processed according to FBGNC requirements. (This includes sorting, cleaning, checking expiration dates, marking products & storing on shelves.)
  
• Ensures that freezers are stocked with meat at all times.
  

 Administrative

·         Attend required training for food pantry membership and safe food handling.

• Maintain recruitment plan to enlist additional volunteers needed to perform pantry tasks
  
• Oversee and develop all food drive donations
  
• Performs a weekly inventory of available food and purchase items needed
  
• Cleans refrigerators and freezers weekly
  

Qualifications, Education, and Experience:  

·         High School Diploma or equivalent  

·         Must possess organizational skills, time management skills, and the ability to prioritize  

·         Dedicated to working with others  

·         Must have good oral and written communication skills   

·         Excellent attentiveness to detail and ability to follow through with multiple projects  

·         Experience with collaborative, team-oriented environments  

·         Previous work experience preferred; Microsoft Office Suite a plus  

·         Starting pay: $18.00 to $20.00 hourly; competitive health insurance and benefits