Repack Cooler Associate

Choose a career where you can better someone else’s life, while bettering your own. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio having provided over 50 million meals in 2021 to hungry people in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland and Richland counties. The organization’s mission is to ensure that everyone in these communities has the nutritious food they need every day.

Apply for a position at Greater Cleveland Food Bank where we offer a culture of learning and development, competitive pay and amazing benefits including Low Cost Medical, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Generous Retirement Plan, and Holiday Pay all starting on first day of hire and paid time off which starts after 90 days.

SUMMARY

The Repack Cooler Associate is directly responsible for receiving donations to be gleaned, sorted and packed for distribution. The position is responsible for the proper storage of dry, refrigerated, and frozen foods and ensures storage of food adheres to sanitation standards. The Repack Cooler Associate is essential to the distribution of food to Agencies and to the clients we serve. This position coordinates the daily processing of recovery product, ensuring volunteer effectiveness in the evaluating, sorting and packaging of salvage product for distribution. Performance of the following duties is done personally.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is not all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Implements recovery projects, directed by the Receiving Supervisor and supervises work production of the volunteers. The projects are completed by volunteer groups based on supply and demand of product and the type and size of the group to be working. Communicates with fellow staff regarding the recovery projects and the production plan.
• Training of volunteers to maximize evaluating, sorting and packaging of salvage product for distribution.
• Orients, motivates and monitors volunteers and ensures that the volunteer experience is pleasurable yielding effective production of finished product. Educates the volunteers on the mission of the Foodbank.
• Prepares work area for arrival of volunteer groups. This may include use of a tow motor, power pallet jack and hand jack. Conveys materials and items from production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Inspects the work of the volunteers to assure that quality control standards are being honored and applied. Ensures that all salvage guidelines are being met.
• Manages supplies necessary for sorting of product, requesting products from Supervisor, in a timely manner to the production schedule.
• If needed, provides assistance at the main warehouse, when called upon, to help in the volunteer efforts of sorting product, packing produce, or picking orders.
• Maintains required job knowledge and skills and core professional competencies, including attending and participating in required educational programs and staff meetings.
• Maintain high standards of warehouse sanitation and safety at all times.
• Provides housekeeping services for the building, as directed, or needed/necessary, to maintain the highest level of cleanliness and pest control.
• Inspect the operating equipment to assure that it is in good working order.
• Assess daily, that dangerous conditions are removed prior to an accident or injury occurring (i.e., water spill clean-up, etc.).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

QUALIFICATIONS:
HS Diploma/GED preferred. Volunteer coordination and/or experience leading groups or supervising employees preferred. Tow motor and pallet jack experience preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT:
The physical requirements for this position include: Occasional ability to remain in a stationary position. Ability to move about inside the office and to access truck cab and deliver product constantly. Ability to operate a computer or other office productivity machinery constantly. Ability to ascend/descend stairs to access work spaces frequently. Ability to position or move body to access filing cabinets or other work equipment constantly. Ability to constantly be able to exchange accurate information, take and give direction and hear safety warnings. Ability to constantly inspect product, judge distance between equipment, shelves and permanent structures. Ability to frequently detect spoiled product or quality of meals. Ability to move office equipment/supplies constantly. Ability to lift 50+ lbs on a regular basis. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to cold conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Don’t just apply for a job, apply at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank where our passion is feeding those in need and feeding the need for purposeful work. At the Food Bank diversity and inclusion are an important element of our culture and our organizational success.

Payrate: $17.61/hr to $19.43/hr, based on experience

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To apply for this position, click on this link:Careers At Greater Cleveland Food Bank (hrmdirect.com)

Or visit www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/jobs