59 - Pantry Clerk/Van Driver

Job Details: Salary Range: $18.00 - $18.00Hourly, JOB Description Full -Time 8:30AM -3PM Performs activities necessary to maintain emergency food supplies and provides eligible customers with emergency foodstuffs, clothing, or other household items by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned Reviews inventory records to determine quantities of foodstuffs required to stock pantry and prepares Food Bank requisitions and replenishes stock. Directs the preparation of emergency food allocations based upon family size and dietary needs of customers; assists in the distribution of emergency food supplies.

Distributes emergency clothing and household goods, when they are available, to eligible customers. Keeps records pertaining to food distribution, inventory and requisitions; acts as agency liaison with Food Bank and other emergency food providers when needed. Driving agency vehicle to provide door to door delivery and pick-ups for the food pantry.

Promptly reporting all vehicle maintenance issues to the Director of Emergency and Family Services. Care and cleaning maintenance of vehicle: going to car wash, vacuum, tidying up vehicle, maintain record keeping of vehicle mileage log. Follow all cleaning, sanitizing and check in protocols and procedures.

Qualifications

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION

and/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and six months related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence, inventory lists.

Ability to effectively present information in one-onone and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. CERTIFICATES, LICNESES, REGISTRATIONS Valid NYS Driver’s license and ability to drive agency cargo van 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 frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing 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 occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.