PART TIME 15-20 HOURS – AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS – FOOD SHELF ASSISTANT COORDINATOR – CAMBRIDGE

Are you passionate about providing resources to those in need? Are you a skilled communicator? Do you want to make a real difference in your local community? If this is you, we want you to join our Food Access program at Family Pathways.

We are currently recruiting for a part-time Food Shelf Assistant Coordinator to ensure healthy food is equitably available for eligible populations, complete administrative, scheduling, documentation and inventory management tasks, and provide direct client assistance. This position requires computer work, flexibility in working hours, and the ability to help others while keeping confidentiality and conveying compassion. This position supports the work and mission of Family Pathways to work alongside people to enhance lives through a continuum of essential services and—together with community—champion positive social change.

Who You Are

• Excited to assist with completing client intake, maintaining and updating records according to policies, promote confidentiality, and provide clients with information and referrals to other resources.
• Able to assist with the management of food within regulatory policy and procedure guidelines to ensure food is rotated and stocked using first in/first out standards, in addition to coordinating food sharing with the Family Pathways system to keep spoilage to a minimum. 
• Efficient when distributing food via full shops, bread and produce shops, and other distributions methods as directed.
• Capable of preparing accurate financial information, records, and data reports while exhibiting timely and clear communication with other Family Pathways staff members and food shelves.
• Looking forward to attending meetings and other community events as directed to inform community members of services and to learning more about individual community needs. 
• Ready to participate in various campaigns and events such as March FoodShare, End-of-Year giving, Holiday meals program, and food and fund drives while developing and fostering positive community relationships with stakeholders such as individuals, businesses and churches.

Who We Are

We have been committed to standing by the side of our neighbors since 1978. We’ve done this by working together with partners, individuals, businesses, organizations, and faith communities who are passionate about their communities.

Over the past four decades, we’ve adapted to the needs of the communities we serve in the City of Forest Lake; Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine Counties in Minnesota and Polk County in Wisconsin. Family Pathways’ support services provides healthy food access, domestic and sexual violence prevention and victim services, supervised visitation, and services for older adults and caregivers.

What You Get in Return:

• Afternoon and Evening Hours: Work hours encompass afternoons/evenings with 15-20 hours per week.
• Compensation: $15.50/hr
• Benefits: Family Pathways offers competitive pay and exceptional benefits to our eligible employees. Benefits offered include health insurance with optional HSA, dental, vision, employer-paid group term life insurance, supplemental group term life insurance, AD&D, long term disability, short term disability, critical illness, accident insurance, employee assistance program, and retirement plans with an employer match.

Family Pathways is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. Family Pathways will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based upon a person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual or affectional orientation, familial status, ancestry, local human rights commission activity, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other protected class.