Food Access Assistant

The minimum starting salary for this position is $18.00 hourly. 

Harbor Health Services is an innovative, growing, mission-based organization that lives, serves and collaborates with our community members to achieve our mission to help individuals reach their full potential through access to local, affordable services that promote health. Harbor provides medical, behavioral health, dental, and support services to more than 34,000 patients in Boston, the South Shore, and Cape Cod. 

To help further the mission of Harbor Health, we are looking for a Food Access Assistant to join our team at the Daniel Driscoll Neponset Health Center - Community Programs Dept. in Dorchester.

Role: 

The Food Access Assistant plays an important role as a member of the Prevention Services team, helping to increase access to information and resources that support the health and well-being of everyone in the communities Harbor Health serves. This position is 8 hours weekly every Tuesday.

The Food Access Assistant helps to operate the weekly food pantry on Tuesdays at Daniel Driscoll-Neponset Health Center and participates in other food access programming as needed.

Responsibilities: 

• Assists in operating the weekly food pantry at Daniel Driscoll-Neponset Health Center on Tuesdays between 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM:

• • Unloads food and other items, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, navigating narrow passageways, and adjusting to weather conditions.
  • Greets food pantry clients in a friendly and pleasant manner, while navigating cultural and language differences.
  • Records client attendance in an Excel database.
  • Assists new clients in filling out registration form and captures demographic data.
  • Packs bags of food to be distributed using nutrition guidelines.
  • Assists in tracking of inventory and placing orders.
  • Assists in data collection and reporting for grant funders and other stakeholders.

• Assists with client food access needs, including food pantry deliveries and WIC client shopping.
• Participates in seasonal community assistance programs, including but not limited to Thanksgiving food access and holiday toys for children.

Requirements: 

• High school diploma or GED
• Proven effective communications skills with various populations of different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Proven effective customer service skills.
• Experience working in a high-paced environment
• Understanding of how social determinants and health disparities affect overall health preferred
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. and be available to work on Tuesdays starting at 7:30 AM
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish, English/Vietnamese. English/Haitian Creole, English/Cape Verde Creole or English/Portuguese preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement.  When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).