Who is Catholic Charities?

We are a passionate group of individuals who serve our clients and enjoy working hard to show our values of: Compassion, Hope, Accountability, Respect, Dignity and Service in everything we do! Catholic Charities serves people across the heart of our state. We are a nonprofit organization supported by generous individuals, foundations, businesses and faith communities. At the heart of what Catholic Charities does is people. People seeking help, people offering help, and people who believe that we are all a community of neighbors, here in Central Minnesota. The most important people to us are our clients: those who we humbly serve. 

Position Summary: 

The Expansion and Food Rescue Coordinator responsibilities include working closely with the Program Manager and Senior Dining Food Team, to execute food distribution at events and food collection at businesses as well as working to expand distributions in a 14-county area. The Expansion and Food Rescue Coordinator plans event details and addresses potential problems or scenarios that might impact the integrity of the event if they arise. 

Job Duties:

A. Food shelf and pop-up frozen meal distribution coordination

1. Maintain a record of meals served at each frozen meal distribution
2. Coordinate with the Program Manager to ensure an adequate number of meals and supplies for each frozen meal distribution event are delivered
3. Attend frozen meal distributions as the person in charge.
4. Maintain and update marketing materials for frozen meal distributions
5. Submit marketing requests and work with Organizational Advancement to create marketing materials for the frozen meal distribution events
6. Work withProgram Manager to coordinate schedules and shipping for all events
7. Work with Volunteer Coordinator to develop and train a volunteer network for staffing events
8. Manage available freezer space
9. Plan for and order enough meals for distribution
10. Track number of meals available and coordinate replenishment as needed
11. Communicate with the Senior Dining Program Manager on a regular basis to maintain appropriate inventory of vendor meals available for ordering and distributing
12. Manage and record food and meal inventories for Senior Dining Program Manager and Finance
13. Maintain fleet maintenance including, daily monitoring of the Thermo King Units/temperatures, monitoring for routine services such as oil changes and routine maintenance; trouble-shooting breakdowns in vehicles and Thermal King units, coordinating repairs as needed in consultation with the Program Manager. Maintain records of service.

B. Service expansion

1. Work with the Senior Dining Program Manager to develop an expansion plan for frozen meal distributions, and monthly reporting.
2. Develop relationships with food shelves, NAPS Coordinators, and other organizations to coordinate frozen meal expansion locations and partnerships
3. Work with Program Manager to create Standard Operating Procedures.

C. Food rescue coordination

1. Keep food rescue logs up to date
2. Keep Second Harvest Meal Connect reporting up to date
3. Coordinate with Senior Dining Food Team to pick up and distribute food rescue and product inventory to kitchens and events
4. Coordinate and schedule volunteers to collect and distribute food rescue items
5. Record monthly totals and temps of food rescue items into the Food Rescue database
6. Develop relationships and partnerships with food rescue organizations and restaurants/businesses to expand food rescue within the program

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for overseeing approximately 150 volunteers for about a total of 4,860 hours a year.

Education: Two (2) years of post-high school education in a related field or equivalent related work experience

Job-Related Experience: Three (3) years of experience in program coordination required; experience working with organization partners to expand programs and/or related administrative work preferred

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: A valid driver’s license is required for this position. The ability to drive, park, and back up a vehicle pulling a trailer is preferred. Strong computer skills are required including Outlook, Word, Excel, and databases. Must be able to bend, lift arms over head, stand or sit for long periods of time, lift up to 40 lbs without help, stack boxes and load vehicles. Ability to successfully clear a pre-employment DOT physical assessment and to obtain a DOT health card. Renewal of the physical assessment and health card will be required prior to the noted expiration date on an ongoing basis.

What you earn and benefits:

• PTO (17 days your first year)
• 8 paid holidays (7 full days, 2 half days)
• Extended paid leave (5 days)
• Health insurance
• Waive-off credit for those who have other group health insurance
• Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
• Optional life insurance coverage for yourself, spouse and/or dependents
• Optional Short and Long-term disability insurance
• Pre-tax (Flexible Spending) Accounts for medical, dependent care and adoption expenses
• 401(k) plan with agency match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Wellness Program

To apply for this position, please send your resume to hr@ccstcloud.org or apply online at www.ccstcloud.org. For a complete up to-date listing of open job positions please visit the Catholic Charities website at: www.ccstcloud.org/employment

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