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Good Food Bank Assistant

Location: On-site, 190 Gore Street East, Perth, Ontario

Hours: Thirty (30) hours per week: generally 7.5 hours each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

Reports to: Good Food Bank Co-Lead, Operations & Inventory and Good Food Bank Co-Lead, Volunteer and Participant Services

Compensation and Benefits: $25.00 per hour. Three (3) weeks of pro-rated paid vacation (i.e., 12 days) per 52-week employment period. Participation in The Table’s staff benefits plan following a three month probationary period. 

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Position Summary

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The Table’s Good Food Bank (GFB) Assistant plays a key role in ensuring the smooth daily operation of our food bank program. The Assistant supports warehouse organization, inventory flow, volunteer guidance and support, and service readiness; helps ensure that food is received, sorted, stored, and distributed safely and efficiently; and helps ensure that volunteers are supported with clear direction throughout their shifts. This is a busy, fast-paced role within a community-centered workplace.

Key Responsibilities

Daily Operations

  • Prepare the warehouse and retail floor for daily service on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Fridays

  • Coordinate purchase orders and coordinate the receiving of receive food donations

  • Ensure food items are safely sorted and stocked in the onsite warehouse, the offsite storage facility, and on the retail floor 

  • Support service delivery preparation

  • Working with the GFB co-leads and with The Table’s Communications Coordinator, take photos and compile stories of GFB operations for The Table’s marketing purposes

Volunteer and Participant Support

  • Provide direction and task assignments to day-of GFB volunteers

  • Offer hands-on guidance in food safety and GFB workflow practices

  • Ensure smooth transitions between GFB volunteer shifts

  • Help ensure a dignified experience for GFB volunteers and participants

Inventory & Compliance

  • Receive, label, and store food donations

  • Maintain safe food inventory rotation practices

  • Complete required logs and documentation

  • Help ensure compliance with food safety and public health standards

Operational Continuity

  • Maintain GFB service flow during scheduled GFB co-lead absences

  • Serve as the onsite GFB operational contact when designated

 

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong organizational and time-management skills

  • Comfortable in a physically active environment

  • Experience working with volunteers

  • Commitment to dignity- and community-centered service

  • Experience in a non-profit community service environment and/or
    food support program​

  • Experience in warehouse logistics, operations support or food distribution

 

We are looking for someone who...

  • Is calm and steady in a fast-paced workplace

  • Is comfortable leading tasks without micromanagement

  • Is practical, organized, and hands-on

  • Is committed to consistent and respectful service

  • Is tech-savvy and comfortable working in a variety of programs and/or willing to learn (MS Suite; Google Workspace; Link2Feed; Volgistics/VicNet)

  • Has a driver’s license and is willing to drive if/when required (e.g., assisting with food pickups)

 

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, CV, and the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of 3-5 references by email to Coral McMahan, Good Food Bank Co-Lead, Volunteer and Participant Services (coralmcmahan@thetablecfc.org). In your cover letter please identify and explain how your experience, knowledge, and skills match directly or indirectly with the qualifications stated above.

There is no deadline to apply. The Good Food Bank Assistant opening will remain open until a preferred candidate has been selected and has entered into an employment agreement. 

 

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