Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc., a premiere provider of services to the aging, is committed to providing nutritious and fulfilling meals to homebound individuals. Our dedicated staff and volunteers prepare and deliver over 1 million nutritious meals a year. But Meals on Wheels is more than a meal we also provide grocery shopping, phone pals, companion visits and other support services to help our clients remain independent and living at home.
Focused on ensuring that we can serve as many people as possible, and remaining true to our mission, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland is excited about the opening for a Site Coordinator located in Randallstown, MD. If you are excited to contribute to a robust program, playing an integral role in providing assistance to those who need it most, this may be the perfect fit. If where you work truly matters, apply today!
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
Responsible for Meal Packing:
- Oversees the packing of Kosher meals at the site, determining the most efficient method to pack the meals. Orders and organizes supplies for packing. Ensures that the kitchen packing area, kitchen equipment and delivery equipment is cleaned thoroughly and properly stored to ensure all healthsafety standards are followed.
- Ensure temperature control, quality, and compliance with timing and sanitation practices as set forth by MOWCM, Maryland State Board of Health, and State Office on Aging and communicate any issues to the Director of Food Services
Responsible for maintaining relations with physical site owners:
- Maintain awareness of any issues that could impact MOWCM ability to use site. (i.e. snow/ice on parking lot, major repairs scheduled for building, building closure on specific holidays.) as well as maintain friendly relations with host site.
Responsible for overseeing delivery of meals to clients:
- Ensure that the appropriate number of meals have been delivered in a timely manner, communicate discrepancies in the number or type of meals delivered, or their condition, to the Director of Food Services
With the support of the Volunteer Department, responsible for the supervision of the volunteers assigned to site:
- Provide training to new volunteers, assists with ongoing training by conveying standards and maintaining stated policies and procedures.
- Manage volunteer schedules and coverage
- Assesses projected volunteer recruitment needs, communicates needs to the Volunteer Department, and assists in the recruitment of volunteers.
- Works with volunteers to ensure they know how to identify and report client concerns in Mobile Meals.
Conducts outreach in his/her assigned area to recruit additional clients, while simultaneously informing the community about opportunities to volunteer and give.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to work well with older individuals, disabled individuals, and individuals of all ages and cultures. Ability to manage volunteers.
- Highly organized. Ability to multitask.
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time, lift 40 pounds, and fulfill the other physical requirements of the position.
- Ability to read, write and communicate fluently in English. Additional language skills (Spanish, Korean, etc.) a plus.
- Familiarity with community organizations/publications/sources of volunteers/clients desirable.
- Knowledge of food handling, sanitation, and safety techniques.
- Computer literacy
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- One year's paid or volunteer experience supervising others or coordinating activities.
- Experience in working with volunteers desirable.
- Food service experience desirable.
- Current driver's license, dependable licensed and insured vehicle.
At Meals on Wheels of Central MD, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Meals on Wheels of Central MD believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.