Community Transportation Driver; CDL Market Associate

Low country Street Grocery is the flagship of our family of social enterprises conjointly dedicated to providing a more equitable, sustainable local food system for all. Low country Street Grocery (LSG) began as a grassroots mobile farmers’ market intent on bringing "produce to the people" back in April 2017. LSG has now grown and diversified with two adjoining sister enterprises:
Community Supported Grocery (CSG) and Grocery Rx (GRx). Community Supported Grocery aims to connect small farmers and producers to neighbors all across the Charleston area, with a particular focus on local food equity and convenience via home delivery. Grocery Rx is LSG’s comprehensive food is medicine program. GRx is both buoyed and leveraged by the immense community, inventory, and experience of LSG, with the expansive operations, logistics, volume, and geography of CSG.

Under the wings of Low country Street Grocery, both CSG & GRx advance our collective mission exponentially to sustainably and radically address systemic barriers to healthy food access, food insecurity, as well as local food proliferation. All outlets employ our "Robin Hood" pricing strategy that leverages revenue from high demand sales to address high community needs. We envision a local food system that supports all of our community members while simultaneously bolstering local food producers through radical, innovative systems that prove sustainability and resilience.

As we grow our team, we seek individuals that believe in our mission and are invested in helping to make that vision a reality. Phew!

We are seeking a passionate, self-motivated individual with a Class B CDL to drive the mobile market to market locations within Charleston, as well as assist with retail operations on our Mobile Market (a retro-fitted school bus named Nell). This position requires experience with driving a school bus or similar vehicle, working in a fast-paced environment, adaptability, and attention to detail.

The Mobile Market Driver & Associate position wears many hats but mainly focuses on the following areas of daily operations: driving the LSG mobile market to markets and parking the bus accordingly, loading and unloading the bus, market set-up and breakdown customer interaction and assistance with retail mobile market operations. Depending on the season, our hours of operation range from 6am - 8pm, Mondays-Saturdays (and occasional Sundays) or as further directed by management.

The MM Driver & Associate role is a part-time, hourly position. The MM Driver & Associate will work directly with other CSG and Mobile Market Associates, Expeditor/Coordinators and Supervisors, while reporting directly to the Operations Manager(s). This position must maintain strict operation and market standards both onsite and offsite. This position will require an interest in the field of local food systems and food justice, strong communication skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to pivot and problem solve.

This position is ideal for someone pursuing a career in food, nutrition, customer-relations, social entrepreneurship, retail, non-profit, and public health.

• Drive the mobile market bus from the warehouse to and from the market locations. Park the bus accordingly at the scheduled market locations.
• Assist with loading and unloading of the mobile market bus, set-up and break down of the markets and unloading again at the warehouse at the end of the day.
• Assist with retail operations:
• Help to maintain an inviting mobile market shopping experience through oozy vibes, and supreme customer service.
• Assist with mobile market operations from bus loading/unloading, inventory management, point of sale, restocking and…