Food Box Delivery Coordinator

Food Box Delivery Coordinator

Salary Range $21.00 - $25.20 Hourly Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day

The Food Box Coordinator assists with food pantry operations, deliveries, inventory management, and housing program referrals. This position serves as a key liaison between the Food Pantry and HUD Housing Program, ensuring clients receive timely food assistance and related support services. Maintains client records, communicates with the Food Pantry and Housing departments, schedules deliveries and creates delivery routes, and safely transports food throughout the Portland metropolitan area.

What you will do:

• Coordinate with HUD Housing Program staff regarding client referrals, service requests, and delivery needs.
• Deliver food boxes to homes, housing sites, and designated NARA NW locations.
• Coordinate client delivery schedules and maintain accurate service records.
• Participate in regular check-ins with Housing Program leadership and staff.
• Develop efficient delivery routes using mapping applications and navigation tools.
• Assist in fulfilling orders for clients and support food pantry operations.
• Collect and update client data.
• Perform all interactions in a personal and professional manner and be sensitive to pantry guests and their household needs.
• Represent NARA NW professionally while interacting with clients, community partners, and service providers.
• Work collaboratively, and maintain professional boundaries with clients, other NARA staff, team members, and treats everyone with respect and dignity at all times.

We would like to hear from people that have:

• Oregon Food Handler Card, or ability to obtain upon hire.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact respectfully with clients, staff, and community partners.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• Ability to frequently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to drive for extended periods multiple days per week.
• Valid driver's license, current auto insurance and reliable transportation.
• Must pass a pre-employment or for cause drug tests.
• Must pass criminal background and DMV checks.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience operating delivery vehicles or coordinating delivery routes
• Experience in customer service, food service, food distribution, social services, community outreach, or related
• Experience working with vulnerable or houseless populations
• Experience working within the Native American/Alaska Native community

What's in it for you?

15 Paid Holidays:
New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Battle of Little Big Horn, Independence Day, Labor Day, Native American Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, December 25th and your birthday!

Benefits:
Employees working 20 hours, or more are eligible for benefits. Benefits are effective from the 1st of the month following the date of hire.

• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance through Kaiser Permanente
• 15 Paid Holidays (Listed Above)
• 13 Paid Days of Sick Time
• 13 Paid Days of PTO (Vacation accruals increase with years of service to a maximum of 26 days)
• $50,000 Life Insurance & AD&D
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Spending Account
• 401(k) with 4% Match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Inclement Weather Days (Snow Days)
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
  -NARA NW is a local 501(c)3 nonprofit, FQHC

How to apply:

NARA NW Mission:
Our mission is to provide education, physical and mental health services and substance abuse treatment that is culturally appropriate to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and everyone in need.

NARA NW is fully committed to supporting sobriety. To support NARA NW in its mission, all employees agree to refrain from illicit drug use, marijuana use, and prescription drug abuse, both on and off…