Part-Time Community Outreach/Grocery Rescue Associate

Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes is a community-based free food pantry dedicated to providing nutritious food to the Watsonville and surrounding communities. Our Notre Dame AmeriCorps member supports our mission by helping directly distribute food to the pantry and lunch guests and recruit and manage wonderful community volunteers, Monday through Friday. It is a rewarding, collaborative, guest-centric environment.

Ready to become an essential service member to your community? We are seeking, part-time AmeriCorps members to serve in Watsonville August, 2024 - June 2025.

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - AmeriCorps (ndmva.org) members serve in Watsonville and around the country, supporting the community by providing educational assistance in the school district as well as volunteer recruitment and support at local nonprofits. We are looking forward to onboarding our 2024-2025 team!

Members serve part-time, August, 2024 - June 2025. and receive a range of benefits, including:

• Living Stipend, totaling up to $14,500 pre-tax, distributed biweekly
• Health Insurance, including mental healthcare coverage
• Student loan forbearance
• Child Care assistance if applicable
• Subsidized rentals available in Watsonville ($400/mo)
• Ongoing training and professional development support, and national MidYear conference in Baltimore, MD.
• Segal Education Award of $3,697.5, pre-tax to be used for higher education expenses.

Responsibilities of this Service Position include:

Food Rescue Program (up to 6 hours/week)

• Seek partnerships and engage with grocery stores and restaurants
• Pick up food from participating stores
• Sort incoming rescued food
• Solicit and record in kind donations

Lunch Program (up to 6 hours/week)

• Meal prep, to include cutting vegetables and assembling lunches
• Monitor and scrape food waste from lunch plates
• Distribute/serve lunches to clients
• Aggregate and post lunch participation numbers monthly
• Prepare lunch seating area

Pantry Program (up to 6 hours/week)

• Pack and distribute pantry bags
• Sort produce
• Help unload food from Second Harvest Food Bank
• Aggregate and post pantry participation numbers monthly

Volunteer and Community Outreach Programs (20-28 hours/Term)

• Document grocery rescue and community outreach Programs
• Participate in on-going collaboration with community resources, referral sources, and agencies
• Create and post flyers to bulletin board in both Spanish and English
• Contribute to the community and volunteer newsletters

At Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes you can expect

• Food provided
• Growth opportunities
• Casual work attire
• On-the-job training
• Lively atmosphere

Position prerequisites

• Must by proficient in conversational English/Spanish
• Computer skills (Excel, basic social media tools)
• Must be able to work in a loud, fast-paced environment
• Driver's License
• Adaptability
• AmeriCorps members must be over 18, with high school diploma/GED, and a US Citizen or legal permanent resident
• All AmeriCorps members complete a FBI and Truescreen background checks during pre-enrollment

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $1,318.00 per month

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Watsonville, CA 95076 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Watsonville, CA 95076: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person