Food Depot Assistant

The Mustard Seed Edmonton Food Depot is a designated distribution centre of the Edmonton Food Bank (EFB). Our depot has consistently been one of the largest providers of emergency food supply outside of the primary EFB location. The Relief-Food Depot position works with the Food Depot Coordinator to oversee the distribution of food supplied by the EFB. This person will work with volunteers to facilitate the intake process and distribute the food in accordance with EFB eligibility/residency requirements.

**Employment Type**:Casual
**Schedule**:Called in as required
**Reporting to**:Food Services Manager
**City**:Edmonton
**Number of Positions to Fill**: 2
**RFR #**:1157

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Fulfil the mission of The Mustard Seed’s ministry and maintain a high level of professionalism, respect and gratitude with all staff, donors, volunteers, community participants and visitors
- Ensure that volunteers and staff treat all recipients with dignity and care consistent with the values of The Mustard Seed - Christ-centeredness, transparent accountability, open communication, holistic innovation and treating all with respect.
- Understand, communicate, and alleviate the root causes of poverty to volunteers and staff
- Order, receive, unload and disbursed goods from the EFB at least twice a week
- Ensure all volunteers and staff follow safe practices and abide by established policies and procedures
- Communicate The Mustard Seed’s mission and history to all interested parties
- Ensure that volunteers and staff are introducing recipients to our other support services, training programs, chaplaincy care etc.
- Attend additional staff meetings and training sessions as required
- Improve processes to ensure standards of excellence in service delivery are met
- Brief, de-brief and pray with both staff and volunteer groups as needed
- Participate in all staff training and attend monthly general meetings and support meetings with supervisor
- Provide backup Street Level Worker duties as requested
- Participate in all staff training (e.g. First Aid, SafeTALK, Nonviolence) and attend monthly general meetings and support meetings with supervisor

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS**
- Experience working within the culture of the inner city and/or with the less fortunate is preferred
- A demonstrated passion to be involved in ending homelessness in Alberta
- Well-developed organizational and communication shills
- Demonstrated leadership skill and ability to supervise when required
- Ability to problem-solve on the fly
- Flexible spirit and relational ability
- Experience coordinating volunteers

**WORKING CONDITIONS**
- This position is often fast-paced, and requires moderate amount of mental effort to analyze information, problem-solve and multi-task; strong time-management skills are a must
- The position will require ongoing compassionate care, frequent manual labor, conflict resolution and organizational ability
- Understand that some Mustard Seed clients may experience personal challenges that may result in the use of inappropriate language that could be considered angry, argumentative, discriminatory, and demeaning
- Moderate to significant physical effort including but not limited to regular heavy lifting (50lbs), considerable periods of standing, walking and siting, indoors and outdoors

**ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS**
- An Employment Background Check is required for all positions at The Mustard Seed
- As The Mustard Seed is a Christian ministry, we require our employees to agree to respect and not detract from The Mustard Seed’s Employment Values during their employment at The Mustard Seed.
- Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

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