FOOD PANTRY TEAM LEAD

For more than 50 years, Preble Street has been working to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and advocating for solutions to these problems. We combine social work services with public policy advocacy and education, working relentlessly for social and economic justice.

About the role

Preble Street is seeking a full-time Food Programs staff to join a small team that operates a Food Pantry, transports hot meals and needed foods between the Food Security Hub, homeless shelters, and community programs, and ensures that unhoused and vulnerable, food-insecure Portland individuals have access to warm, nutritious meals daily. This team is also responsible for picking up Food Rescue items donated from local grocers and distributing those foods through the Preble Street Food Pantry and Preble Street social work programs.

In addition to providing task guidance and direction to staff and volunteers in the Food Pantry, this diverse food-adjacent position unloads trucks, transports and distributes food, and works in the Food Security Hub kitchen preparing meals from scratch. The Team Lead plans and implements organized systems that improve food access, performs and coordinates pantry operations tasks, and manages data entry for Food Programs.

The Pantry Team Lead is energetic, responsible, works independently, and takes initiative. They ensure access to nutritious, delicious food every day. This hands-on position involves food pickup and distribution with Preble Street vehicles, receiving deliveries at the Food Security Hub warehouse, working in kitchens and the Food Pantry, maintaining orderly systems for donated and purchased food, and contributing to high-quality, mission-focused meal service.

Responsibilities

• Operate and oversee the Food Pantry, including task guidance and direction for staff and volunteers
• Transport hot meals and food between the Food Security Hub, homeless shelters, and community programs
• Pick up Food Rescue items donated from local grocers and distribute them through the Preble Street Food Pantry and social work programs
• Unload trucks, transport and distribute food, and work in the Food Security Hub kitchen preparing meals from scratch
• Plan and implement organized systems to improve food access
• Perform and coordinate pantry operations tasks
• Manage data entry for Food Programs
• Drive a box truck and other agency vehicles
• Maintain orderly systems for receiving donated and purchased food

Requirements

• Alignment with Preble Street’s mission
• Positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Experience in data entry, assessment, and reporting
• Experience working in a team setting
• Knowledge of food safety practices and storage
• One to three years of supervisory/management experience in food service operations or a similar field
• Valid driver’s license and a good driving record
• Ability to drive a box truck and other agency vehicles
• Ability to pack and unload trucks

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours/week), Sunday – Thursday, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Pay

Hourly rate of $24.64.

Benefits

• 4 weeks (160 hours, accrued) vacation time
• 12 days (96 hours, accrued) sick time
• 16 hours personal time
• 12 paid holidays
• Health insurance with 100% employer-paid option
• Dental insurance with 100% employer-paid option
• Vision insurance
• Employer-paid life, short-term disability (STD), and long-term disability (LTD) insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match