Nutrition Program Site Assistant

Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.

Compensation:

$43,371.34 - $67,225.56

Job Description:

The primary function of this position is to be responsible for assisting the Site Manager in the daily routine of the Meal Site and Home Delivered Services (at sites where there is a Site Manager). At smaller sites, where there is no Site Manager, the Nutrition Program Site Assistant handles the preparation of meals, may oversee some social events, and coordinate community and health programs as needed. Assists and directs AARP staff and visitors, as needed and as time allows.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Receives and tracks all deliveries and ensures they are correct as ordered.
• Ensures correct food storage and stock rotation regularly according to FIFO.
• Maintains an accurate inventory of delivered food, frozen meals, and supplies and informs the Site Manager and/or Administrator or Director of the need to order meals and/or supplies.
• Helps Site Manager and/or Administrator with daily logs and/or other paperwork or reports as necessary.
• Heats and serves prepared meals.
• Prepares dining room for lunch and cleans up after lunch.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the kitchen at all times.
• Helps participants to and from the transportation vehicle, if necessary.
• Assists staff with the delivery of home-delivered meals, if necessary.
• Substitutes for Site Manager when needed and/or if applicable.
• Maintains confidentiality of participants at all times.
• Counts money and/or makes deposits of voluntary contributions and makes bank deposits for the same.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.
• In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or GED. 1-year prior related work experience.

Special Qualifications:

Food Safety Certification to be obtained within first 4 months of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to have procedures to follow for work and have supervisor check work often.
• Ability to perform specific clerical or manual tasks. Some of the typical responsibilities may include copying, maintaining files, or entering data OR utilizing light mechanical equipment such as an oven, coffee pot, vehicle, copy machine, fax machine OR clean and maintain a facility.
• Ability to follow specific procedures that may result in interaction with co-workers, citizens, or other individuals; ability to make some decisions regarding activities and priorities.
• Ability to work primarily alone.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work is light and requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers or members of the public accurately, professionally, and concisely.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for short distances or moving from one work site to another.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity and responsiveness to changes that include goals, priorities, and needs of the organization and position.

Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment

Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.

Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.

Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.