Job Description
HOME DELIVERED MEALS COORDINATOR
Peninsula Agency on Aging (PAA) is currently seeking an individual to serve as a Home Delivered Meals Coordinator to coordinate the delivery of meals to seniors through the use of volunteers.
Introduction
Peninsula Agency on Aging has been providing services that have enabled seniors to live independently since 1974. Our mission is to support the independence and quality of life of Peninsula residents, primarily 60 years and over, by advocating, arranging, or providing vital human services.
Core Competencies
Our staff value and model empathy and compassion, reliability, ability, respect for all, and communicating with kindness.
Key Responsibilities
As a Home Delivered Meals Coordinator, you will play a vital role in recruitment, training, orientation, and instruction of volunteer workers, prepare, maintain, and submit daily, weekly, and monthly reports as requested for home delivered meals, checks roster of participants of home delivered meals daily and keep regular contact with participants, provides home delivered meal service to participants by coordination the daily meal tasks, ensures daily meal counts are tabulated and provided to PAA staff, enforces health, safety, food handling regulations, and DARS/PAA policies, facilitates participant’s donations and contributions, and maintain client lists, volunteer lists, and HDM routes.
Essential Skills and Experience
We are looking for applicants with any combination of education and experience, possess a general knowledge of meal service in a safe and sanitary manner; knowledge of nutritional needs of older persons; ability to follow oral and written instructions; ability to use computers; proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel; skill in coordinating groups of volunteers to achieve departmental goals; ability to relate well with senior citizens and the general public, reliable transportation and a Virginia valid driver’s license required.
Benefits
In addition to our highly accessible central location in Newport News, Peninsula Agency on Aging offers a competitive hourly rate, vacation and sick leave, agency paid life insurance, 403b plans, and an inclusive work environment that is flexible, friendly, positive, and rewarding.
Hourly Rate - $11.00, Part-time, 5 days/week.
Individuals age 60+ encouraged to apply.
Senior Friendly Workplace, Inclusive Workplace, Equal Opportunity Employer, Affirmative Action Employer, Drug free workplace
Please apply online at http://www.paainc.org and select “About Us” then “Employment Opportunities.”
Type: Part-time
About
Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc
The mission of Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc. is to support the independence and quality of life of Peninsula residents primarily 60 years and over by advocating, arranging, or providing vital human services.