Community Resource Specialist

Roles, Responsibilities and Essential Duties
Roles, Responsibilities and Essential Duties

Assist in all aspects of the distribution of nutritional food packages to eligible clients, including, but not limited to, stocking shelves, assisting with deliveries, and conducting intake and assessment.
Assist with packaging food items
Delivering pantry bags to community members as per the assigned route
Maintain an accurate log of deliveries
Perform data entry to support the flow of data and statistics for internal reporting and contract requirements.
Conduct Community Needs Assessment of older adults living in public housing and surrounding communities.
Provide assistance with case assistance needs such as intakes and registrations, Telephone reassurance, shopping assistance, and simple benefit and entitlement applications.
Track data associated with support calls
Support homebound older adults.
Provide support to aging services programming
Provide assistance to Community Resource Coordinator
Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications:

High School or High School Equivalency Diploma required; some college or experience preferred.
Experience working with Community Members
Comfortable with making home deliveries
Good communication skills both listening and following directions
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Publisher
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Ability to work in Indoor/Outdoor environments in various weather conditions
Ability to walk, climb stairs, carry and deliver packages of food
Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Chinese is a plus.
Required to work the occasional evening and weekends as per program need.
Ability to work either Thanksgiving or Christmas Day