Meals on Wheels Dining Room Coordinator

$38,002 - $41,600/Yr

Marion-Polk Food Share - Salem, OR

Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Salem, OR

Social Assistance

About the position

The Meals on Wheels Dining Room Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the dining room lunch services and managing volunteer servers for the Meals on Wheels program at the City of Salem Center 50+. This role involves coordinating daily operations, ensuring food safety standards, and assisting with catering and kitchen preparations. The ideal candidate will have a passion for serving the senior community and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, trains, schedules, and coordinates all Meals on Wheels volunteer dining room helpers.
• Coordinates daily lunch service in the Meals on Wheels dining room.
• Sets up beverage and cashier stations.
• Comfortably utilizes POS software, TOAST.
• Ensures meal counts are logged for the South Salem Senior Center at the end of service.
• Sets up the volunteer cookie and coffee station including baking cookies daily.
• Operates cash register each day and delivers the proceeds to the MOW office at the end of each shift.
• Maintains the highest food safety and sanitation standards.
• Ensures that the dining room is set up prior to the start of lunch service including wrapping the silverware, placing center pieces on tables, stocking the 'grab and go' activity rack, preparing the food line area and stocking the beverage station.
• Assists with home delivered meal distribution by setting up and cleaning up food trays.
• Assists Executive Chef in distributing quarterly nutritional education for the dining room clients.
• Might run the South Salem Senior Center grab and go distribution, including packing the meals and driving to and from the center.
• Assists the Meals on Wheels production kitchen staff as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Prior experience in food service, catering, or dining room management is required.
• Must possess valid Oregon Driver's license and auto insurance.
• Current Food Handler's Card or the ability to obtain and maintain one within 30 days of employment.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen and full background check, including driving record check and eligibility to work with vulnerable populations.

Nice-to-haves

• Friendly and outgoing with effective verbal communication and people skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team while creating a fun dining room atmosphere.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with flexibility to adjust to constantly changing priorities.
• Ability to build and maintain Marion Polk Food Share's and Meals on Wheel's culture and team morale.
• Passion for food security and poverty issues and motivated to serve as an ambassador for Marion Polk Food Share in all interactions with clients, vendors, customers, and the public.
• High degree of integrity, credibility, and a drive for excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Earned vacation and sick leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K retirement contributions
• Contributions towards Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance for employee and dependents
• Employer paid Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D Insurance