Community Health Coordinator

Job Details

Level: EntryJob Location: Community Health - Asheville, NC 28804Position Type: Part-time HourlyEducation Level: High SchoolSalary Range: $15.00Job Category: Community Health

ABOUT US  

The nonprofit YMCA of Western North Carolina strengthens local communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Founded in 1889, we engage more than 100,000 people – regardless of age, income, or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the region’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support the community. We do this through seven YMCAs, dozens of program sites, and YMCA Camp Watia. As the state’s largest provider of licensed school-age childcare, we give more than 1,000 children a day the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. We are made up of people of all ages, from all backgrounds, working side by side to ensure that everyone can reach their full potential with dignity. Our core values are caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, and they guide everything we do. We are committed to being an organization that exposes and addresses social constraints that limit and/or negatively affect all humans from all walks of life. We recruit staff who are passionate about giving back to the community, helping people, and upholding our core values. For more information, please visit ymcawnc.org.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Under the direction of the Community Health Manager and Director and consistent with the mission and policies of the YMCA of Western North Carolina, the Delivery Driver is responsible for procuring, packing, and delivering food boxes to clients’ homes and assisting with our mobile market program.  This position is contingent upon continued grant support.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Supports service line/department in actively working toward association-level objectives, as measured by identified goals/KPIs
• Delivers food boxes to client’s homes in multiple counties of WNC
• Drives box truck for food pick-ups and mobile markets 
• Assists at mobile market sites, handling food and engaging with the public
• Ensure adherence to compliance procedures such as food box delivery confirmations and mobile market data tracking
• Perform daily cleanliness and preventive maintenance checks on vehicles
• Attend and participate in all staff training and events as needed
• Other tasks as assigned

ABOUT YOU

 Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Valid North Carolina driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable vehicle
• Must be willing to drive a 16-foot box truck and use a personal vehicle. Completion of YMCA of Western North Carolina Driver Training upon hire is required.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Meet strength and lifting requirements by regularly lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds
• Requires strong organizational skills, prioritization of workloads in order to meet deadlines, as well as detail orientation and conscientiousness.
• Must have excellent interpersonal, public relations, and communications skills with a strong understanding of participants’ cultures and values

 

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE JOB

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly lifting, carrying, and transporting up to 50lbs.

PART-TIME BENEFITS

• Free individual membership to all YMCA of WNC locations
• Discounted membership for household members
• Discounted program fees (swim lessons, youth sports, summer