Mobile Market Food Truck Manager

Department: Social Responsibility

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Huntington YMCA

Reporting To: April Strack

Compensation: $61,808 / year

Description

Position: Mobile Market Food Truck Manager

Location: 30 Northampton St., Roxbury, MA

Reports to: Director of Operations 

Position Type: Full Time- Exempt

 

YMCA of Greater Boston Mobile Market Food Truck Manager

The YMCA is a lead partner for the Greater Boston Food Bank and operates a warehouse Grocery Bag Distribution Program that packages and delivers 4,500+ grocery bags weekly to more than 45 partners through the city of Boston.  A new Mobile Market will be operational in 2023 and will coordinate services in the city of Boston.  The goal is to serve communities daily with food choice and individual selection.  The YMCA of Greater Boston is also a partner to the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and delivers SNAP-Education/ Nutritional Education to all distribution Centers in the city of Boston, partners with the Massachusetts Alliance of Ys and works directly with JSI and independent consultant to measure the impact of all Distribution Center Operations and Activities.  Annually pantry meals will deliver more than 3 million meals.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee entire operation of the Mobile Market Food Truck 
• Have training on Greater Boston Food Bank Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP) method
• Implement SWAP method at Mobile Market Food Truck sites and support participants in understanding SWAP at Mobile Market Food Truck sites
• Drive Mobile Market Food Truck 
• Help Load, set up, and breakdown Mobile Market Food Truck following SWAP method
• Coordinate with SNAP-Ed Team to set up SNAP-Ed nutrition lessons and cooking demonstrations at sites
• Manage Market site and participants to ensure flow and safety
• Assist shoppers 
• Collect any data required for grant and program reporting
• Oversee tracking of inventory before and after market. 
• Collect any data required for grant and program reporting
• Lead all communications with sites to ensure the proper flyers/outreach are provided in languages requested
• Create and approve all outreach materials with Marketing Team
• Update and maintain the online MMFT schedule
• Community engagement at all MMFT sites
• Cleaning every site before departing-boxes, food, trash
• Attend weekly team meetings
• Report any mechanical issues with entire truck/market to Director and assist with correcting them
• Any other task requested by supervisor. 
• Support SNAP-Ed Team with SNAP-Ed nutrition lessons and cooking demonstrations at sites
• Help manage Market site and participants to ensure flow and safety
• Track inventory and “sales” of items at the beginning and end of every market, reporting it in the tracker
• Community engagement at all MMFT sites
• Cleaning every site before departing-boxes, food, trash

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Proven ability to work with people from a variety of different ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, religious, sexual, and generational backgrounds.
• Ability to identify, develop and monitor partnerships that meet specific needs of families and community.
• Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Word, Exchange and Outlook; use of spreadsheet software such as Excel; use of on-line reporting systems for data entry.  
• Ability to write and communicate clearly and effectively. 
• Serve Safe, CPR, First Aid, all DTA required trainings & other program specific certifications required upon or after hire. 

 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
•  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 -15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.