Our Mission

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s mission is working together to ensure that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day. The Food Bank is the cornerstone of Northeast Ohio’s hunger relief efforts, serving as the link between members of the food industry that have excess food and over 700 local hunger programs. The Food Bank is the sole nonprofit provider of food to local nonprofit hunger centers in our six-county service area, distributing nonperishable food, fresh produce, perishable and frozen foods, and prepared meals.

The Food Bank was founded in 1979 when representatives from the food service industry partnered with local charities to find an efficient way to distribute surplus food that might otherwise go to waste.

Join Our Team!

Please visit our website at www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org

This full-time position coordinates the daily processing of recovery product, ensuring volunteer effectiveness in the evaluating, sorting and packaging of salvage product for distribution.  Performance of the following duties is done personally.

Implements recovery projects, directed by the Operations Manager and supervises work production of the volunteers and staff.  The projects are completed by volunteer groups and staff based on supply and demand of product and the type and size of the group to be working.  Communicates with fellow staff regarding the recovery projects and the production plan.

Training of volunteers and staff to maximize evaluating, sorting and packaging of salvage product for distribution.

Orients, motivates and monitors volunteers and ensures that the volunteer experience is pleasurable yielding effective production of finished product.  Educates the volunteers on the mission of the Foodbank.

Increase the recovery program in size and output by increasing the number of volunteers and volunteer hours (work with supervisor) to increase the poundage of sorted product produced on a daily basis.

Prepares work area for arrival of volunteer groups.  This may include use of a tow motor, power pallet jack and hand jack. Conveys materials and items from production areas to storage or to other designated areas.

Inspects the work of the volunteers to assure that quality control standards are being honored and applied.  Ensures that all salvage guidelines are being met.

Manages supplies necessary for sorting of product, requesting products from Supervisor, in a timely manner to the production schedule.

Timely reporting of monthly product poundage processed and distributed by volunteers and staff.

Shift for this position is 10:30am-7:00pm M-F, some Saturdays.

HS Diploma/GED required. Two to three years warehouse experience.  Cooler work experience preferred. Volunteer coordination and/or experience leading groups or supervising employees preferred. 

Tow motor certification required. Serve-safe certified, preferred.

Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

This position works is in a cooler environment and the candidate interested in this position must be used to working in a cooler environment.

Willingness to work beyond normal working hours, when necessary.    Shift 10:30am-7:00pm M-F, some Saturdays