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Issue coordinator (Saturday)

Voedselbank Stad Groningen • job opening nr. 13885

Interesting about this job

At the Voedselbank Stad Groningen and the Regional Distribution Centre, only volunteers work. With our team of some’160 enthusiastic volunteers, together we ensure that over 600 households from the municipality of Groningen can collect a food parcel every week. We also ensure that the 9 food banks in our region receive new supplies every week.

Job tasks and duties

  • Daily management in the shop (Saturdays) (other additional days by arrangement).
  • Start work with basic package bags for new customers to prepare. 
  • Measures temperature in refrigeration and freezer and notes on list at beginning and end of day. This list is handed in to administration on a monthly basis. In case of problems, this is immediately passed on verbally to the management.  
  • Helps sort when food arrives and assesses what can still be spent and what cannot.   
  • Takes products to the shop along with issue volunteers. 
  • Nots down the number of customers per day, and determines how much can be taken according to family composition, writes this on cards for the shelves/cooler.
  • Consults with the fruit and vegetable coordinator (BL) on the quantity of fruit and vegetables and how many there are in the refrigerator for distribution.
  • Fills the shop, if necessary and if there is enough to hand out.
  • Answer questions from customers and volunteers about e.g. products over date / THT / TGT date.
  • Engages with customers who make difficulties and/or are angry. If necessary, company management is asked to intervene.  
  • At the end of the issue, tidying up and cleaning up.
  • Food left over can be given to volunteers, but not what is purchased.   
  • Requires volunteers for cleaning canteen, toilets’s (including office/canteen toilets’s).

Job skills and qualities

We will be happy to meet with you to see if this position suits you. 

We will be happy to meet with you to see if this position suits you.

Extra information

Department (shop) coördinators can replace each other and in the group app they discuss replacement in case of absence, holidays etc.  
For more information, please feel free to contact us.

Job information

Job type Volunteer Work, Participation Job
Services accident insurance
Duration indefinite
Hours per week at least 5 hours, max 15 hours
Work hours of your own choosing? No
saturdag morning
Location Voedselbank Groningen

Organisation address and information

Voedselbank Stad Groningen
Ulgersmaweg 57
9731 BL Groningen
Website: http://www.voedselbank-groningen.nl

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