Delivery Driver (part-time, hourly)

Rate of Pay: $19.00 per hour

Job Title: DELIVERY DRIVER

Rate of Pay: $19.00 per hour plus mileage reimbursement at current IRS business rate

FLSA: Non-Exempt – Part Time 6-16 hours per week

Supervisor: Delivery & Routing Coordinator and SDO

Position Description: Delivery driver. The duties of this position will be executed on Tuesdays and

Fridays. There are delivery routes starting as early as 9am until approximately 6pm. (Estimated 6-

16 Hours Weekly).

The Ideal Candidate: Aligned with Mama’s Kitchen core values, the ideal candidate will be eager and

dependable. This position may engage with volunteers, co-workers, and service recipients. A

friendly, responsible, and professional demeanor is required at all times.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Dependable vehicle

• Dependable smart phone

• Clean Driving record

• Ability to closely follow directions, spoken and written.

• Ability to read maps or use navigation tools on smart phone.

• Ability to walk, bend, stoop and carry client meal bags efficiently and safely.

• Physical ability to drive, walk, and use stairs (up and down) is required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for delivering meals to clients across San Diego County

• Ability to adapt to potential last-minute changes.

• Excellent communication skills

• Executes other duties as assigned.

The expectations of the ideal candidate:

• Self-led: Knows and completes responsibilities in assigned timelines, asks for clarifications when

needed.

• Sensitive to the circumstances and needs of the critically ill, as well as people with mental health

and substance abuse issues.

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• Customer oriented: Works well with all stakeholders and promotes a positive image of the

agency and works diligently to resolve customer issues.

• Poised: able to maintain a calm, positive and constructive attitude during interactions with

diverse populations, sometimes in challenging situations

Physical demands***:***While performing duties of job, you will be required to get in and out of your

vehicle multiple times per shift, drive, walk; sit; use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls;

reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must bend, stoop and lift and/or move up to

65 pounds unassisted on a regular basis. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close

vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust

focus.

Background Check: All employees are required to go through a yearly background check.

Vision Statement

We envision a community where all individuals with critical illnesses are no longer vulnerable to

hunger.

Mission Statement:

Mama’s Kitchen believes that everyone is entitled to the basic necessity of life – nutritious food. Our

services improve the health and well-being of individuals and families vulnerable to malnutrition

due to critical illnesses.

Mama’s Kitchen Core Values

Dignity and Respect: Focus on the individual is at the heart of everything we do at Mama’s

Kitchen. Mama’s Kitchen fosters a community where mutual respect and dignity are preserved by

promoting humanity, compassion and empathy towards our clients, donors, volunteers, and staff.

Reliability: Mama’s Kitchen is resourceful, efficient, and flexible. Our clients tell us that reliability is

what sets Mama’s apart from other organizations.

Integrity: Guided by honesty, loyalty and a commitment to confidentiality, Mama’s Kitchen is

responsive to the needs of all our clients, volunteers, donors, and staff. We pride ourselves in doing

what we say we are going to do.

Diversity: Mama’s Kitchen is an all-inclusive family. We foster a welcoming environment and

embrace all members of the community without judgment.

Team Work: Mutual effort and unity are the ingredients that allow our mission to succeed.

Equal Opportunity

Mama’s Kitchen has a long-standing commitment to equal employment opportunity for all

applicants for employment. Employment decisions including, but not limited to, those such as

employee selection, performance evaluation, administration of benefits, working conditions,

employee programs, transfers, position changes, training, disciplinary action, compensation, and

separations are made without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and

grooming), creed, national origin, nationality, citizenship status, domestic partnership status,

ancestry, gender, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status,

civil union status, family status, age, mental or physical disability (including AIDS or HIV-related

status), atypical heredity cellular or blood trait of an individual, genetic information or refusal to

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submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test, military status, veteran

status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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