Summer Food Service Program Intern

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Our vision: No one goes hungry, our Mission: Nourish people. Build solutions. Empower communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and are known for our core values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Dedication, Teamwork, and Fun!

The Food Bank CENC is a sponsor of the USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Through this program, the Food Bank has multiple sites to provide free food for children during the summer months.  The program is offered in community locations such as parks, schools, playgrounds, housing communities, day camps, churches, and community centers from June to August.  The Summer Food Service Program is often combined with learning and recreational activities for the children. 

This position will support the Food Bank’s sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Support includes ensuring compliance with Food Bank and state regulatory agencies, conducting required site visits and trainings, enforcement of recordkeeping and program attendance, inventory management at the site level, and communicating program progress to appropriate Food Bank personnel.

This position is a 37.5 hour/wk paid internship with 1 hour lunch, Monday - Friday from June 3, 2024 - Friday, August 16, 2024. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide operational and administrative support to program sites.
• Implement and support organizational and site level outreach efforts to ensure target participation numbers are achieved at each sponsored site.
• Conduct required sponsor monitoring visits: pre-operational, first and four-week visits.
• Ensure site compliance with record keeping – daily and weekly meal count records, signed required program documents, etc.
• Conduct administrative review of program at conclusion of program participation.
• Other assignments related to the management of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), up to and including recruitment of additional SFSP sites.
• Engage with summer sites for program enhancement
• Market on social media and promote the program

Qualifications:

• Must have a high school diploma or GED
• Proficient Microsoft Suite skills (e.g., Excel, Word, etc.)
• High degree of organization
• Detail-oriented skills and the demonstrated ability to perform in a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people and a commitment to social justice
• Demonstrated initiative and performance with little supervision
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent driving record as extensive travel throughout Food Bank’s 34 county service area is required
• Valid NC driver’s license
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for these requirements
• Proficient in social media marketing and promotion

• Must believe in the mission of the organization.
• Some college experience is preferred.
• Professionalism and customer service experience is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Summer Food Service Programs with the US Department of Agriculture is desired

Physical Demands:

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Talk, hear, and interact without deliberate impediment (e.g. wearing or listening to headphones, etc.);
• Stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is often required to:

• Sit and must occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Travel distance for site visits

The employee must often:

• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Work Environment:

• Persons in this position may be subject to fluctuations in temperature due to the warehouse environment.
• General office environment and local travel.
• While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee is required to work in an office setting.
• The employee will be required to interact with Food Bank personnel in the warehouse(s).
• The employee will occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• Warehouse can be extremely cold at times and extremely hot during the summer months.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work being performed by people assigned this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We do not regard race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, marital status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or any protected class characteristic when seeking to hire.  This practice, in addition to hiring, applies to our recruiting, training, transfers, promotions, job benefits, pay, dismissal practices, social and recreational activities, and any other term or condition of employment.

We care about our employees, our candidates, and our community.

As such, please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.