Meal Transporter (Local Government) (Part Time) - Wayne County Area Agency on Aging

Influence the older generation while working in a place where you know you can make a difference! At the Wayne County Human Services Dietary Department, we provide hot or frozen meals each day to older adults who are temporarily or permanently confined to their homes and satellite senior centers. Our goal is to ensure that our senior community members have a hot meal and full belly. We strive to enhance their lives with a smile and a nutritious meal. Join our team and make a difference today!

As a Meal Transporter, you will deliver meals to the elderly in your community. Your responsibilities would include completing log sheets and following sanitation and safety guidelines when handling meals (meals could weigh up to 50 pounds). You will also ensure hot or frozen food items are kept in compliance with sanitation and safety requirements. In this position, you will deliver food and meals using a vehicle (average 150 miles per day) and move hot, bulk, or frozen meals from loading dock. You can expect to transport meals and surplus or pantry food. This role will require you to be a personable and good communicator, as well as enjoy engaging with others. Additionally, you will remain in contact with the senior center clerk to provide updates, concerns, and pertinent consumer information.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Part-time on-call employment, 12 to 18 hours per week
• Work day will conclude when all meals for the day are delivered.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months of experience which required operation of a motor vehicle as a regular duty; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
  
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation.
• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

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If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.