Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Hunger Relief Support Staff

The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) is a non-profit organization established in 1976 to serve immigrants, refugees, and the broader community in Portland, Oregon. Our mission is to welcome, serve and empower refugees, immigrants and people across cultures and generations to reach their full potential. Find out more at .

POSITION: Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Hunger Relief Support Staff

JOB CLASS/GRADE: Hourly/Grade 10

WAGE: Starting at $17.17 per hour based on experience

FLSA; EEO; WC: Non-Exempt; Administrative Support Workers; 8864

LOCATIONS: IRCO SUN School sites located in the following school districts

Portland Public, David Douglas, Parkrose, Centennial

FTE; FT/PT; STATUS: Hourly; On Call/ Casual without Benefits

NUMBER OF POSITIONS: Multiple

APPLY AT:

STATUS: Oncall/ Casual without Benefits

PROGRAM(S): Hunger Relief Program

SECTOR/DIVISION: School Based (SUN) / Youth and Academic Services

REQUIREMENTS: English required, bilingual preferred. Must pass Oregon Department

of Education criminal background check. Obtain a State of Oregon

Food Handler’s Card.

Program/Department Summary
Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Community Schools are a school-based service delivery model that provides a comprehensive set of services to the school communities we serve.

Position Summary
IRCO’s SUN Community Schools offer a variety of programs that support the student’s education and family stability including increasing food access through school-based Free Food Pantries and Markets. This position on the IRCO SUN Hunger Relief team supports these free food distributions.

Essential Functions

• Be able to repeatedly lift, move, and arrange food products and other equipment to create a pop-up shopping environment for families.
• Be able to lift, hold, and carry up to 40 lbs.
• Be able to follow directions and the standard operating procedures of an IRCO Hunger Relief food distribution.
• Be welcoming, courteous and friendly to all; treating all clients with dignity and respect. Help create a supportive, open, and equal environment for the community being served.
• Be able to effectively work with individuals from a broad range of lived experiences.
• Effectively communicate your work availability to supervisor(s), including planned and unplanned absences.
• Be able to follow food safety protocols.
• Be able to follow public school campus and district safety protocols.
• Provide community aware communication, outreach, and engagement to clients.
• Capable of pushing/pulling carts with up to 100 lbs. of food products on ramps, concrete surfaces, and across uneven surfaces.
• Be able to work outside year-round, with minimal structural protection from weather.
• Be able to acquire State of Oregon Food Handler’s card when directed to do so.

Secondary Functions

• Pick up and/or delivery of food between SUN sites, in a personal vehicle, with mileage reimbursement, may be offered as optional additional hours but is not a required job function.
• Ability to develop a community-aware approach and respectful relationships with students, their families and all the community members we serve.
• Actively work to disrupt illegal or unlawful treatment based on race and systematic illegal denial of fair treatment through full participation program practice and implementation.
• Utilize bilingual skills to support a community-aware approach in communication with families and clients in their preferred language, when possible.
• Be able to complete work-related activities on a personal mobile device or computer, including a timesheet and online training videos.