Feeding Our Future Assistant

Date: June 2025

Department: National Operations Food Rescue

Reports to: Operations Manager (Toronto)

Status: Contract FullTime (9week contract beginning in June 2025)

Rate of Pay: $26.00 Per Hour

Location: Etobicoke ON

Time Required on Site: 100%

We Are

Second Harvest is Canadas largest food rescue organization and is a global thought leader on perishable food redistribution. We work with thousands of food businesses from across the supply chain to redirect unsold surplus food to nonprofit organizations that feed communities in every province and territory. Our mission is to keep food where it belongs: On plates and out of landfills.

The Role

The Feeding Our Future Assistant position will support the daily operations of the Feeding Our Future (FOF) program. This position will assist in the coordination of volunteer teams be responsible for ongoing communication with leads from social service agency partners and will support the organized delivery of supplementary food and resource kits.

Your Impact

• Support the Ontario Operations team with daily food production including production planning and controls of up to 1500 healthy sandwiches a day and communication with receiving social service agency partners.
• Help oversee teams of 6 volunteers at a time providing daily orientations and demonstrating enthusiasm and leadership throughout shifts.
• Support in the receiving of food orders and coordination of food inventories twice per week.
• Transport completed food kits and cases of individual food items (2550lbs) between cold/dry storage and the production area throughout each shift while maintaining high safe food handling standards.
• Aid in the effective cleaning and sanitation of production area before during and after volunteer shifts including the breakdown of all cardboard boxes and other recyclable waste.
• Maintain positive relationships with program partners including corporate volunteer supporters of Second Harvest and other external representatives.
• Ensure ongoing communication with social service agency partners regarding upcoming production schedules collecting media content and program data for reporting purposes.
• Perform other related duties as required/assigned to support the overall goals of the organization.

You Are

• Funded through Canada Summer Jobs to be eligible for this opportunity candidates must:
  • be Youth between 18 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment.
  • be a Canadian citizen permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment and
  • have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.
• Education: Completion of a minimum of oneyear postsecondary education preferably in a related field of study such as Food & Nutrition AgriFood Volunteer Management or Social & Community Services is considered an asset.
• Experience: Previous work or internship experience in the AgriFood sector food preparation nutrition education/food literacy food distribution volunteer management and/or community services assisting people with food insecurity is considered an asset.
• Communicative: you have a knack for making complex ideas seem clear and simple; team members and peers always know what youre up to.
• Quick Learner: Willing to hit the ground running learn on the job and resolve situations with a positive attitude.
• Naturally Curious: you are willing to participate in various tasks and activities developing a range of skills; you have a keen interest in developing volunteer management skills food literacy skills and public speaking skills.
• Processoriented: you are always assessing what works best and are proactive in suggesting more efficient ways of making things happen.
• Socially Conscientious: Ability to apply principles of equity diversity and inclusion.
• Physical Requirements: Able to be on your feet for up to 5 hours at a time and lift and move a minimum of 2550 lbs.

For more information about Second Harvest please visit ourCareers page here.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume using the online portal. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Only electronic applications will be accepted.

We strongly encourage applications from all candidates especially those from equitydeserving groups including but not limited to racialized persons/persons of colour Indigenous peoples women persons with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ2S community.

Second Harvest is committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment and selection process. Please let us know if you require any accommodations.