Americorps Service Member - Food as Medicine Assistant

General Statement of Duties: In support of the mission of The Ohio Association of Foodbanks members of the Healthy Harvest Corps will support a coordinated statewide effort to prioritize investments in scaling and sustaining food as medicine initiatives. Members will support new emerging and expanding services that address hunger as a social determinant of health.

Service Location: Greater Cleveland Food Bank Community Resource Center (CRC) 15500 S. Waterloo Rd. Cleveland OH 44110

Direct Supervisor: Jennifer Sanchez

Service Term Dates: September 15th 2025-September 14th 2026

Service Position Type/ Required Minimum Service Hours: FT/1700 hours

General Service Schedule: Our agencys standard hours are 7am 5pm M-F. The members typical work schedule will be: eight hours/day with 30-minute lunch M-F (with occasional weekend events). General breakdown of your time is below.

50% Primary activities: Medically-supportive grocery box activities

40% Support Food as Medicine (FAM) programming

5% Training at service site

5% Training and events through Community Health and Research department

Primary activities: Medically-supportive grocery box activities (minimum 50% of their time):

Participate in regular Foodbank Champions Team calls with the network

Provide significant direct service support to medically-supportive grocery box programs. This includes:

- Pack medically-supportive grocery boxes and prepare for distribution

- Oversee volunteers packaging boxes for medically-supportive grocery box programming

- Engage with participants of the medically-supportive grocery box program

- Assist in inventory management for medically-supportive grocery box programming

- Conveys food product delivered to CRC and ensures the product is properly staged on a pallet and is properly marked

- Coordinate with procurement and Market staff to ensure access to products needed for the medically supportive box program.

- Deliver medically supportive grocery boxes to participants as needed

Coordinate with the FAM home delivery driver regarding pickup and assist in troubleshooting any issues that arise during delivery.

Order and assist in overseeing the cooking tools inventory utilized in the medically supportive grocery box programming

Assist in the day-to-day logistics of operating a home delivery program

Secondary activities: Support FAM programming (up to 40% of their time)

Serve as a backup/secondary FAM dedicated shopper at the CRC Healthy Choice Market for referrals from the Root Cause Coordinator for Healthcare

Assist in maintaining compliance for the medically-supportive grocery box programming and FAM partner sites. This includes:

- Collaborating with the internal Operations and Market teams to ensure the designated FAM warehouse area at the CRC always meets regulatory and safety requirements

- Assist in conducting site visits at FAM partner sites as needed.

Contribute to and assist in the implementation of FAM research studies this can include but is not limited to:

- Survey administration at FAM partner sites

- Assist in conducting individual or group interviews

- Assist FAM partner sites with data requests

Trainings and Events (10% of their time)

Comply with all AmeriCorps program guidelines by maintaining service hours training hours and service projects as outlined in the AmeriCorps Service Agreement.

Attend all required training courses and staff meetings and participate in AmeriCorps service projects.

Understand and promote the Mission and Vision of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank that values public service and celebrates the positive aspects of diverse backgrounds.

Member/Program Benefits

Living Stipend up to $25000

Education Award up to $7395

Training on:

- Human research subject regulations

> CITI certificate

- Quantitative and qualitative data collection procedures

- Compliance/Pantrytrak

- Food Safety

- Pantry/warehouse operations

Mileage reimbursement

Access to member health care (full-time only if needed

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma or equivalent

At least 18 years of age

Ability to pass criminal background check and drug screen

Working knowledge of Microsoft office software and data entry programs

Positive and professional written and oral communication skills

Regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

Be comfortable working in both office and warehouse settings

Preferred Qualifications:

College degree

Be able to multitask and have a high attention to detail.

Strong interest in working with communities nutrition and community-based research

Expanded knowledge of other data management software a plus

Experience in inventory management and/or transportation management a plus

Ability to work and communicate with people of a variety of backgrounds and skillsets

To apply please go directly to the Americorps website at: