Community Market Assistant

Codman Square Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center serving a diverse community in Dorchester, MA, and surrounding neighborhoods. CSHC offers a full continuum of services such as primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, care management, nutrition, family planning, optometry, dentistry, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, and medical specialties including HIV care, substance use treatment, Hepatitis C, OB-GYN, Nephrology, and Cardiology alongside an on-site STI clinic.

CSHC is a teaching institution with academic affiliations at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and a member of the Boston Accountable Care Organization. Our mission is to be our community's first choice for comprehensive, holistic, and integrated services, and to empower individuals to lead healthy lives and build thriving communities.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Food Pantry / Community Market Coordinator, the volunteer will assist with the duties necessary to assure a healthy, safe distribution of food to community members.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist with receiving food orders as needed
• Registration, sign in/out of families coming to receive food
• Set up displays, stock shelves and refrigerators
• Monitor crowd flow and assist members shopping to assure item limits are adhered to
• Assure the area stays clean at all times
• Clean up and remove trash at the end of each day

Other duties and/or other departments/locations as applies.

Qualifications & Skills:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills
• Bilingual a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods (at least 50% of the time)

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and load onto shelves
• Visual acuity sufficient for frequent reading and computer use

Benefits:

CSHC offers a generous benefits package including:

• Competitive Medical and Dental Insurance
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Retirement-403(b) plan
• Vacation, Holiday, Personal and Sick Time Accruals
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)
• Educational Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Commuter Benefits
• Opportunities for academic appointment at Boston University / Boston Medical Center