Congregate Meal Site Coordinator

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated seeks a Congregate Meal Site Coordinator to operate an assigned Title III-C congregate nutrition meal program for older adults in the community.

You will supervise daily food service operations, ensure safety standards, and deliver meals to homebound residents when needed, while coordinating with the Nutrition Office and community resources.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service and food safety preferred.
• Dependable with consistent attendance and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement the food service components of the meal program, including ordering, receiving, and serving of food, setting tables, taking temperatures, monitoring quality, and ensuring food safety measures are followed.
• Follow all required food safety regulations and trainings per local inspectional services and EOEA.
• Create and maintain a welcoming, social, and supportive atmosphere for all meal participants.
• Maintain accurate meal site reports and records, including daily temperature logs, attendance, orders, and registrations; forward documents monthly.
• Maintain paperwork and donations securely; ensure HIPAA compliance.
• Recruit volunteers and provide supervision, training, and support.
• Develop knowledge of services offered by SCES and other resources to inform elders about available programs.
• May oversee home-delivered meals and report non-deliveries to Nutrition Office.
• Participate in required agency and food service trainings (food safety, allergy, choke saver).
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Food safety

Food service knowledge

Volunteer supervision

Organization & time management

Attendance & dependability

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Congregate Meal Site Coordinator

Reports To: Community Meal Site Manager

Department: Nutrition

FLSA Status: ( ) Exempt or (X) Non Exempt

( ) Union or (X) Non-Union

Position Summary

The Congregate Meal Site Coordinator operates an assigned Title III-C congregate nutrition meal program for older adults in the community. Oversees the daily food service operations of the meal site, serving meals to participants, and meal delivery to homebound residents in the building if applicable, while abiding by food safety and EOEA guidelines and regulations.

Job Responsibilities and Performance Standards

1. Coordinate and implement the food service components of the meal program, including the ordering, receiving, and serving of food, setting tables, taking food temperatures, monitoring food quality, and ensuring food safety measures are followed, including cleaning, and sanitizing before and after each meal service.
2. Follow all required food safety regulations and trainings per local inspectional services and EOEA.
3. Creates and maintains a welcoming, social, and supportive atmosphere for all meal participants.
4. Maintain accurate meal site reports and records, such as daily temperature logs, meal site attendance, food orders, menu observations, and new meal site registration forms. Completes and forwards all necessary documents to the Nutrition Office on a regular monthly basis.
5. Maintains pertinent paperwork and donations locked up and secure when not in use. Ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations.
6. Recruit volunteers from community to assist with meal service. Provide supervision, training, and support to volunteers.
7. Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of services and events offered at SCES, and other community outreach resources such as the Councils on Aging to identify and present appropriate information to older adults in the community that may be in need and eligible for services.
8. May be responsible for delivery of home delivered meals for the Meals-on-Wheels program if a meal site is in an elderly housing facility and notifying Nutrition Office daily if a consumer is not home to receive their meals.
9. Participate in required agency and food service trainings (food safety, allergy, choke saver).
10. Perform other duties as assigned

Professional Standards and Conduct

• Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, and empower staff by demonstrating confidence and leadership presence. Passion and commitment to establishing and developing evidence-based programming for individuals to live in the setting of their choice with dignity and for as long as possible.
• Collaborative and Responsive: Regularly communicates, follows up, and uses a team-driven approach. Responds thoughtfully and promptly to agency needs, requests, and inquiries; identifies and builds partnerships with key stakeholders. Has excellent organizational and time management skills to meet various deadlines, ensuring closed-loop communication, multi-tasking, and maintaining flexibility to adapt and adjust workload assignments based on various needs.
• Communication: Skilled in verbal and written communication, demonstrating the ability to communicate information in various ways to meet diverse styles and cultural backgrounds.
• Analytical: Critical thinking skills, using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and opportunities of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Attendance and Punctuality: Dependable, punctual, showing flexibility when needed. Attends meetings as needed and is fully present and participates during those meetings.
• Commitment: Embodies SCES’s core values and shows great integrity, accountability, and professionalism in all interactions. Aids in furthering SCES’s mission and commitment to an inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service and food safety preferred.
• Must be dependable (consistent attendance, timeliness, and follow-through on job to completion).
• Able and interested in relating to a diverse population. Experience working directly with elders preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise volunteers, if applicable.
• Good organizational and time management skills required.
• Knowledge of community resources strongly preferred; ability to develop and maintain a good working knowledge of community resources required.
• Must meet both CORI/SORI and public health screening requirements.

Physical Environment

• Physical surroundings may be hectic, dangerous, and hot in kitchen especially during peak food service times.
• Floors may be wet and slippery, use caution and appropriate shoes for food service environment.

Social/Psychological Conditions

• May be stressful at times, especially during peak food service time, interruptions involved.
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks under pressure and manage time accordingly.
• Ability to work independently

Physical Effort

• Daily cleaning and sanitizing; receiving, and serving of food
• Physical use of food service equipment
• Frequently stands, walks, bends, reaches, and stoops throughout the day.
• Ability to lift 15-20 pounds.

Employee Name and Signature: ______________________________________ Date: ______________________

Supervisor Name and Signature: _____________________________________ Date: ______________________

Pay ranges from $20 to $23 an hour depending on experience and skills.