Job Location: Newton - Newton, MA 02460,
Position Type: Full Time,
Salary Range: $24.04 - $24.04 Hourly, ABOUT CRADLES TO CRAYONS:
Cradles to Crayons (C2C), founded in 2002, provides children living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school, and at play. We supply clothing, shoes, diapers, school supplies, and more, free of charge. Our vision is that one day all children will have the essentials they need to thrive.
Two in 5 kids in the United States are currently facing Clothing Insecurity, going without basic essentials like pants, shoes, diapers, and school supplies during their critical development years. Three of the top 10 reasons kids miss school are rooted in Clothing Insecurity—just one example of the significant short- and long-term social and economic costs when these needs go unmet. Cradles to Crayons keeps Clothing Insecurity at the core of our mission and is the only large-scale nonprofit organization to focus on this resource gap. Since its founding, Cradles to Crayons has distributed more than four million customized packages of essentials to children in Massachusetts, Greater Philadelphia, Chicagoland, and nationally.
Cradles to Crayons takes a two-pronged approach to mitigating Clothing Insecurity:
Cradles to Crayons’ strong financial health and ongoing effectiveness and reliability have helped it earn a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator every year since 2009. C2C has a budget of $19M for FY27 and a total staff of approximately 100.
The Customer Service Coordinator / Driver position is a member of the Operations team and is responsible for the collection of donated children’s items, and the maintenance of our inventory and facility. A large emphasis of this position is safe driving, and the timely pick-up and delivery of donated children’s items. The majority of this position’s time is spent in the community, organizing donations at various drop-off locations in and around the Boston area, where there is regular interaction with volunteers and donors while the duties of this job are carried out. This position is also responsible for unloading the donations and securing the items in the correct space in the warehouse for storage. This position has additional responsibilities in the warehouse to assist facilitate the movement of inventory through the warehouse and to maintain the facility.
The role is 40 hours per week, typically Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend and evening hours.
Diversity and Inclusiveness are core values at Cradles to Crayons, and we continuously strive to be a team where everyone feels welcome and supported. It is the policy of Cradles to Crayons to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information and/or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Individuals from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
This is a warehouse environment and normal changes in temperature are to be expected while working inside the warehouse or outside, on or around the loading dock. There are no hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made by Cradles to Crayons which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others, or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Please send a cover letter and resume with relevant experience to https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/what-we-do/careers/
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive—at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.
