Job Description

Job Location: 189 Allen Street - New York, NY 10002
Position Type: Part Time
Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00 Hourly

University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.
Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.
Responsibilities:
- Pick up meals at designated site and transfer them to vehicle.
- Ensure safe and proper temperatures for all food items.
- Drive and deliver meals to homebound elderly clients.
- Collect contributions from clients and deliver to Program Director and return receipts to clients.
- Communicate with program staff.
- Maintain written route sheets and vehicle log on a daily basis.
- Call 911 in event of client medical emergency and contact program staff.
- Check in at end of route with supervisor daily, park and secure vehicle.
- Wash and sanitize meal bags and vehicle.

Qualifications:
- High school diploma or HSE.
- A minimum of one year's experience in a professional driving role
- You must have a valid Driver’s License with no violations/ DMV on-line driver abstract a must.
- Ability to lift 75lbs or more.
- Must be able to stretch, bend, walk up flights of stairs.
- Able to read, write and speak some English.
- Must be a team player and interact well with other staff.
Work Schedule: Part time, Flexible schedule, usual shifts from 7:30am/8:00am to 1:00pm/2:00pm, 17 hours per week
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team that will contribute to our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.