Benefits:

401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Free food & snacks
Health insurance
Paid time off

Organization: Today's Harvest is a free market that provides fresh produce, meat, dairy, and bakery items we rescue each day from local grocery stores, farms, and other partners. This position will support our Today’s Harvest Maplewood market. The market is a program of Open Cupboard, which operates various programs improving food access in the East Metro.

Position: The Assistant Manager will support operations at Today’s Harvest, assisting with all aspects of market operation including customer service, restocking of food, and volunteer management. Fluency in Spanish or Hmong is a required element of this position.

Hours: This will be a part-time position 20-30 hours per week. There is some flexibility with this position, but the work hours will be within our open hours, which are Monday through Friday 12-6pm and Saturday 10am-1pm.

Reports to: Today’s Harvest Market Director

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Assistant Manager will:

- Greet and assist customers

- Train and manage volunteers who are helping to restock the market

- Assess and manage inventory and communicate needs to other team members when inventory runs low

- Assist with market operations, including market restocking, sorting of food, etc.

This is a key role in our growing Today’s Harvest program, and the position will join a dedicated team of staff and volunteers.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Ability to communicate, motivate, and relate effectively to a wide variety of Individuals

- Retail or grocery experience a plus

- Bilingual Hmong/English or Spanish/English is required

- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to see change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle

- Volunteer training experience is a plus

- Strong communication and customer service skills

- Physical ability to load and unload boxes and bags on a regular basis, up to 50 pounds, and be on your feet for long periods of time

- Ability to assess needs and communicate to the team any adjustments that need to be made throughout each shift

Compensation: $20.00 per hour

Open Cupboard programs are designed to increase access to fresh, healthy food and basic necessities, and to provide those services in a positive, supportive way that reduces stigma and increases access to food.

Our programs include:

Today’s Harvest

Our Today's Harvest market is open 6 days a week (10:30am-6pm on weekdays and 10:30-2:30 on Saturdays) and offers fresh produce, proteins, dairy and deli items in a highly accessible, welcoming format.

Mobile Food Shelf

Through our Mobile Food Shelf program, we support targeted communities that lack access to food. We distribute food, personal hygiene items and household products to seven senior living facilities and two mobile home communities.

Drive-Up Food Shelf

Our traditional food shelf program is provided through a drive-up service and distributes fresh produce, meat, dairy items, and other essentials like diapers, feminine hygiene items, household and personal care items, and more. This program is open to anyone, regardless of address, and also provides culturally relevant and special diet choices.

Food Deliveries

We provide approximately 150 food deliveries per week through our partnership with Door Dash and in collaboration with Valley Outreach and White Bear Food Shelf. These deliveries are provided to anyone in Ramsey or Washington counties who lack transportation to get to our programs or have health conditions that make it difficult to leave their home.

All of the programs listed above serve our community in a distinct way, providing different access points for people to receive fresh and healthy food, and other basic needs, in the way that works best for them. Open Cupboard’s programs provide fresh and healthy food to over 4,000 households per week.