Paid Food Rescuer Positions Available with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine!

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Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Massachusetts (RLCMA) transports excess food and meals prepared specifically for donation from businesses to human service agencies, permanent housing residents and students' families who are experiencing food insecurity.

• Eligibility and safety guidelines have been put in place to ensure everyone's safety.
• Sign up for Rescue Events in East Boston, Dorchester, Roslindale, Hyde Park and throughout the Greater Boston Area.
  

  Paid Food Rescuers Positions Available:
  
  We are seeking dedicated, passionate Food Rescuers who are committed to social, environmental and local action. The purpose of these positions is to minimize safety risks, enhance reliability of services and systemize operations for our home deliveries. The result: we will feed more people on a more consistent basis. RLCMA is happy to provide any documentation needed for students to receive internship credit for their university/college program.

  Responsibilities:

  • Paid Rescuer must commit to a minimum of 2 home delivery events per week on a recurring basis for 4 weeks or more;ideally 3-10 events per week for 8 weeks or more.

  Skills & Qualifications:

  • Standard driver's license
  • Passion for food waste prevention and/or anti-hunger
  • Strong organizational and oral communication skills
  • Ability to self-start, prioritize, and work independently without supervision
  • Reliable, dependable and punctual
  • Patient, sensitive, flexible and positive attitude
  • Ideal but not necessary: Ability to speak and understand Spanish and/or Haitian Creole

How to Apply: Please email a brief paragraph about why you’d be interested in being an RLCMA Paid Rescuer directly to Dana@RescuingLeftoverCuisine.org. Please compose an email directly from your email account - do not use the message feature from this site.

Compensation:

$30 for each home delivery Event that is 3-5 stops (averages 2 hours to complete, or 1 hour if combined with another event picking up at same donor)

$15 for each human service agency delivery Event that is 1 stop (average 50 minutes to complete, or as little as 15 minutes if combined with another event)