Driver, On-Call

DriverProject Open Hand provides more than 2,000 meals with love each day to its community of sick and elderly clients and the Distribution department is the frontline of the organization. As a Driver, you will nurture vital connections as you deliver nutritious, health-supporting meals directly to homebound clients and senior sites throughout San Francisco and Alameda counties.This is an ideal position for a compassionate dedicated driver looking to directly help others on a daily basis.Qualifications Required:Two years experience driving large delivery vehicles in an urban setting like San Francisco and OaklandValid California drivers license and excellent driving recordSchedule flexibility and ability to work nights, holidays and weekends when necessaryStrong verbal and written proficiency with the English language to facilitate communicationExcellent professional referencesQualifications Desired:Experience serving clients with multiple diagnoses (i.e. substance abuse, mental illness, critical illness)Essential Functions and Responsibilities:Load and unload POH delivery vehiclesDrive POH vehicles to ensure timely delivery of meals to clients and senior sitesDeliver extra routes not covered by volunteersPrepare route sheets, dispatch, and engage with delivery volunteers as neededFacilitate communication between clients, Dispatcher and Client ServicesProvide Client Services with status updates on POH clientsPerform routine daily maintenance of delivery vehiclesTransport agency supplies and equipment as neededAssist other departments and participate in agency-wide events as neededOther duties as assignedPOH Competencies:A Team player: Demonstrates cooperative spirit, respects professional boundaries and is successful at sharing responsibilities with othersSelf-Led: Knows and completes responsibilities in assigned timelines, asks for clarifications when neededSensitive to the circumstances and needs of the critically ill and seniors, as well as people with mental health and substance abuse issuesCustomer oriented: Works well with all customers (internal staff and external contacts), promotes a positive image of the agency and works diligently to resolve customer issuesPoised: able to maintain a calm, positive and constructive attitude during interactions with diverse populations, sometimes in challenging situationsEthical: Honest, accountable, maintains confidentialityWell organized: Information organized and accessible, maintains efficient work space, manages time wellMotivated: Looks for opportunities to increase knowledge, works to increase responsibility, strives to achieve personal goalsFlexible and available: Must be flexible to work nights, weekends or holidays to meet demandsPhysical Demands and Work Environment:The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Physical demands: While performing duties of job, incumbent is required to move; walk; walk multiple flights of stairs; sit; drive; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee will must bend, stoop and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted on a regular basis. Employee will be asked to move fully loaded meal containers from floor to vehicle and vice versa on a regular basis. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.Work environment: The noise level in the work environment will consistently vary from moderate to loud. The work environment will be ever-changing with volunteers and staff members all sharing limited space and working together in the Distribution area. The work environment will vary every day from headquarters at 730 Polk St., to driving routes and delivering to private residences.