About Us:

God’s Love We Deliver, a nonsectarian organization, is the New York metropolitan area’s leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, God’s Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God’s Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require. Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of our Registered Dietitians, and all clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God’s Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of our clients. All of our services are provided at no cost to our clients.

About the Role

Our Drivers ensure the efficient and safe delivery of meals to the door of our clients, making up to 60 delivery stops per day.  Drivers act as a public face of God’s Love We Deliver, and interact with our clients in a compassionate, courteous and professional manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares for delivery by picking up the assigned vehicle, and completing an exterior vehicle inspection and interior vehicle equipment inspection.
• Ensures that the assigned vehicle is in operational order and maintains the cleanliness of delivery equipment (e.g., refrigeration unit, insulated tubs/bags, etc.).
• Properly uses and maintains assigned smart phone for communications and route assistance.
• Loads the vehicle accounting for all stops on the route. Ensures no food is missing by matching the labels on the kitted bags to the Driver’s Delivery Manifest.
  • Ensures the safe distribution of meals directly to the door of our clients or designated drop-off sites.
  • Communicates with clients in a professional, compassionate and courteous manner; maintains client confidentiality of all personal and health information.
• Reports vehicle maintenance issues or concerns immediately to Delivery Management.
• Reviews daily routing to ensure deliveries are timely and that all changes have been incorporated in an effective way. Reviews each client/delivery stop change for impact on routing/timing efficiency.
• Notifies Delivery Management when deliveries will be affected by any delays or issues (e.g., traffic, weather).
• Follows all safety precautions for food safety, personal safety, volunteer or Van Assistant safety and vehicle safety.
• Provides guidance to volunteer Van Assistants and orients them in delivery safety practices.
• Maintains a valid NYS driver’s license.

The work environment characteristics and requirements described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions, and is occasionally exposed to extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather).
• The employee is exposed to loud noise levels in the work environment.
• The employee is often required to sit for several hours, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.