Logistics Associate - Part-Time

Robeson County Disaster Recovery Coalition, Inc. is committed to ensuring that individuals and families impacted by disaster fully recover. We understand that when disasters strike, they tear apart the fabric of community. All too often those living in underserved communities, BIPOC, or marginalized populations are at a greater disadvantage of recovering fully because of the lack or absence of access to the goods, services, and resources they need. The Logistics Associate will assist in supporting the purpose and goals of the FABRIC project. The purpose of the FABRIC project is to provide long term recovery in underserved disaster affected communities to mitigate barriers to building resiliency. The goals of FABRIC (Fully Accessible Recovery in Communities) are to Educate, Equip, and Elevate individuals and families by providing free workshops and resiliency training; providing free supplies for rehoming for long term recovery; and providing disaster case management for long term recovery to support families impacted by natural or man-made disasters by providing unmet needs assistance to aid in full recovery. As a logistics associate, you will play a key role in our management, flow, storage, and delivery of goods and information supporting long term recovery. The ideal candidate must possess excellent communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and organizational skills and be responsible for ensuring the receipt of goods in the right quantity, in good condition, at the right location, and at the right time. Also, the ideal candidate should be able to operate a forklift to unload goods from tractor trailers using the forklift, pallet jack and/or other necessary equipment. This project is funded through a grant provided by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and is expected to run through March 2025.

The Logistics Associate will work closely with the Project Director/Executive Director to support the goals of the FABRIC project. The person in this position will need to have disaster case management experience to coordinate necessary services and resources to address the client’s complex disaster recovery needs to re ‐ establish normalcy. The program support specialist will work with survivors impacted by any natural or man-made disaster to make an in ‐ depth assessment of their needs, develop a recovery plan, and identify resources needed to meet recovery goals. The recovery program is a cooperative effort directed by the Robeson County Disaster Recovery Coalition, Inc. (RCDRC) and consisting of a coalition of partnering faith based, nonprofit, and government organizations, individual community partners and disaster survivors.

• Answer telephone, screen, and route calls, take messages.
• Lift and carry a minimum of up to 75 pounds repeatedly throughout shift.
• Load and unload pallets and individual cases to and from trailers and to and from storage, as well as collect empty pallet boards.
• Must know how to operate a hand truck and drive a U-Haul/box truck.
• Must be available upon request.
• Abide by company safety and hygiene regulations.
• Team player with organizational skills
• Prepare and complete orders for delivery and pickup.
• Must have a current drivers license and good driving record.
• Background and DMV check required.
• Flexible work schedule due to changing operational needs during pre and post disaster.
• Warehousing
• Inventory management.
• Coordinate transport and delivery of goods and services.
• Order processing.
• Forklift operator.
• Answer telephone, screen, and route calls, take messages.

This job description should not be interpreted as all ‐ inclusive and is subject to modification. The employee may be requested to perform job ‐ related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this job description to fulfill the objectives of the FABRIC project.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : Forklift certification required. Three or more years’ experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and supervisory experience which has provided the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities as described above.

• Experience in Word and Excel.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus, but not necessary.
• Possess no outside business interest that may conflict with the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Must have a good work ethic and be trustworthy as the individual may handle sensitive information.
• Additional training may be required.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands-on tools, and other heavy equipment. Frequent lifting up to 75 pounds. This position is designated as emergency and may require work in adverse weather conditions