Senior Center Aide

Salary: $15.46 Hourly

Location : Citrus County, FL

Job Type: Part Time 20-29 Hrs wkly

Job Number: 26-02368PT

Department: Community Services

Division: Support Services

Opening Date: 11/14/2025

Closing Date: 11/28/2025 4:30 PM Eastern

General Description

The Senior Center Aide assists in the day-to-day operations of the Community Center where assigned. The schedule for this part-time position is Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Essential Functions

Schedules Meals on Wheels Volunteer Drivers for daily deliveries, receives food and takes food temperatures from food vendor, packages meals for delivery routes, prints route sheets.

Processes volunteer driver mileage vouchers.

Maintains community center kitchen, including daily cleaning and sanitizing.

Routine work assisting the Community Center Coordinator with activities, special events and daily serving of meals to the senior diners.

Assists with maintaining database for attendance, volunteer rosters, hours, and activities.

Assists with clients, volunteer training, and answering phones.

Occasionally required to deliver Meals on Wheels.

Fills in for Community Center Coordinator when he/she is scheduled out of the office and may be required to fill in at another community center when coverage is necessary (this may require working an 8-hour day).

Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Requirements

Education, Training, and Experience

High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Six (6) months experience in customer service, food service, and program assistance.

Skills and Abilities

Strong interpersonal skills and effective verbal and written communication.

Knowledge of basic food safety practices.

Requires ability to maintain courteous and effective relations with County staff, elected officials, community interest groups and the public.

Must have strong working knowledge of computers and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite of Products (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).

Certificates, Licenses, and Prerequesites

Valid Florida Driver License (or must obtain within 30 days of establishing residency in Florida), or valid Florida Identification Card is acceptable only for positions not required to drive a county vehicle.

Successful completion of Level II Background screening is required.

Must have or be able to obtain within 90 days certification in FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS) courses:

IS-100.c: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS); and

IS-700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Requires a combination of sitting, standing, and walking.

The job involves frequent lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds, and occasionally up to 20 pounds.

The job requires frequent bending, balancing, and occasional squatting, kneeling, and twisting.

The job requires the completion of tasks that involve frequent typing, simple grasping, and occasional pushing, pulling, and fine manual manipulation.

The job requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, depth perception, hearing, and speaking.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Emergency Response/Recovery Activities

All employees will be required to work before, during, or after an emergency. During an emergency, employees may temporarily be assigned to work and perform duties outside the normal scope of their position, location, and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens. Emergency response duties may also include driving and/or operating a county vehicle or equipment and employees must obey all safety policies, and roadway rules and laws.

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