Student Worker - Pack Provisions Admin Student Lead
About The Position
The Center for Student Engagement (CSE) at the University of Nevada, Reno is recruiting for an undergraduate student Operations Student Lead of Pack Provisions. Pack Provisions is UNR’s on-campus food pantry, located on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union. By providing free access to food, the pantry strives to support all Wolf Pack members in eliminating barriers to academic success. Pack Provisions also provides a range of resources including education materials, SNAP outreach, meal swipes, and connection to other on- and off- campus support services. The Administrator Student Lead of Pack Provisions plays a vital role in the day-to-day operations of this essential resource, and the ongoing development of the program. The Administrator Student Lead of Pack Provisions reports to a full-time staff member of the Center for Student Engagement.
Requirements
- Must maintain a 2.00 cumulative GPA
- Must be a full-time student working towards graduation
- Must be able to work 20 hours per week
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Must have a valid driver’s license
Nice To Haves
- Leadership experience, including supervising employees or volunteers
- Data management experience
- Experience maintaining a budget
- Commitment to equity, inclusion, and helping others
- Customer service skills
- Creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities
- Attention to detail
- High energy and enthusiasm
- Availability to work on Monday & Fridays
Responsibilities
- Provide exceptional customer service to pantry guests, responding to questions, requests for assistance, and suggestions
- Provide the best in person service to all members who attend the pantry, ensuring that basic need supports are provided, such as food, and hygiene items.
- Help create an inclusive environment in which all individuals who visit the pantry feel welcomed, and respected.
- Assist students who walk-in to access the pantry and help gather the appropriate data.
- Inform Pack Provisions users about additional needed resources so that members feel encouraged to return to the pantry over time.
- Assist with inventory, picking up food orders from community partners, loading, unloading, and stocking shelves
- Work collaboratively with other team members to recruit, train, and supervise volunteers, ensuring safety, efficiency, and effective communication always in order to assist with operating the pantry and its programming
- Assist with program data records.
- Ensure that community and campus resources in the pantry are always updated and available to users.
- Ensure the pantry is in accordance with proper health codes by safely handling and storing food, completing necessary expiration compliance and temperature logs
- Clean the pantry, storage areas, and distribution tools, as needed
- Attend outreach, and assist with donation drives
- Serve as an ambassador for the pantry by representing Pack Provisions both on- and off- campus, interacting with students, staff, faculty, alumni, media, and community partners in person, on the phone, and through email
- Support the mission of the ASUN Center for Student Engagement and values including, equity and inclusion, learning, service, leadership and community
- Oversee pantry marketing needs in collaboration with Inkblot (ordering more handbills, tabling materials, stickers, creating content for CSE Social Media page, and fliers for events)
- Accurately record food and supply expenditures in budget
- Create and update educational materials about additional resources available to students/staff
- Collaborate with various food insecurity committees and the Coordinator, Student Food Pantry
- Research literature and best practices for campus food pantries, and stay apprised of local and national conversations related to student food insecurity
- Develop/improve policies and procedures, as necessary
- Collaborate with Outreach Student Lead for content / weekly social media posts
- Manage Pack Provisions email, and list serve responding to email in a timely manner and/or forwarding emails to appropriate staff
- Responsible for submitting monthly FBNN reports and updating monthly history data by the 10th of each month regardless of if the 10th falls on a weekend
- Reconciling Meal Swipe donations each semester
- Monthly Thank you cards to top 3 donors and to on/off campus leads hosting donation and/or fundraiser drives
Benefits
- Compensation Grade: $12.50/hour
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
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