AmeriCorps Nutrition Aide

Texas Southmost College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Southmost College (TSC) will host AmeriCorps members through the AmeriCorps Texas grant to increase communication about and access to campus resources and support, and to boost engagement in campus activities and academic support services in Brownsville, Texas.

During the first program year, AmeriCorps members will aim to raise fall-to-spring persistence to 75% and fall-to-fall persistence to 63%, while supporting food pantry and community garden initiatives and coordinating outreach like

Responsibilities

• Serve in the Food Pantry and Community Garden to increase communication about and access to campus resources and support.
• Help students access basic needs through distribution of food at the TSC food pantry and community garden.
• Organize and manage food distribution events and ensure efficient and equitable distribution of resources.

Job description

Job Summary

Through the AmeriCorps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College ( TSC ) will have AmeriCorps members who will 1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and 2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students’, who were served by the program, fall-to-spring persistence rate to 75% and fall-to-fall persistence rate of 63%.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Objective of the Assignment: Serve in the Food Pantry and Community Garden to increase communication about and access to campus resources and support Help students access basic needs through distribution of food at the TSC food pantry and community garden. Organize and manage food distribution events and ensure efficient and equitable distribution of resources. Educate students, staff and community members in nutrition, healthy eating habits, gardening, SNAP workshops, and community-based programs/organization that assist those experiencing food insecurity. Aid in food pantry activities, ensuring food items are stocked, organize, and accessible to all students. Assist in coordinating and implementing outreach efforts for student services. E.g., Welcome Week, SNAP workshops, campus events, conferences, webinars, etc. to disseminate knowledge of college procedures and policies to students Measures of the Assignment: Number of students who, in a minimum of three times per semester, work directly with an AmeriCorps member in the Community Garden, attend a workshop or other Food Pantry Activity co-organized by an AmeriCorps member, or receive provisions from an AmeriCorps member working in the Food Pantry and Persist to end of term or completion of program (short-term outcome) Register for and attend following term: Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid-term outcome). Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid-term outcome).

Job Summary

Through the AmeriCorps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College ( TSC ) will have AmeriCorps members who will 1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and 2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students’, who were served by the program, fall-to-spring persistence rate to 75% and fall-to-fall persistence rate of 63%.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Objective of the Assignment: Serve in the Food Pantry and Community Garden to increase communication about and access to campus resources and support Help students access basic needs through distribution of food at the TSC food pantry and community garden. Organize and manage food distribution events and ensure efficient and equitable distribution of resources. Educate students, staff and community members in nutrition, healthy eating habits, gardening, SNAP workshops, and community-based programs/organization that assist those experiencing food insecurity. Aid in food pantry activities, ensuring food items are stocked, organize, and accessible to all students. Assist in coordinating and implementing outreach efforts for student services. E.g., Welcome Week, SNAP workshops, campus events, conferences, webinars, etc. to disseminate knowledge of college procedures and policies to students Measures of the Assignment: Number of students who, in a minimum of three times per semester, work directly with an AmeriCorps member in the Community Garden, attend a workshop or other Food Pantry Activity co-organized by an AmeriCorps member, or receive provisions from an AmeriCorps member working in the Food Pantry and Persist to end of term or completion of program (short-term outcome) Register for and attend following term: Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid-term outcome). Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid-term outcome).

Physical Demands

The physical demands 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.