Essential Needs Coordinator (Work-Study Only) - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; North Adams (MA); On-site; USD 22,041 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is seeking an Essential Needs Coordinator (Work-Study Only) to support the Essential Needs Center and alleviate food insecurity on campus. You will assist with inventory, guest information, program development, and maintain a welcoming space.

As a current MCLA student, you will engage with students and campus partners, promote the center, and help develop events while managing data and campus outreach.

Qualifications

• Current MCLA student.
• Creativity and flexibility.
• Team oriented and can manage individual responsibilities.
• Positive energy and sense of humor.
• Dependable.

Responsibilities

• Working with students to ensure their basic needs are met.
• Promoting the Essential Needs Center.
• Building programs and events.
• Data management.
• Managing MCLA Swipes Program.
• Supporting partnerships with community resources.

Skills

Creativity

Team oriented

Positive energy

Dependable

Job description

Essential Needs Coordinator (Work-Study Only)

About Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts:

At MCLA, we're here for all,and focusedon eachof our students. Classes are taught by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive on every level of their lives. In every way possible, the experience at MCLA is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 130-year commitment to public education, we have fortified our dedication to equitable academic excellence. MCLA has appeared on U.S. News & World Report's list of Top Ten Public Colleges for 11 consecutive years, earning the No. 6 spot on the list of Top Public Liberal Arts Schools in the nation for 2026. The College's focus on affordable education and economic prosperity is reflected in additional 2026 U.S. News rankings: No. 6 for Top Performer on Social Mobility for liberal arts colleges in the state and No. 4 for Top Performer on Social Mobility for public liberal arts colleges in the country. These rankings measure how well schools graduate students who receive Federal Pell Grants. Learn more atwww.mcla.edu

Job Description:

The Essential Needs Coordinator (ENC) will assist with the management and coordination of the Essential Needs Center. The primary goal of the ENC is to help alleviate food insecurity for the campus community and the ENC coordinator will support everyday tasks in that effort, including but not limited to inventory, informing guests of other campus resources, program development, ensuring a welcoming space, and ensuring sure that the Essential Needs Center is always in pristine condition for the campus community.

• Working and interacting with students to ensure their basic needs are met
• Promoting the Center
• Building programs and events
• Data Management
• Managing MCLA Swipes Program
• Supporting partnership with Food Bank of Western Mass
• Building partnership with other departments across the campus
• Social media presence and marketing
• Assisting with restocks and the overall organization

Requirements:

• Creativity and flexibility
• Team oriented and can manage individual responsibilities
• Positive energy and sense of humor
• Dependable

Additional Information:

This position is only open to current MCLA students.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. Should you need to request a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email Brenda Stokes, Executive Director of Human Resources.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is deeply committed to fostering a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We provide equal access to educational, co-curricular and employment opportunities for all applicants, students, and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital or parental status, veteran status, or membership in any other legally protected class. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that they operate, which extends to admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX, Equal Opportunity, or ADA/504 and other non-discrimination policies may be directed to MCLA's Interim Title IX and Equal Opportunity Coordinator, to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, or both.

Lucas Morrill
Interim Title IX and EO Coordinator
375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247
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U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
33 Arch Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02119-1424
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