Food Programming Assistant

CP02 Chatham College for Work Study Students; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Chatham University is seeking a Graduate Student Employment role for a Food Programming Assistant to collaborate with Food Studies faculty and support Summer initiatives, events, and Bread Oven training at Eden Hall Campus. Some work may be off-site, with reliable transportation required.

You will help plan events, assist with communications and social media, and coordinate logistics with FSSE, FST, and farm teams. This is a part-time student position aimed at supporting campus activities.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Canva and social media platforms.
• Hospitality or event management experience is a plus.
• Must have reliable transportation to Eden Hall.

Responsibilities

• Help choose events, workshops, and activities around food studies themes.
• Support community lunch when needed.
• Support communications including design and posting on social media and other communications outreach.
• Organize event support (other student workers, volunteers, staff, faculty) and logistics.
• Schedule events and support a calendar of activities (coordinate with other FSSE, FST, and farm team activities).
• Help prepare and support other FSSE events and activities.

Skills

Social media platforms

Event planning

Tools

Canva

Job description

Role Overview

Food Programming Assistant will work closely with Food Studies faculty to develop and assist with activities and events for summer and aid in continuity with Bread Oven training and use. Program Assistant will help with summer initiatives, events, and activities, as well as planning and support for future terms. This is a Graduate Student Employment position. Students in this position will work at the Eden Hall Campus for the Falk School with some portion of the work being done independently and off site. Must have reliable transportation to Eden Hall.

Responsibilities

• Helping to choose events, workshops, and activities around food studies themes.
• Support community lunch when needed.
• Support communications including design and posting on social media and other communications outreach.
• Organize event support (other student workers, volunteers, staff, faculty) and logistics.
• Schedule events and support a calendar of activities (coordinate with other FSSE, FST, and farm team activities).
• Help prepare and support other FSSE events and activities.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Knowledge of CANVA, social media platforms, previous hospitality or event management experience a plus.
• Must have reliable transportation to Eden Hall.

Employment Terms

• All current student employees should notify their other manager(s) if you work multiple jobs on campus at the same time.
• Students may not work more than 20 hours per week (combined between all campus jobs) during the academic year.
• Students may not exceed 980 work hours per calendar year.
• Student jobs do not automatically roll over to the next academic year or summer.

Company Culture and Values

Chatham University strives to promote a campus environment that understands and embraces multiculturalism while increasing individuals' intercultural competence. We actively work to build and sustain a diverse and culturally vibrant campus, which promotes employee and student success and retention.

Chatham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Chatham University does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, age, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital or family status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.