Georgia Gwinnett College Student Support and Basic Needs

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Lawrenceville (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Job summary

Georgia Gwinnett College seeks an AmeriCorps VISTA to strengthen sustainable systems that help students facing financial hardship, food or housing insecurity, foster care experience, and other barriers access resources that support persistence and educational attainment.

The VISTA will build partnerships and tools for Campus Care Pantry, Grizzly Thrift, and Grizzly Forward, while expanding outreach and data-tracking to support student success and equity initiatives.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates are organized, collaborative, resourceful, and committed to educational equity and student success.
• Strong communication, writing, project management, outreach, volunteer engagement, and data-tracking skills are helpful.
• Experience in nonprofit settings or higher education is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build sustainable systems expanding access to basic-needs resources.
• Strengthen volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, communication, recognition, and participation-tracking processes.
• Develop inventory, donation, distribution, outreach, resource-sourcing, and reporting tools for pantry and thrift programs.
• Create student-facing communications to promote basic-needs resources and campus supports.

Job description

Georgia Gwinnett College seeks an AmeriCorps VISTA to strengthen sustainable systems that help students facing financial hardship, food or housing insecurity, foster care experience, and other poverty-related barriers access resources that support persistence, well-being, and educational attainment. The Student Support and Basic Needs VISTA will work with Student Support and Engagement Initiatives, the Dean of Students Office, Campus Care Pantry, Grizzly Thrift, Grizzly Forward, campus partners, and community organizations. This capacity-building role focuses on creating practical tools, procedures, resources, and partnerships that can continue after the VISTA term. The VISTA will strengthen volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, communication, recognition, leadership, and tracking systems. They will improve pantry and thrift operations through inventory, donation, distribution, outreach, and reporting tools. The VISTA will also develop communications that increase awareness of basic-needs resources, the Case Management process, and Grizzly Forward supports. Additional work includes creating partnership tools, donation-drive calendars, student-success workshop materials, and evaluation resources related to food access, financial stability, well-being, academic persistence, and campus resource awareness. Ideal candidates are organized, collaborative, resourceful, and committed to educational equity and student success. Strong communication, writing, project management, outreach, volunteer engagement, partnership development, and data-tracking skills are helpful.

Member Duties

The AmeriCorps VISTA will build sustainable systems that expand Georgia Gwinnett College students’ access to basic-needs resources and student-success supports. The VISTA will strengthen volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, communication, recognition, leadership, and participation-tracking processes for Campus Care Pantry, Grizzly Thrift, and approved Grizzly Forward activities. They will develop and improve inventory, donation, distribution, outreach, resource-sourcing, and reporting tools for Campus Care Pantry and Grizzly Thrift. The VISTA will create student-facing communications that promote basic-needs resources, Grizzly Forward, and the Dean of Students Office Case Management process. They will also develop partnership resources, donation-drive calendars, workshop materials, and evaluation tools related to food access, financial stability, well-being, academic persistence, self-advocacy, and campus resource awareness.

Program Benefits

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training

For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/.

Terms

• Car recommended
• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time

Service Areas

• Community Outreach
• Education
• Hunger
• Homelessness
• Technology

Skills

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Computers/Technology
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Teaching/Tutoring
• Writing/Editing
• Non-Profit Management
• Team Work

Program Type: AmeriCorps VISTA

Program: Georgia Gwinnett College Student Support and Basic Needs

Program Start/End Date: 11/09/2026 - 08/07/2027

Work Schedule: Full Time

Education level: College graduate

Age Requirement: Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations: GEORGIA Atlanta

Languages: English

Accepting Applications: From 09/22/2026 To 10/16/2026

Contact: JP Peters

1000 University Center Ln

Lawrenceville GA 30043

678-407-5926

[e-mail]

www.ggc.edu