Hunger Free Campus Worker

CP02 Chatham College for Work Study Students; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Chatham University seeks a Student Hunger-Free Campus Worker to support the PA Hunger-Free Campus Grant across three campuses. You will assist with data collection, spreadsheet creation, data entry, and communications about grant resources to students.

You will help track food procurement, pantry usage, and distribution while preparing newsletters and flyers. Sensitivity to student food insecurity is essential as you support campus initiatives.

Qualifications

• Sensitivity to the issues of student food insecurity.

Responsibilities

• Create spreadsheets and systems to capture (in pounds) food procurement and distribution data; enter data in databases.
• Track numbers of students using Essential Needs Pantries and Free Frig; enter data in databases.
• Track pounds of Eden Hall produce transformed into shelf-stable products.
• Monitor monthly Fresh Market attendance and pounds of food provided.
• Communicate grant resources to students via newsletters, flyers, emails and other channels.

Job description

We value our talented employees and encourage you to grow professionally! Please note that this position requires specialized knowledge regarding Chatham student food insecurity and we have selected the appropriate graduate student to fill this position.

Position Description

Hunger-Free Campus Worker Duties and Responsibilities: The student worker will help implement the PA Hunger-Free Campus Grant awarded to Chatham University for the grant timeframe of Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2025. As such, the student will play a key role in data collection related to Grant goals and objectives by participating in spreadsheet creation, monitoring of data collection and data entry. Student will be responsible for the communications aspect of the grant - both helping to gather and assess student input as well as sharing out information through flyers, newsletters, email, etc. with students about the food security initiatives funded by the grant. The student is asked to think critically while doing the work to help the team problem solve and adjust processes as necessary. Sensitivity to the issues of student food insecurity is required.

Duties

• Help create spreadsheets and systems to capture (in pounds) food procurement (purchased, donated foods, and Eden Hall-grown) and food and meal distribution on all three campuses. Enter collected data in appropriate data base.
• Help create spreadsheets and systems to capture numbers of students using the Essential Needs Pantries and Free Frig on all three campuses. Enter collected data in appropriate data base.
• Track the pounds of Eden Hall produce that are transformed into shelf-stable products.
• Track number of students attending the monthly Fresh Market give-aways and the pounds of food provided through that venue.
• Communicate, through newsletters, flyers, emails and more, the resources this grant enables us to provide to Chatham students.

Additional Duties

• Play an integral role with the Hunger Free Campus Team in the creation of the grant-funded Buying Club Learning Objectives.
• Create and implement data tracking tools for the project.
• Critically assess processes and procedures and make recommendations for change as needed.
• Explore Buying Club models and recommend most appropriate for Chatham University.
• Communicate, through various media, the newly developed food options and resources for students.
• Appreciate the multi-dimensional issue of student food insecurity.

Chatham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

Persons of color, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply.

Chatham University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.

Learn more at: https://www.chatham.edu/mission-and-values/diversity-and-inclusion/index.html.

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.