Food Access Coordinator (Hourly)

Austin Community College

Austin Community College, TX

Job posting number: #7231066 (Ref:R-5839)

Posted: March 22, 2024

Job Description

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.


As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

  • Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

  • Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Food Access Coordinator (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

Coordinates and assists with planning, developing, communicating, and administering food access and related programs and activities. Primarily responsible for supporting the operations of food distributions on ACC campuses. Promotes events, recruits, trains and communicates clearly with volunteers and staff under the guidance of Social Support Resource Development (SSRD) full-time staff. Helps coordinate related opportunities to increase access to nutritious, high-quality groceries and food. Collects and manages data through confidential and careful record-keeping in collaboration with ACC and community partner staff. When not on campuses for food access-related activities, coordinators work remotely in close collaboration with the SSRD leadership team and other departments.

*Bilingual/multilingual preferred*

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

  • Coordinates one or more specialized projects or programs within a department or office.

  • Plans, organizes, coordinates, and facilitates departmental projects.

  • Serves as communication liaison.

  • Works collaboratively with internal departments of the college.

  • Gathers and compiles data for reports.

  • Maintains and updates database information.

  • May research, evaluate, and make recommendations related to projects & programs.

  • Maintains and updates websites and schedules.

Knowledge

  • Knowledge related to the purpose and/or content of the program and/or project.

  • Knowledge of planning and coordinating related projects and/or programs.

Skills

  • Maintaining an established work schedule, including some evenings and weekends.

  • Working collaboratively and effectively using interpersonal and communication skills, including tact and diplomacy.

  • Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

  • Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

  • Prioritizing, implementing, and managing multiple projects and due dates.

  • Effectively working with diverse and multicultural communities and individuals.

  • Computer, web and database maintenance skills.

Technology Skills

  • Demonstrated proficiency using standard office software applications.

Required Work Experience

  • Two years related work experience.

Required Education

  • ACC student working toward credential preferred

Special Requirements

  • Reliable transportation for travel in the Austin area as required.

Other Preferred Qualifications

  • Bilingual/multilingual communication skills (conversational and written).

  • Proven leadership and supervisory experience and abilities. 

  • Ability to work autonomously and in collaboration.

  • Experience assessing, developing, and maintaining website and promotional content.

  • Efficiency in preparing narrative and statistical reports and maintaining detailed records.

Physical Requirements

  • Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.

  • Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

  • Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$23.30/hour

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

April 19, 2024

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.





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