Warrior Food Pantry Student Assistant

• Directly assist food pantry and Clothes Closet participants with intake process, item selection, and customer service.
• Provide for a clean, safe and efficient operation of the Warrior Food Pantry and pantry snack baskets/microwaves around campus.
• Provide a welcoming culturally appropriate inclusive atmosphere that supports nutritional wellness while maintaining confidentiality and respect of Warrior Food Pantry participants.
• Responsible for Warrior Food Pantry data collection, entry, and reporting.
• Assist with Basic Needs, Warrior Food Pantry and Clothes Closet programming and awareness through tabling and outreach events.
• Process and track food & item donations.
• Inventory Management - Sort, track, and shelve items per established guidelines.
• Participate in food safety training to ensure food safety compliance.
• Directly assist students with Food Distribution paperwork, and update and file completed forms.
• Assist with preparation and facilitation of pop-up pantry distributions, LIVE food demonstrations, and other events as needed.
• Assist with training of volunteers.
• Collects and maintains documents, information, and records for submission to supervisor.
• Support the campus by providing feedback on the climate of healthy behavior, including the most pressing concerns they are seeing/experiencing in interactions with student participants.
• Serve as Basic Needs Ambassador, participating in virtual or in-person pop-up pantry events, Food Distribution events and other Basic Needs programming, such as National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, Share the Love Week or CalFresh pre-screening events
• Provide CalFresh pre-screenings to Warrior Food Pantry participants. Complete necessary confidentiality training or other CalFresh training.
• Marketing - Assist with efforts to educate and market via social media, print, and other formats.
• Develops content for digital signage and Basic Needs Newsletter.
• Knowledgeable of and ability to use independent judgement to refer students to additional campus resources. Refer students with additional needs to appropriate staff.
• Attend weekly WFP meetings.
• Provide regular updates to supervisor(s).

Other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidentiality, promptness and attendance.
• Demonstrates dependability and able to follow-through on assignments.
• Familiar with Canva, Adobe, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience working with or awareness of college students who have experienced food/housing insecurity and/ or financial hardships or emergencies.
• Ability to work evenings.
• Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, maintained during employment; must be making progress towards degree.
• Excellent customer service and passion to help and support students.
• Ability to work well in a team or individually.
• Good judgement when handling sensitive and/or confidential materials.
• Ability to accurately complete work in a timely manner with minimal/no supervision.
• Ability to work with a diverse population.
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Undergraduate students must be registered/enrolled in a minimum of six (6) Fall/Spring units.
• Must have received and accepted Financial Aid award for the current semester/year in which you are applying.