Food Recovery Program: Food Recovery Coordinator
(Title Code 4920, Student Assistant III)
Appointment: 10 hours/week
Compensation: $15 per hour
Appointment: February 26, 2018 to May 11, 2018
Application Deadline: 5PM, February 20, 2018
Applicants must be matriculated undergraduate students at UC Berkeley. Priority given to work study students. To apply, submit the following items by email as a single pdf to megprier@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Food Recovery Coordinator”
- Cover letter
- Résumé
- Contact information for 2 professional and/or academic references
Food Recovery Program:
The UC Berkeley Food Recovery Program was initiated by the Basic Needs Community in Fall, 2017 to coordinate existing food recovery efforts and collectively expand efforts to meet the scale of food waste and the need for free or affordable fresh produce and prepared food for food insecure students. The Basic Needs Community initiated a Food Recovery Coalition in Fall 2017 that has completed a strategic plan for launching a coordinated and at-scale food recovery program in Spring, 2018.
Basic Needs Security Committee
The UC Berkeley Basic Needs Security Committee and Program is a combined effort of undergraduates, graduate students, professional staff, faculty, administrators and community experts. We are united in a commitment to build and institutionalize support systems to secure food, housing, and wellness security of our campus community.
Berkeley Food Institute
The Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) seeks to transform food systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food and promote sustainable and equitable food production. We empower new leaders with capacities to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food systems. We pursue our mission through interdisciplinary programs in education, research, policy, communications, and community engagement.
About the Position:
The Food Recovery Coordinator will work under the guidance of the Campus Gardens Coordinator and the Basic Needs Coordinator team to manage the launch and operations of the Food Recovery Program. The Coordinator will use the framework developed by the Food Recovery Coalition and ongoing meetings with the Coalition to guide and shape the Program.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the initiation of a UCB Food Recovery Program from the Food Recovery Coalition’s Strategic Plan
- Meet and outreach with key individuals, organizations and entities on campus to identify sources of food to recover and distribution locations
- Coordinate outreach and recruitment of recovery volunteers and support in the development of required trainings in food safety and handling, food recovery equipment use, and monitoring and data requirements.
- Coordinate ongoing food recovery operations with food recovery volunteers, food recovery source entities, and food recovery recipient entities.
- Attend monthly Food Recovery Coalition meetings to report on operations and receive feedback.
- Collaborate with Gleaning Coordinator, the Basic Needs Gardens Student Coordinator, and the Food Pantry Coordinator to streamline food coming into the Basic Needs services.
- Communication: Draft messaging and website content for the food recovery program; work with the Basic Needs Branding Coordinator in developing food recovery outreach materials
Required Qualifications:
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to communications across diverse groups
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and to foresee, identify, and recommend solutions in the position’s areas of responsibility
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
- Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
- Interest in food systems (experience not required)
- Interest and experience in public service and social equity, as core tenets of the UC Berkeley experience and the Berkeley Food Institute mission
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
Food Recovery Program: Food Recovery Coordinator
(Title Code 4920, Student Assistant III)
Appointment: 10 hours/week
Compensation: $15 per hour
Appointment: February 26, 2018 to May 11, 2018
Application Deadline: 5PM, February 20, 2018
Applicants must be matriculated undergraduate students at UC Berkeley. Priority given to work study students. To apply, submit the following items by email as a single pdf to megprier@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Food Recovery Coordinator”
- Cover letter
- Résumé
- Contact information for 2 professional and/or academic references
Food Recovery Program:
The UC Berkeley Food Recovery Program was initiated by the Basic Needs Community in Fall, 2017 to coordinate existing food recovery efforts and collectively expand efforts to meet the scale of food waste and the need for free or affordable fresh produce and prepared food for food insecure students. The Basic Needs Community initiated a Food Recovery Coalition in Fall 2017 that has completed a strategic plan for launching a coordinated and at-scale food recovery program in Spring, 2018.
Basic Needs Security Committee
The UC Berkeley Basic Needs Security Committee and Program is a combined effort of undergraduates, graduate students, professional staff, faculty, administrators and community experts. We are united in a commitment to build and institutionalize support systems to secure food, housing, and wellness security of our campus community.
Berkeley Food Institute
The Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) seeks to transform food systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food and promote sustainable and equitable food production. We empower new leaders with capacities to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food systems. We pursue our mission through interdisciplinary programs in education, research, policy, communications, and community engagement.
About the Position:
The Food Recovery Coordinator will work under the guidance of the Campus Gardens Coordinator and the Basic Needs Coordinator team to manage the launch and operations of the Food Recovery Program. The Coordinator will use the framework developed by the Food Recovery Coalition and ongoing meetings with the Coalition to guide and shape the Program.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the initiation of a UCB Food Recovery Program from the Food Recovery Coalition’s Strategic Plan
- Meet and outreach with key individuals, organizations and entities on campus to identify sources of food to recover and distribution locations
- Coordinate outreach and recruitment of recovery volunteers and support in the development of required trainings in food safety and handling, food recovery equipment use, and monitoring and data requirements.
- Coordinate ongoing food recovery operations with food recovery volunteers, food recovery source entities, and food recovery recipient entities.
- Attend monthly Food Recovery Coalition meetings to report on operations and receive feedback.
- Collaborate with Gleaning Coordinator, the Basic Needs Gardens Student Coordinator, and the Food Pantry Coordinator to streamline food coming into the Basic Needs services.
- Communication: Draft messaging and website content for the food recovery program; work with the Basic Needs Branding Coordinator in developing food recovery outreach materials
Required Qualifications:
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to communications across diverse groups
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and to foresee, identify, and recommend solutions in the position’s areas of responsibility
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
- Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
- Interest in food systems (experience not required)
- Interest and experience in public service and social equity, as core tenets of the UC Berkeley experience and the Berkeley Food Institute mission
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
