Coordinator, Food, Nutrition and Food Security

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At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

Working with the Student Health and Wellbeing unit as part of the Health Equity, Promotion and Education team, the Coordinator, Food, Nutrition, and Food Security is responsible for supporting student wellbeing and success through health education and/or health promotion initiatives, programs and projects, with the Okanagan Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges as a key guiding framework.

The Coordinator is responsible for designing, delivering and assessing evidence-based approaches to support food literacy, food skill and food security for students. The Coordinator will oversee the Food Hub Market, a student led, volunteer run food security initiative, to provide low cost groceries to the UBC student community, improve food literacy, and amplify other food security initiatives.

Organizational Status
Working within the Student Health & Wellbeing portfolio, the Health Equity, Promotion & Education team, which oversees the Wellness Centre, Food Hub Market and the Student Recovery Community, is responsible for health education and health promotion initiatives that enhance health and wellbeing for individual students and for communities of students at UBC. Reporting to either the Manager or Director, Health, Equity, Promotion and Education, the Coordinator supervises student staff and student volunteers.

Work Performed

Administration and Operations:

• Provide leadership and management for the day-to-day operations of the Food Hub Market in collaboration with student position(s), volunteers and committees. Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Lead volunteer recruitment, training, scheduling and management

• Oversight of food sourcing, ordering, inventory tracking and management for the Food Hub Market

• Oversight of electronic payment handling, budget & financial tracking & transaction reconciliation for the Food Hub Market

• Troubleshooting day-to-day operational issues

• Provide mentorship & facilitate learning opportunities to student volunteers

• Oversee and provide advice to volunteer committees within the Food Hub Market to support operations (potential committees may include: social media, volunteer management, operations, programming)

• Develop and/or implement plans for evaluating processes to streamline operations

• Develop, implement and update any food safety procedures, as relevant

• Inform and implement community engagement strategies to monitor and evaluate customer and volunteer feedback at the Food Hub Market

• Develop, maintain & update operational documents & procedural guidelines

• Provide strategic oversight of programs and services to ensure the values of the Food Hub Market are integrated into all operations

Partnerships, Community Building & Programming:

• Build relationships with student communities most impacted by food insecurity and seek opportunities for engagement or collaboration within the space to promote food security, social connection & cultural vibrance

• Build capacity of partner units, student groups & other stakeholders to lead programming in the space

• Lead and participate in knowledge sharing activities including conferences, reports, presentations.

• Contribute to research opportunities led by SEEDS, CCEL, VOICE, and others as relevant

• Other duties as assigned.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
They are a representative of VP Students with regards to the program and a member of community audiences, and as such will be required to demonstrate a high degree of professionalism.

Supervision Received
Works independently under the general direction from a Manager or Director, who will support the professional development and learning experience. The Coordinator will also have the opportunity to work with student staff team members, volunteers and professional staff from the Health Equity, Promotion & Education unit and key campus partners (e.g. CCEL, UBC Sustainability Hub, Office of Wellbeing Strategy, etc).

Supervision Given
The Coordinator will recruit, hire, train and supervise student staff and student volunteers.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of one to two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about food security, food systems, and/or food justice. This could be demonstrated by research done in the area, having taken classes in the aforementioned topics and/or having lived experience with food insecurity

• Understanding of the intersections of systemic oppression, and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion with health and wellbeing (a decolonized lens, anti-racism approaches, etc)

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

• Demonstrated organizational and time management skills

• Demonstrated flexibility and a positive attitude when working in fast-paced, complex and changing situations
• Ability to adapt during busy work periods and to think critically and constructively about ideas to problem solve expected and unexpected issues that arise
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative
• Previous experience with the following are strong assets:

o Customer service experience

o Food service management or operations

o Volunteer or team coordination

o Project management including planning, coordination, implementation & evaluation o Community building, community engagement

o Building relationships with colleagues, peers, stakeholders within and outside familiar communities

• FoodSafe Level 1 certification an asset
• Interested in equity, diversity, and inclusion and its intersections with student wellbeing
• Interested in working in a dynamic team setting and a collaborative work environment

Equity Statement: An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or excluded. We highly encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically, persistently or systemically marginalized and excluded on any grounds including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. We also strongly encourage students with a lived experience of food insecurity to apply.