Department Coordinator II (Part-Time)

Department:

Location:

Belknap Campus

Time Type:

Part time

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Req ID:

R108600

Minimum Requirements:

High School Diploma/GED and a minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 2 (Hourly)
Position Additional Requirements: Valid driver's license; insurable by University's carrier to drive vehicles.

Position Description:

The Department Coordinator is responsible to assist the Director with the operations of the Cardinal Cupboard food pantry including, but not limited to, acquiring, collecting, and distributing food, facilitating the general maintenance and upkeep of the pantry, enforcing safety standards and protocol, and supervising student workers and volunteers. Other duties of this position include social media marketing, preparing promotional materials, researching topics related to community assistance and food insecurity, coordinating events, and managing projects. Additionally, this position consistently drives the pantry van to pick up and deliver donations.

The Commonwealth Credit Union Cardinal Cupboard is a closed network food pantry affiliated with the Dare to Care Food Bank and provides support specifically to all students and employees of the University of Louisville. The Cardinal Cupboard team executes its mission to increase accessibility to nutritional food items and to decrease the financial burden and food insecurity for individuals in the Cardinal community by coordinating fundraising events, hosting food drives, and consistently distributing food and health products at its hub location in the Swain Student Activities Center.

Appointment of this position is a fixed one-year term, eligible for annual renewal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Acquiring and collecting donated and purchased food for the Pantry, completing food drive and routine food pick-ups

• Recommend revisions to operational policies and procedures for food distribution

• Ensures food is handled properly according to food safety standards and maintains a safe work environment free of known hazards

• Serves as lead staff member, ensuring the Pantry is consistently staffed during business hours

• Provides exceptional customer service to all Pantry visitors, ensuring staff members are correctly and thoroughly trained and adhere to safety guidelines and customer service expectations

• Provides direction and supports staff, including student workers and volunteers, executing the daily operations of the Pantry

• Addresses staff concerns and performance issues, escalating them to the Director as necessary

• Assists to facilitate administrative functions of the Pantry including updating training and operational manuals, maintaining visit and temperature logs, submitting agency statistics to Dare to Care, and occasionally updating the Pantry’s social media platforms (such as Instagram and EngageUofL) and the Cardinal community service platform, HelperHelper

• Serves as an active member of the Office of Student Engagement; attends meetings, participates in departmental planning and evaluation processes, and contributes thoughts and ideas to support the goals of the department and the Division

• Serves on departmental, divisional and University committees

• Assists other OSE staff, providing support for special events and functions and assuming additional responsibilities within the scope of the position as required, maintaining effective working relationships with students, faculty, and staff

• Performs other duties and completes special projects as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and one year working in a professional setting

• Six months of relevant experience in food collection or distribution

• Interest in student affairs, public health, or social work as a career path

• Appreciates the value of higher education, diversity and community engagement

• Genuine interest in assisting individuals facing food insecurity

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively

Work Hours and Location

This is a part-time, non-exempt position with a 30-hour regular workweek including occasional evening and weekend hours as required. Additional work hours may be required based on department needs, programming, staffing, and/or scheduling. The primary work location for this position is at the Belknap Campus.

Employee Benefits

The University of Louisville offers competitive benefits and perks to eligible full-time and part-time employees. Please visit the University of Louisville Benefits webpage for details.

Student Affairs

The Division of Student Affairs encourages candidates to apply who have demonstrated the capacity to create supportive work environments, collaborate effectively on teams, and serve the students we admit and aim to attract.

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and three professional references with your application.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.