AmeriCorps Nutrition Aide

Job Summary

Through the Ameri Corps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College (TSC) will have Ameri Corps members who will
1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and
2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the Ameri Corps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students, who were served by the program, fall‑to‑spring persistence rate to 75% and fall‑to‑fall persistence rate of 63%.

• Serve in the Food Pantry and Community Garden to increase communication about and access to campus resources and support.
• Help students access basic needs through distribution of food at the TSC food pantry and community garden.
• Organize and manage food distribution events and ensure efficient and equitable distribution of resources.
• Educate students, staff, and community members in nutrition, healthy eating habits, gardening, SNAP workshops, and community-based programs/organizations that assist those experiencing food insecurity.
• Aid in food pantry activities, ensuring food items are stocked, organized, and accessible to all students.
• Assist in coordinating and implementing outreach efforts for student services, e.g., Welcome Week, SNAP workshops, campus events, conferences, webinars, etc. to disseminate knowledge of college procedures and policies to students.

Number of students who, in a minimum of three times per semester, work directly with an Ameri Corps member in the Community Garden, attend a workshop or other Food Pantry activity co‑organized by an Ameri Corps member, or receive provisions from an Ameri Corps member working in the Food Pantry and persist to end of term or completion of program (short‑term outcome).

Register for and attend the following term:
Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid‑term outcome). Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid‑term outcome).

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk;

sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.