Student Resource Coordinator

The Student Resource Coordinator holds responsibilities primarily in coordinating the basic needs resource offerings by the Center for Student Life & Leadership. This position engages faculty, staff and student organizations to support communication and resource offerings. It supports special programs that relate to areas of student support, including food, housing, and financial insecurity.

This position manages the on-campus Food and Snack Pantries, maintaining communication with students, faculty, and staff on the resources available. The college is committed to creating a “single stop” center for food, housing, and financial insecurity, and this position will lead these efforts with support from the CARE team.

This role also supports health and wellness education programs offered by the Prevention Education program, and the GRCC Health Clinic, raising awareness of food, housing, and financial insecurity, etc.

• Coordinate and support activities pertaining to student emergency housing, food, and funding issues at all GRCC locations (Main Campus, DeVos Campus, MTEC, and Lakeshore).
• Serve as back-up support to the Dean of Students APSS for emergency funding process.
• Offer outreach to students facing housing, food, and/or funding crises, including Navigate referrals for Basic Needs and MiBridges workshops and applications.
• Support the offering in coordination with the Center for Student Life & Leadership Director and Assistant Directors of on-campus learning opportunities in the form of workshops or forums for students centered on tenant rights, nutritional wellness on a budget, and other related crisis‑based issues around housing, food, and funding.
• Develop and promote volunteer opportunities for staff and student volunteers for campus basic needs initiatives, including but not limited to the food pantry, clothing closet, and donation drives.
• Serv safe certified.
• Web editor for the grcc.edu/gethelp student resource webpage.
• Serve as budget secretary for the food pantry and grant budgets supporting basic needs.
• Responsible for communication promoting the center’s programming and resources for faculty, staff, and students.
• Manage food and snack pantries inventories, which would include food drives, stocking, distributing inventory to snack pantries, etc.
• Maintain updated data to the Center for Student Life & Leadership’s basic needs dashboard.
• Coordinate Information Stations at the beginning of major semesters.
• Assist with Student Life services including opening, closing and managing the front office.
• Assist with campus-wide events including but not limited to Involvement Week, Homecoming, Open Houses, and Commencement.
• This is an on‑campus position. Regular attendance during normal scheduled hours is required. Being present is essential for serving students and performing the essential functions of this position.
• Regular communication with the campus and community will include e‑mail, phone, classroom visits, face‑to‑face conversations, web page management, community partnering, etc.
• Persons in this role are identified as a Campus Security Authority (CSA). CSA's will be trained and responsible for reporting Clery Reportable Crimes to Campus Police as required by the Clery Act.
• Regular travel to Lakeshore and MTEC locations is required.
• Other duties as assigned by the director.

• Some college required with 3 years’ experience in the workforce in a human services field.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, public administration, public health, social work, or a related field.

• Direct experience with at‑risk populations preferred.
• Experience in programming and presentations preferred.
• Experience in program coordination & evaluation preferred.
• Experience in higher education highly preferred.

• Possess the personality and enthusiasm to work with a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain a positive, student‑oriented approach in a demanding work environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrate…