Student Engagement Fellow

Time Period: August 2024 – June 2025 (could be extended until June 2026)

Employment Status: Part-Time (22 hours/week)

Compensation: $18/hour

Application Priority deadline: Wednesday, July 31

Final deadline: Wednesday, August 7

Rolling interviews until the position is filled, so apply early!

Final decision made by mid-August

Mission relevance 

Food Justice

  • Manage student service partners for Heavenly Groceries food pantry 
  • Implement sustainability and outreach goals to meet community needs 

Student Engagement: 

  • Coordinate student service partners to work alongside neighbors and other community members on meaningful service opportunities. 
  • Flip neighborhood-university power dynamics by educating student residents and student service partners about the neighborhood’s history and ways of being
  • Steward transformative experiences that are rooted in relationships, cultivating cultural and behavioral change. 

Position Responsibilities

Food Justice Programs

  • Recruit, coordinate, and train volunteers
  • Manage intakes/inquiries
  • Sustain partnerships with food and volunteer partners
  • Track activities/impact for program evaluation and future funding 
    • Regularly provide updates to the Director of Development on progress towards goals defined in grants to support Heavenly Groceries
  • Implement sustainability and outreach plans to ensure the successful operating and growth of Heavenly Groceries to meet community needs
  • Be on call to fill in day-to-day gaps if volunteers do not show up

Neighborhood Event Coordination

  • Planning and coordination of monthly multi-generational neighborhood celebrations (porch parties, Student Welcome Events, etc.), uniting and invigorating neighbors (students, long-term residents, families, and young professionals) 
  • Captain of supplies and materials for events

Volunteer Management

  • Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers for monthly Northside News distributions, the 2025 Northside Census (2025), and MCJC events
  • Manage service days for UNC student groups 
  • Manage volunteer management system (Better Impact) 
  • Coordinate and deliver (when possible) Jackson Center service partner orientations to welcome new student volunteers and residents, student organizations, and university faculty partners, rooting them in Northside history and vision 
  • Coordinate creative student engagement opportunities across program areas in collaboration with Jackson Center staff and neighbors 
  • Recruit a healthy pool of community service partners to maintain MCJC programs during UNC student “off” periods

Skills and Experience: 

  • Community involvement, volunteer management, and service experience are a plus!
  • Dedication to connecting and interacting with an intergenerational community
  • Strong project and time management skills
  • Listening-centered: You listen to a wide variety of voices, including your own. You believe in the power of listening as the primary mode of community work. 
  • Accountable: You work well independently within the context of a team, and hold yourself and co-workers to high standards—always with a good dose of grace. 
  • Community-driven: You are fueled by relationships and a commitment to community justice, and you share the Jackson Center’s passion for community self-determination.

Application:

Interested applicants should submit a resume and optional cover letter to diana@jacksoncenter.info by Wednesday, July 31. Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis until positions are filled.

For more information about the Jackson Center please visit our website www.jacksoncenter.info or give us a call at 669-254-8381.

Email Diana Koo at diana@jacksoncenter.info for any questions. Thank you!