Jamil Niner Student Pantry

Graduate Assistant

Updated June 2024

• Runs all daily operations at the Jamil Niner Student Pantry 
• Opening: Unlock door, Open Blinds, Turn Lights On, Check Temperature, Tidy 
• Closing: Lock doors, Close Blinds, Turn Lights Off, Put Perishables in Fridge
• Work with volunteers, interns, donors, & SASS office to maintain mission of JNSP
• Ensures Premier Guest Experience: Clients are being greeted, have a 49er ID, and fill out form 
• Manages, coordinates, leads, and supports student intern team of students 
• Intern Concentrations: Food Pantry and Garden interns
• Support them in every aspect of their role
• Attending events that they schedule 
• Seeing how you can help them on a daily + weekly basis 
• Daily Check-Ins 
• Plans and coordinates monthly staff meetings 
• Create volunteer event dates on Niner Engage, Oversee RSVP’s
• Leads daily volunteers in volunteer tasks ranging from sorting and stocking, to gardening 
• Sorting & Stocking: Check for Expiration Dates, Put on Pantry Shelves, Follow Grocery Standard when stocking (Labels out, In Categorized Sections), Stock Storage Room
• Cleaning: Dust, Wipe Down Surfaces, Vacuum, Organize, Bathrooms, Chalkboard
• Gardening: Water plants, Weed
• Thank you notes: Follow Monthly Template for Thank You Notes
• Works as a liaison between Assistant Director of Basic Needs, faculty member, and intern team
• Plans, coordinates, and leads special events with academic departments, local businesses, and donors
• Manages records, database, monthly reports
• Submits monthly reports to Assistant Director of Basic Needs
• Oversees donations, ensures donor recognition, and develops new annual fundraising initiatives
• Ensure every donation dropped off is being weighed and recorded
• Ensure every donor fills out donations form on Google Drive iPad
• Meet with major donors
• Coordinate press releases for donors seeking press (ie Harris Teeter)
• Maintain a running list of “Needed Items” for donors
• Plans and executes various days of service at the Jamil Niner Student Food Pantry
• Point of contact for all volunteer events, and volunteers, and service learning 
• Confirm hours with university staff for student’s volunteer hours 
• Coordinate, plan, and lead all weekend volunteer events
• Write letters of confirmation for volunteers that request letters for court, professors, or other obligations 
• Oversees Food Bank, Nourish Up, Relationship. Orders groceries, manages donation drop off and reports client data to the Nourish Up to pick up weekly Harris Teeter orders of perishable food items. 
• Develops food insecurity classroom curriculum and service learning projects
• Acts as direct point of contact for Faculty and Staff 
• Maintains relationship with regular donors ie. The Bulb, Farm Fresh Carolina, Nouri8sh Up etc. 
• Develops communication/outreach plan ie. Staff emails, promotional items
• Manage on campus tabling events and other promotional events for the Pantry