Coordinator, Food Programs

**Coordinator, Food Programs**:
**Position Number**: 0064667
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Continuing
**Department**:Student and Scholarly Services
**Salary**:UOM 7 - $106,432 - $115,211 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Lead and manage university-wide food relief initiatives to enhance student health, wellbeing, and experience.**:

- **Champion innovative food relief programs that foster community, health, and engagement for university students.**:

- **Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment**

**About the Role**
The Coordinator, Food Programs, leads the design, delivery, and reporting of student food relief initiatives that enhance the health and wellbeing of the university community. Overseeing programs such as SecondBite Frozen Meals and the Campus Cafeteria, the role manages a team of staff and student volunteers to ensure efficient, compliant, and impactful service delivery. Additionally, the position focuses on stakeholder engagement, program evaluation, and user experience analysis to drive continuous improvement and inform university leadership.

**Please note**: the first six months of this role will be working on establishing a new canteen-style hub at both Parkville and Southbank that will serve as a space where students can access affordable, healthy meals and build community. This initiative goes beyond food provision, creating a supportive environment for connection, collaboration, and care. The pilot sites are at Grattan Street and Southbank Campus and will open in Semester 1, 2025.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation of fit-for-purpose student food relief programs and activities that support student health and wellbeing, contribute towards successful student experiences, build peer connectivity, while enabling student employability outcomes.
- Coordinate the development and maintenance of service level facilities, resources and communication activities to successfully maintain and promote the programs and services among university stakeholders, partners and the wider student community.
- Identify, lead, and establish the effective implementation of formal partnerships and collaboration activities with key stakeholders throughout Student and Scholarly Services, Academic Divisions, across student leadership groups or associations, and amongst external partners and suppliers.

**Who we are looking for**

You will also have:

- A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
- Demonstrated experience in either a student or community service environment, with demonstratable knowledge of student experience needs and priorities within the Australian tertiary student environment.
- Ability to learn and implement new systems and procedures and identify continuous process improvement opportunities across established or existing procedures and processes.
- Strong business acumen and demonstrated experience in the development of internal and external formalised partnership activities, to further develop and support the programs and activities.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position**. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

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**What we offer you**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page

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