Enrolled at Durham Tech, High School Diploma or equivalent.

1-year experience

1. Evidence of strong interpersonal skills, organizational skills, and effective oral and written communication/public relation skills
2. Familiarity with supportive resources for parents and their children
3. Outgoing and engaging personality
4. Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
5. Competence with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and Word, and email and web conferencing platforms
6. Personal integrity, honesty, dependability, and the ability to maintain confidentiality

The essential functions of the Student Assistant, Student Wellness & Basic Needs are Communicating with students about available resources to support students’ basic needs, and Tracking the distribution of resources.

1. Assist with weekly student support distribution activities, during which Durham Tech provides students with access to essential items, including computers, food, hygiene products, and healthcare resources.
2. Track the distribution of computers and healthcare resources.
3. Call students who apply for computer and/or internet assistance to connect them with college and community supports.
4. Conduct outreach to recruit student parents to the Student Parent Success Network and to raise awareness about available resources to support students’ basic needs.
5. Conduct interviews to gather feedback from student parents about ways to improve campus supports for parenting students.
6. Assist staff with preparing materials for student parent meetups.
7. Participate in student parent meetups to provide peer support to parenting students.
8. Collect and manage data about student parent participation in network activities.
9. Assist with promotions, outreach, and logistics for special opportunities for students (e.g. Virtual benefit screenings for Food Stamps, virtual eviction prevention workshops, student health fair).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The physical and
mental demands described as follows are representative of those that must be met by
an employee in performing the essential functions of this job:
• Ability to work outside for 2+ hours
• Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift, at times, 50 lbs.
• Good eye/hand dexterity

We will review applications as they are received. This posting may close before the posted close date without notice.