Nutrition Educator

DEPARTMENT: Garden and Youth Programs

REPORTS TO: Garden and Youth Program Manager

LOCATION: Sebastopol Kitchen, Remote

EXPECTED HOURS: Approximately 10 per week, hours vary

SCHEDULE: 

• May to early June: prep and develop curriculum- approx. 10 hours a week
• Mid-June to Mid-August: Monday mornings- cook lunch and cooking classes. Tuesday mornings- some tours. Thursday- nutrition class for 2 hours (from 2pm to 4pm), 9-10 hours per week.
• Mid-August to Mid-December: Friday every other week from 3:30pm to 6:30pm- class and prep. Saturday mornings from 9:30am to 1:00pm- getting supplies and prep classes 8-10 hours per week.

Position Summary

Working under the oversight of the Garden and Youth Program Manager, the Nutrition Educator supports the planning, development, and delivery of California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA)-funded nutrition education curriculum for Ceres’ youth interns and helps develop recipes, teaching, demonstrations and education materials for the internship.  The fall program is creating cooking demos and overseeing the Farm Stand at a clinic.  Much of the job is working with teens and empowering them to hold the program.

This role requires a fingerprint background check and mandated reporter training.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Develops nutrition education curriculum and materials for youth that address how to produce, prepare, and teach about specialty crops (fruits and vegetables).
  
• Teaches youth training on specialty crop nutrition and cooking demos. 
• Meets regularly with intern cohorts to provide support and guidance around best practices for educating about specialty crop nutrition. 
• Works collaboratively to provide on-going observation of and feedback to youth interns as they create educational materials and oversee farmers market at the clinics. 
• Helps coordinate and communicate with the team. 
• Supports year-end evaluation efforts. 
• Provides other nutrition education related and/or administrative support as requested and required.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required. 
• Some evening and weekend availability may be required. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in nutrition, nutrition science, dietetics, or a related field.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Curriculum development experience required.
• Experience teaching nutrition in a group setting, with ability to present clearly and effectively and to teach to the level of the group. 
• Able to teach nutrition in a non-judgmental, non-dogmatic, compassionate manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to demonstrate cultural competence in working with diverse populations.
• Experience working with volunteers a plus.
• Self-awareness with an ability to self-assess.
• Excellent ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including creating slide-based presentations in PowerPoint, Prezi or other software.
• A commitment to Ceres Community Project's Mission and Operating Values. 
  

Physical Demands / Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit at a workstation; use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse; talk and hear to communicate with coworkers.
• Light to moderate lifting of up to 30 pounds, bending, stooping and climbing a ladder is occasionally required.
• The work environment is primarily indoors with the majority of time spent sitting at a desk, on the phone or a computer.
• Moderate noise (i.e. nonprofit setting with office equipment, conversation from adjacent coworkers and commercial kitchen equipment.) 
• Ability to sit or stand at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Operating Principles

• Heart Centered & Love Guided - We are committed to expressing love, trust, respect and integrity in our lives, work, and organization.
• Everything Matters - Nothing is left out. We work to have every action and choice lead to the greatest positive impact.
• Young People are the Future - Young People are intelligent, responsible, capable, creative, and caring, and must be central participants in shaping our collective future.
• Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive - We commit to championing policies and practices of social equity that build a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workplace and food system.

Ceres Organization

Founded in 2007, Ceres Community Project works to build healthy communities by restoring whole, organic and locally grown food to its place as the foundation of health, empowering youth, and connecting people in heart-centered ways to others and the earth.

Ceres Community Project's main program, Healing Meals for Healthy Communities, provides free and low-cost nourishing organic meals, nutrition education and caring support to people facing serious illness. All of the meals are prepared by teens that learn about growing, cooking and eating healthy whole foods and the connection between diet and health, develop life and work-ready skills, and discover their power to make a difference. The Healing Meals Program improves healthy eating behaviors among clients, teens and adult volunteers and educates the whole community about the link between healthy eating and the health of both people and planet. It also strengthens the social fabric of the community, another factor that is at the root of health. In times of disaster, Ceres is an emergency nutrition provider for our community.

In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 13 communities nationally to replicate our model. We are also active at the state and national level in advocating for policies that support equitable access to healthy food and health care, including reimbursement for medically tailored meals by insurers. For more information, please visit www.ceresproject.org.

Ceres Community Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions at Ceres are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status or any other status protected by laws or regulations.

Salary : $28 - $32