Youth Food Educator

Join the Community Food Education program to build healthier communities.

Job Summary

This position is the primary youth educator for the Community Food Education program at Solid Ground, leading classes, workshops, and events, and field trips to strengthen communities' ability to navigate their food environments. This position will provide hands-on educational opportunities for youth to learn about growing, buying, cooking, and eating nutritious foods. The Youth Food Educator leads classes in schools and school gardens, before- and after-school settings, and at Solid Ground's Giving Garden at Marra Farm.

Essential Responsibilities, Duties & Tasks

• 60% - Teach and prepare educational materials for cooking, nutrition, and gardening classes with youth, primarily Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade, using existing curricula with Seattle Public School students, before and after school sites.
• 10% - Support Community Food Education's other programs as needed. Assist Community Food Education team with events, promotions and community level systems changes to improve community health.
• 10% - Provide in-person farm-based education including field trips. Assist with Marra Farm maintenance and production, as needed.
• 10% - Perform administrative work to support classes including ordering class materials, groceries, cleaning class dishes, administering survey assessments, and work with the Youth Education Coordinator to enter track, and report data in a timely manner.
• 5% - Work with volunteers delivering lessons in alignment with Solid Ground's antiracism approach.
• 5% - Participate in program, department, and agency meetings, Anti-Racism Initiative work, and relevant trainings as required. Support departmental and program goals as needed.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

Solid Ground is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race and color, religion, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status