Job Description
Description:
Our Mission
Our mission is to leverage the power of food to end hunger and build healthier communities.
Our Vision
We believe that the fight against hunger and the fight against poverty are one and the same. We envision a future in which food is recognized as a human right and every person is able to feed themselves and their families in dignity. Together, we work to create a more nourished, prosperous region.
Our Values
Our core values define who we are and how we work with our communities. Foodlink & our team members have:
Compassion - treat all with dignity & respect; build kinship with those we serve
Innovation - say yes; avoid complacency risk failure in the pursuit of ending hunger
Collaboration - build a shared vision, create synergies, maximize resources
Agility - respond urgently to the ever-changing needs of our community
Stewardship - maximize the impact of every dollar, donation, and asset
Job Title: Community Health Educator
Department : Community Health Programs
Reports to: Director of Community-Based Strategies
Status: Hourly, Non-exempt, Full-time
Job Level : 7
Updated: August 2024
SUMMARY
Foodlink’s community health and nutrition education offerings create opportunities for community members to learn about cooking, nutrition and food resource management. Our Community Health Educators will effectively connect with SNAP-eligible audiences to conduct person-centered workshops. We talk with community members about the impact that food has on our bodies, our families, and our communities. All workshops and educational opportunities are designed to be accessible, engaging, and useful for participants. Programming can be conducted virtually, at Foodlink, or at community sites across the region.
Community Health Educators are part of the Community Health Programs Team and report to the Director of Community-Based Strategies. This role requires skills in culinary arts, nutrition education, and grants management, as well as experience working with a broad spectrum of community members of all ages and ability.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Implement Foodlink community health and nutrition programming
Meet Grant Deliverables for JSY and other relevant health education contracts
Support relationships with partners
Secondary roles and responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred candidates will also have:
We are actively seeing a diverse pool of candidates for this position and strongly encourage applications from candidates of color.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
This is a full-time position paid on an hourly basis, ranging from $23.91 - $31.03 DOE. Foodlink covers 100% of individual health and dental insurance with the ability to acquire family coverage with pretax dollars. In addition to generous paid time off (PTO), we observe 14 paid holidays throughout the year. Opportunity to contribute to a 401k retirement savings plan upon hire. Eligible for generous employer match after 1 year of service.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations 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 sit, stand and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel items such as documents. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. Able to lift bulk objects or objects weighing up to 50 pounds
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all- inclusive. Employees will follow other instructions and perform other related duties as required.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Foodlink is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. At Foodlink we believe that anti-hunger work is only possible with a commitment to removing barriers caused by systems of oppression that perpetuate hunger and poverty. We recognize that systematic injustice and bias disproportionately impact some identities more than others.
Foodlink is actively working to center equity- the fair treatment of all people- in everything that we do so that everyone in our region has access to nourishing food that reflects and values cultural differences.
Foodlink is committed to listening and supporting solutions to hunger that are sourced from people and communities with lived/living experience of hunger and poverty, and to responding where inequities exist.
Foodlink is committed to taking great care to cultivate internal culture and practices that support diversity and inclusion. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We aim to foster an environment in which everyone feels a sense of belonging and understands their connection to the Foodlink mission.
Foodlink employees have a responsibility to always treat others with dignity and respect. Employees are expected to always exhibit conduct that reflects our values and promotes equity and inclusion during work, and at work functions.
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