Company description

Culikid is a small non-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to developing healthy culinary programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to help children, adolescents, and adults with special needs strengthen their social, independent-living, and fine motor skills through culinary experiences, while learning to eat healthier.

Job description

About the Position:

Culikid seeks a Chef Facilitator to plan and co-facilitate one virtual cooking class per month. Classes are paced and structured to be accessible to children with special needs and are co-facilitated with the Executive Director, a social worker. The Chef Facilitator will be responsible for developing recipes suitable for the class and leading the culinary lessons. This position will also create digital content for Culikid’s social media and website such as recipe pictures and videos. There may be opportunities to lead additional classes, such as private group classes and one-on-one classes. If located local to New York City, this position will have the opportunity stay on when Culikid transitions back to in-person programs, the timeline for which is currently unknown.

The Chef Facilitator will report directly to the Executive Director. It is expected that this position will work about 5 hours per month during a typical month to start, with more hours possible with the addition of private classes and other work. This position will be compensated at a rate of $25 per hour.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and co-facilitate monthly virtual cooking lessons for attendees of all ages and abilities
• Suggest and develop appropriate recipes for classes that meet class requirements (for example: meet difficulty levels, follow specific themes, accommodate dietary restrictions, etc.)
• Test recipes when necessary to trial effectiveness and prepare for lessons
• Meet with Executive Director at least once per month to plan for upcoming lessons
• Create content for at least two social media posts per month which can including cooking tips, cooking adaptations for different abilities, recipes, and/or videos
• Other tasks to support Culikid programs as needed

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of professional experience in a culinary field, preferably teaching group classes
• Experience working with youth and/or individuals with special needs
• Passion for helping youth with disabilities become independent and healthy through cooking
• Patience, flexibility, and a sense of humor
• Ability to quickly create solutions when faced with unexpected situations
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Availability during program hours (at least one weekend day from 11am to 12pm EST)
• Ability to dedicate additional hours each month for program prep, including meetings with supervisor and curriculum planning

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline