Company description Edible Schoolyard Kern County encourages children in their discovery and development of a healthy relationship with the food they eat.   Our hands-on garden and kitchen lessons teach students the value of; seasonality, nutrition, seed-to-table, community, and environmental stewardship. Job description

Position Summary:

The Kitchen Educator is involved in teaching kitchen and garden classes and is responsible for the maintenance, care and upkeep of the kitchen classroom. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

(Include but are not limited to)

• Maintains the order and cleanliness of kitchen as stated in the kitchen handbook and utilizing kitchen maintenance schedules
• Involved in kitchen classes guiding students through lesson and recipe execution and clean up
• Involved in garden classes, guiding students through propagation, harvesting, cultivation, composting, greenhouse production and maintenance of the garden
• Remains familiar with both the curriculum and the current harvest in the garden, to ensure preparedness to teach the classes
• Remains informed about daily class schedule and lessons
• Collaborates with the ESY Education Manager on the execution of grade appropriate kitchen skills, activities and lessons
• Plans and executes Family Cooking/Garden Classes
• Attends garden walk-throughs and distributes garden walk-through notes
• Maintains kitchen inventory

 

All Kitchen Staff Will:

• Participate in the implementation, set up and teaching of daily lessons
• Help maintain kitchen facilities and equipment
• Help with daily and weekly kitchen work
• Participate in garden work
• Teaches or participates as needed in the garden or other ESYKC sites
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings, garden walk-throughs and scheduled ESYKC professional development days.
• Grocery shops in an efficient, sot-effective manner

• Coordinates maintenance of kitchen facility and equipment including, dishwasher, refrigerators/freezers, ovens, stoves, washer/dryer, cooking tools, and knives.

Community:

 

• Help plan and/or execute Community Cooking & Garden Classes, Annual Plant Sale, camps, and fundraising events.
• Attend school-wide functions (i.e.: Open House, Showcase Night etc.)
• Maintain healthy relationship with BV Elementary, GFEF  and ESYKC Staff 
• Represent ESYKC program to wider community (i.e.: giving tours of ESY, public speaking engagements, off site community events)
• Will be required to participate in Mobile Kitchen Classroom (MKC) offsite events

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with elementary school children in an educational environment
• Ability to maintain order and safe working practices in a kitchen setting with young students
• Knowledge of effective and efficient kitchen techniques
• Attention to detail a must to maintain aesthetic of environment
• Ability to take direction and work on a variety of tasks simultaneously
• Ability to interact positively and effectively with a variety of constituents including students, co-workers, parents, teachers, volunteers and visitors
• Ability to work collaboratively

 

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree preferred
• Experience in a culinary or kitchen setting 
• Experience working with young students preferred
• Educational experience in related fields preferred

 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to work with frequent interruption
• Ability to stand, stoop, reach and bend
• Ability to grasp and manipulate small and large objects
• Ability to read small print
• Ability to taste, smell and feel to determine quality of food
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work with and near electrical and other equipment

Ability to work outside in summer heat

 

Additional Employment Information:

Please refer to and answer the questions regarding convictions in the application. For each question answered "yes" please provide a brief description in the areas provided below.

*A conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from employment.

 

You may omit:

• Traffic violations for which the fine imposed was $300.00 or less
• Conviction of misdemeanor while under the age of 18, if the record was sealed under Penal Code 1203.45
• Any conviction specified in the Health and Safety Code Section 11361.5 which pertains to various marijuana offenses

 

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Compensation this position is : hourly, varies DOE, $19.00 - $21.00 Application instructions Deadlineno deadline