Company description

The City of Somerville upholds progressive principles for both our employees and residents. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are deeply embedded in our mission and throughout our hiring practices. We encourage applications from a diverse range of professionals and skillsets to reflect the culturally rich community we serve every day.

Termed a “Model City” by The Boston Globe, we are also a model employer. We embrace and encourage an innovative, empowering, and collaborative workplace culture in a fast-paced, challenging environment. The City also offers a generous benefits package that embodies a strong work-life balance.

Join us to create an inclusive and equitable City for all. Apply today for an opportunity that meets your qualifications.

Job description

The Culinary Coordinator assists with the Arts Council Nibble Entrepreneurship Program---a cultural culinary economic development initiative. The employee focuses on culinary, cultural, and workforce development with a primary responsibility in the outreach and educational operations associated with Nibble Kitchen, as well as cultural programing for the public.

Essential Functions:

The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various type 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.

Nibble Entrepreneurship Program (NEP):

• Conduct NEP outreach efforts to find Nibble participants and create program awareness
• Liaison with local organizations and businesses like Connexión, USMS, Union Square restaurants, local shared kitchens, and city departments like Somerviva regarding recruitment, crosspollination of programs, and researching opportunities for our entrepreneurs
• Support Kitchen Manager/Nibble Coordinator to structure, launch and run series of workforce development workshops
• Coordinate translation services as needed
• Communicate with participants and collaborators (potential teachers & students, “consultants” etc.) to cultivate program — with close attention to cultural concerns
• Work with Kitchen Manager and Cultural Director to customize entrepreneurs’ educational experiences – finding specific resources, mentors and checking in with them regularly to assess progress and give feedback

Oversee Promotion and Marketing:

• Handle promotion: post classes on SAC site, EventBrite, Nibble blog, press releases, Facebook, Instagram
• Oversee special promotional projects like creating brochures, videos—for Nibble and for entrepreneurs’ fledgling businesses
• Provide guidance for entrepreneurs on promotion for their own businesses/brands

Other Cultural programming responsibilities:

• Help organize, curate and run Nibble’s international market tours in Union Square
• Work with Cultural Director to support Nibble mission within the larger context of Union Square’s cultural economic development
• Coordinate Nibble cultural events, whether at Nibble Kitchen/Bow Market or within other SAC festivals/programming, with a focus on nurturing and developing the cultural components of Nibble

Kitchen Support and other Nibble responsibilities:

• Organize & maintain Nibble files (all electronic and paper records)
• Support Kitchen Manager/Nibble Program Coordinator by providing occasional back-up in kitchen relating to vending, cooking classes and farmers markets
• Other duties as assigned

Recommended Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Associates Degree or equivalent and one to three (1-3) years of food service, economic development, or related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multilingual skills in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Nepali or any other language spoken by the Somerville community preferred but not required.
• ServeSafe certification preferred although not required. ServeSafe training will be provided by the City to the incoming employee.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skill:

• Knowledge: Knowledge of food industry and economic development; familiarity working with immigrant communities; knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite software programs; strong knowledge of social media platforms.
• Abilities: Ability to handle problems and emergencies effectively; ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing with a wide variety of stakeholders; ability to maintain a flexible schedule.
• Skills: Strong organizational and interpersonal skills; bilingual or multilingual language skills preferred but not required; conversational Spanish, Portuguese, Nepali and/or Haitian Creole skills preferred.

Work Environment:

The work environment involves everyday discomforts typical of offices, with occasional exposure to outside elements. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant. Work also requires the ability to travel independently and conduct work dutie­s at a variety of indoor and outdoor job sites within the City. Employee will have some flexibility in schedule to complete work assignments.

Physical and Mental Requirements:
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 position’s essential functions.

Physical Skills:
Minimal physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing. May also be some occasional lifting of objects such as office equipment and computer paper (up to 30 lbs.).

Motor Skills:
Duties are largely mental rather than physical, but the job may occasionally require minimal motor skills for activities such as moving objects, operating a telephone, personal computer and/or most other office equipment including word processing, filing and sorting of papers.

Visual Skills:
Visual demands require constantly reading documents for general understanding and analytical purposes.

Hours: Full-Time
Salary: $48,709.45 annualized + excellent benefits
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Union: Non-Union

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $35,568* - $50,000

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline