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Solid Ground Youth Food Educator in Seattle, Washington
Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable. Our communities are stronger when we support stability and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty. Solid Ground does both. We combine direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change. Through our programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives. Through advocacy, we work toward ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. We bring the voices of people experiencing poverty into the political process, furthering social justice, and supporting our entire community to reach its potential.
As our workforce evolves to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, our agency and workplace will be enriched and strengthened. As such, we will:
- Demonstrate the initiative to learn and enhance skills that promote anti-racism, cultural competency and an understanding of oppression and its impact.
- Participate in intentional learning efforts, including events relating to understanding and dismantling institutional racism and building cultural competency.
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 Marra Farm.
Essential Responsibilities, Duties & Tasks:
60% Teach and prepare educational materials for cooking, nutrition, and gardening classes with youth, primarily Pre-Kindergarten through 6^th^ 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.