Growing Chefs is hiring!
Do you want to support thriving and just food practices? Contribute to a team that is building connections between kids and their food, and making nourishing and culturally-relevant food accessible? Engage communities through food? If yes, then this might be the place for you!
In our work, we aim to innovate and transform edible education and school food to reflect the power of food as a connector that impacts the experience of overall well being, mental health, academic performance, leadership development, youth advocacy, and experience of social and cultural belonging for kids and youth in our communities.
We’re looking for someone to join our Communications & Engagement team. Someone who loves to collaborate, has a passion for nourishing food and supporting food literacy, genuinely enjoys connecting with people, and is fundamentally task driven.
Student Chefs from LunchLAB Norquay.
Title: Engagement Coordinator.
Contract Type: Full-time permanent, 32 hours/week.
Salary: $42,731 Annually (based on 32 hours/week).
Benefits: Health and dental plan (after 3 months employed); three weeks paid vacation (prorated to a 32 hour work week) + paid one-week summer shutdown per year + paid two-week winter shutdown per year; 12 paid personal wellness days per year (aka sick days); annual professional development funding; paid volunteer days.
Reports to: Growing Chefs Co-Executive Director, Communications & Engagement.
Location: Lower Mainland; hybrid work environment with dog-friendly office but freedom to also work from home (a minimum of one day per week must be in office). The office location is the SpencerCreo Centre at 610 Main St, Vancouver. Will require regular travel to various locations throughout the Metro Vancouver region.
Anticipated Start Date: August, 2024.
Position Summary:
Work closely with and provide administrative support to the Co-Executive Director, Communications & Engagement
Contribute to a vibrant team within a collaborative, care-based, person-centred organization
Help actively drive a strategic plan centred around food justice
Process online and offline donations, including cheque processing, bank deposits, downloading gifts from online fundraising websites (eg. Benevity, CanadaHelps, Charitable Impact), and providing tax receipts
Input contact and donation information and all event and stewardship activities into Salesforce, the Growing Chefs CRM, including recording each gift and updating donor records and database as necessary
Run regular Salesforce reports to monitor and analyze all fundraising activities, pull donor lists, and update and monitor donor pipeline
Support submission of annual grant applications and reports and writing of impact reports
Work with staff team and board/committee members to ensure exceptional stewardship of all stakeholders, including sending acknowledgment and thank you letters, scheduling thank you calls and donor visits
Provide administrative and logistical support for Growing Chefs campaigns, and fundraising and volunteer events
Coordinate and implement aspects of donor and volunteer mailing campaigns
Support writing and design of marketing and promotional materials, social media posts/campaigns, e-newsletters, event invitations, and blog posts
Conduct donor and granting opportunities research
Assist with maintenance of overall office appearance
Perform other duties as required
Qualifications & Skills:
Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and work on multiple tasks at a time
Strong attention to detail
Excellent computer skills, including proficiency with:
G-Suite (Google Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Gmail, etc.)
Website building platforms (we use Squarespace)
Email marketing tools and applications (we use Mailchimp)
Internal communication tools (we use Slack)
Graphic design tools (we use Canva)
Time and task management tools (we use Asana)
Strong interpersonal and relationship skills, a collaborative working style
Compelling writer and verbal communicator
Confidence in communicating on the phone and in person
Demonstrated ability to work in a team as well as work independently
The ability to research, gather, analyze, and report on information and data
Additional skills an asset but not required:
Experience working with SalesForce or other CRM database
Experience planning and delivering events
Experience working in an administrative position
Experience working within a fundraising environment
Experience working in the nonprofit and/or philanthropy sector
Job Requirements:
Availability for occasional weekends and evening events
Must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Must have valid B.C. drivers licence
Lifting and moving up to 30 pounds
The successful applicant will be required to obtain a Vulnerable Sector Check for working with children. Growing Chefs will cover the cost to obtain this check.
Prioritizing Indigenous Applicants:
As we continue to grow our team to reflect the kids and youth in the school communities we serve, we are looking to prioritize applications from people who identify as Indigenous. We encourage you to self-identify in your application.
Growing Chefs operates on the land of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), W̱SÁNEĆ, Lək̓ʷəŋən, and Xwsepsum (Songhees and Esquimalt) Nations. As we work towards a world with healthy, just, sustainable food practices, we continue to learn and explore how to uplift Indigenous food and cultural values within our local food systems.
Growing Chefs is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to racialization, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, physical and/or mental access needs, or financial ability.
To Apply:
Please apply via the button link below. Review of applications and interviews will begin on a rolling basis July 15th, 2024.
Tell us about your connection to local food systems and food justice.
What was the most recent event you attended and enjoyed. What made it great? How would you plan it to be better?
What draws you to Growing Chefs?
Next Steps:
Candidates selected to move on to the interview phase will be contacted to set up a date for an interview no later than July 31st.
In recognition of the labour that goes into preparing for an interview, applicants selected for an interview will receive a $25 honorarium for their time.