La Jara MOKI Coordinator

Job Title: La Jara MOKI Coordinator

Reports to: Nutrition Education Director

Responsibilities:

Farmers Market Demonstrations

·         Provide oversight and assistance at the Healthy Habits cooking demonstrations at the La Jara Farmers Market, which includes:

o   Contact and schedule potential guest chefs, providing them guidance on selecting their healthy recipe and submitting it one week in advance of his/her assigned Friday.

o   Work the seven Fridays of the La Jara Farmers Market from 2:30pm-about 7pm.  The Market runs from July 26-Sept. 6th.

o   Purchase weekly demonstration supplies including local food, based on the recipe being prepared that week.

o   Review and adhere to Food Safety Guidelines.

o   Set up cooking demonstration area each Friday.  This includes preparing the demonstration area to ensure proper food safety.

o   Assist the guest chef with his/her cooking demonstration and the preparation of about 100-200 recipe samples to be provided to Farmers Market customers.

o   Inventory weekly food serving supplies.

o   Properly clean and sanitize the MOKI/booth each week after the cooking demos and at the beginning and end of the Market season.

o   Other minor duties as assigned.

Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program

·         Redeem the Healthy Habits Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers from the farmers at the end of the Market.  The MOKI staff person must remain at the Farmers Market until all farmers have redeemed their vouchers.

·         Meet with the Nutrition Education Director the following week to reconcile the grocery receipts and cash leftover from voucher redemption to ensure accurate weekly bookkeeping.

Qualification Requirements:

• Passion for nutrition and cooking education.
• Basic knowledge in the preparation of nutritional foods, including safe food preparation methods.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Compensation:

• Hourly rate of $12 for approximately 5-10 hours per week.

To Apply:

Submit and resume and letter of interest to Melissa Emminger at nutritioned.slvlocalfoods@gmail.com  by Monday June 24th at 5pm.  For questions contact Melissa at the above email or at 719-588-2139.

SLV Local Foods Coalition is an equal employment opportunity employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the SLV LFC are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.