Duration: 11am-1:30pm, 2-5 days/week. Minimum 6-month commitment
Compensation: $35 per lunch (2-2.5 hours) or $17 per lunch (1 — 1.5 hours)
Application Deadline: Monday December 19, 2011
About Real Food for Real Kids
Real Food for Real Kids (RFRK) is Canada’s leading all-natural catering
company for child care centres, schools and camps. Every day, we cook and
deliver delicious meals and snacks to over 7,000 children throughout the GTA.
We make food fresh from scratch using only natural ingredients, including as
much local and organic food as possible. Our pioneering model of children’s catering helps kids and their families celebrate real food and instill healthy eating habits that can last a lifetime.
About the Real Food Lunch Club Coach:
A Lunch Club Coach (LCC) is an inspired, enthusiastic ambassador of Real Food who is thrilled to be serving all-natural food to kids at their elementary school. LCC’s are full (or willing to be full) of nutritional knowledge and bite-size tips they can use to inspire kids to try new foods and build lifelong healthy eating habits. You’ll never spot a LCC without a smile on their face or a vegetable close at hand. Special consideration will be given to those whose friendly, outgoing attitude suits an elementary school environment.
The things you’re getting paid to do:
• Set up, serve and clean up Real Food lunches at elementary schools
• Organize and manage volunteer helpers during lunch
• Provide healthy eating tips and tools to kids during lunch
• Communicate weekly with the Lunch Club Coach Coordinator to provide feedback about the Lunch Club
• Attend a minimum of one training session at the Real Food Kitchen
• Help to change the world, one little tummy at a time
What you will bring to the Lunch Club:
• A commitment to being organized and punctual
• Excellent people skills and sensitivity to people’s needs
• Enthusiasm and energy for the real food movement
• Sound judgment and comfort working autonomously
• An unshakable positive attitude, especially when everything goes wrong
• Interest in socially responsible business
Requirements
• Experience working with elementary school kids
• Read, write and speak English and/or French
• Toronto Public Health Food Handler’s Certificate
• A clear Vulnerable Sector Record Check (Police / Criminal Record Background Check).
What Real Food for Real Kids offers you:
• The chance to inspire hungry and growing kids to think consciously about their food choices, healthy eating, and the environment
• Having a hand in changing the way kids and families eat.
• Work with an awesome team of dynamic, socially-driven, and creative folks
• Opportunities to expand your learning, skills and knowledge for the real food movement.
• A tasty, healthy, Real Food meal each lunch club day
This position offers the right candidate an opportunity to be a part of an amazing community and contribute his/her strengths to the growth of a socially responsible business.
RFRK is an equal opportunity employer, and we strongly support applications from diverse backgrounds and communities.
Submit your cover letter and resume to lccoordinator@rfrk.com with “Lunch Club Coach” as the subject line of your email. Please indicate, in the body of your e-mail, your preference for a group interview time and date:
* Wednesday December 21, 2011 10:00am
* Thursday December 22, 2011 11:00am
* Wednesday January 4, 2012 11:00am
Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted to come in for an interview.
Thanks for your interest in Real Food for Real Kids!
