Job Ad - Community Food Officer

Freelance Vacancy - Community Food Officer

Location: Rhyl Kitchen Classroom

Hours:
One day per week on Wednesdays from 11am-7pm (School Term-Time Only)

Pay:
£160 per day - plus a free pizza lunch and a share of any organic vegetables grown in the garden.

The Role
Do you enjoy cooking and gardening outdoors? Do you enjoy working with your community? Do you like working around young people in a friendly primary school?  

We are looking for an energetic and organised individual who would like to join our team. You will liaise with the Project Manager of Rhyl Kitchen Classroom, based at Rhyl Community Primary School, and take responsibility for a diverse range of tasks to help grow our social enterprise.

These include:

  • Gardening -  basic gardening tasks to maintain our urban allotment garden

  • Cooking - basic cooking including distributing meals to our local community and working on the wood-fired oven

  • Organising community events - for example, hires of the kitchen or cookery workshops 

  • Marketing - posting on social media and designing flyers 

  • Volunteer coordination - providing leadership to volunteers during gardening and cooking sessions

Working With Us (The "Small Print")

  • This is a freelance role: The successful candidate will be responsible for their own Tax and National Insurance.You have the right to provide a suitably qualified substitute to perform the services if you are unable to attend. 

  • Independence: You will be expected to be able to work independently and to use your initiative to perform the role. Please bring your own laptop if possible. 

  • DBS: successful candidates will be entered for an enhanced DBS check (a criminal record background check) as this work is in a primary school. 

Who You Are

  • Reliable: You’re the kind of person who shows up when they say they will.

  • A keen learner: we can help you to develop a wide range of skills.

  • A good communicator: quick to reply and share information. 

  • Confident with digital / social media

  • Aged 18+

  • Comfortable handling meat -based ingredients: Some of our cooking includes meat and other pork products such as chorizo. You must be comfortable handling these ingredients. 

Interested? Send us a quick message telling us why you’d be great for the team! Email: rkc@rhylprim.camden.sch.uk

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