Food Security Internship Jobs (NOW HIRING)

About the Organization: 

The Capital Area Food Bank works to address hunger today and create brighter futures tomorrow for more than a million people across the region experiencing food insecurity. As the anchor in the area’s hunger relief infrastructure, the food bank provided more than 60 million meals to people in need last year, by supplying food to hundreds of nonprofit organizations as well as directly to the community. Creating long-term solutions to food security requires more than just food: it includes addressing the root causes of food insecurity by partnering with organizations that provide critical services like job training programs, health care, and education. To learn more, visit Food Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food Bank.

Description

The Nutrition Education Coordinator will develop and execute educational programming for the CAFB’s nutrition education team. A major area of focus for the Coordinator will be to grow, manage and lead our student engagement programming, including student field trips to our garden and training kitchen. This will include expanding outreach, planning, execution, and follow-up with schools and other student-related organizations.  

The Nutrition Education Coordinator will also support other nutrition education programming. More specifically, the Coordinator may travel to different sites around the DMV region providing nutrition education and food demonstrations/samplings.They will work closely with the Nutrition Education team to develop and implement nutrition resources and several nutrition education initiatives in our teaching spaces. The Coordinator will also support the Food Growing Specialist, Nutrition Education Specialist and Director of Nutrition with other tasks related to our food assistance partner organizations, healthy pantry program and other client programming.  

This is a 40-hour per week position. 

Essential Functions

Program Execution and Support: 

• Initiate and manage outreach and follow-up with student groups for nutrition education opportunities at CAFB  

• Work with the Nutrition Education team to help direct and implement all student-based nutrition and garden education for students (K-12 and college level) 

• Work with the Nutrition Education team to customize nutrition and garden education experiences by age group using best practices 

• Contribute to program evaluation, tracking, reporting, and research on best practices for nutrition- and garden-based education in line with CAFB mission 

• Represent CAFB at food demos and other events as needed and within capacity (10-15 per FY) 

• Assist Nutrition Education Specialist to manage team event schedule for staff/interns 

• Manage educational spaces at CAFB including CAFB’s Teaching Kitchen, nutrition education closet and other nutrition education classroom spaces 

• Help manage inventory of nutrition education resourcesas they relate to student-based programming 

• Assist with design and distribution of nutrition education and garden materials 

• Manage nutrition education contributions to program/partner newsletters 

• Coordinate nutrition education interns and staff for program support 

• Survey administration and data entry as needed 

Other 

• Assist other departments with nutrition education goals across the organization 

• Timely and consistent expense, budget, and event tracking 

• Other job-related duties as assigned  

Minimum Requirements

• 4-year bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, public health or similar 

• 1-2 years experience developing and executing evidenced-based educational programming for school-aged children and underserved community members with diverse backgrounds 

• Displays working knowledge of healthy food preparation, food safety, recipe development, cooking improvisation, and reputable sourcing of nutrition information 

• Comfort with working in garden spaces and willingness to learn basic garden knowledge (some garden experience preferred) 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. Comfortable speaking in front of groups, including school-aged children 

• Experience working with culturally diverse populationsand age groups, including school-aged children 

• Ability to work independently while also engaging in collaborative, team-based work 

• Excellent time management and organizational skills, ability to prioritize and set boundaries 

• Ability to drive to different sites throughout the DC, Maryland, Virginia regions; access to a car preferred 

• Detail-orientated with ability to perform basic data analysis 

• Mastery of Microsoft Office programs  

• Project management experience, preferred 

• Canva and WordPress experience, preferred 

• Bilingual (Spanish), preferred 

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift/carry 30 pounds.
• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.    
• Required to speak and listen effectively, both in person and over the phone.   

Reporting

• Reports to Director, Nutrition

Application Process: 

• Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Please Note: We do not accept walk-in applications or in-person status updates for any positions. All applicants must apply online. We kindly ask that applicants do not call/email/or show up in person to inquire about application status. To check the status of your application, please log in to your personal Paycom application account. Our HR team will contact you directly if you are selected for the next step in the hiring process. 

Compensation

• $24.04/hr. - $29.39/hr.

Schedule: 

• Hybrid schedule available; 3 days in office at our DC location and 2 days remote. 
• Regular work hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 5:00pm. 

NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.  

Work Environment

• This position’s main office will be the DC office in NE, Washington DC
• This position may require occasional evening and/or weekend work
• Ability to travel to our Lorton VA office and partner sites throughout the DMV

NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.