Nourish Program Trainer – Sydney

About OzHarvest:

OzHarvest is a leading food rescue organisation on a mission to ‘Nourish our Country’ by stopping good food from going to waste and delivering it to charities that help feed people in need. Through our education programs and our advocacy work, we hope to inspire others to change behaviour and help reach the national target of halving food waste by 2030.

The Nourish Trainer role is to assist and support the Nourish Lead Trainer in the overall running of the program in line with current OzHarvest practices, procedures and project aims. This includes a requirement to support the facilitation of the program, to provide guidance and support to the participants during and post course completion. It involves helping them to achieve their educational and developmental potential, navigate personal and social situations, and facilitating opportunities for the individual to build community connections. This is a part-time role, worked over three days, starting from mid-June. This role is a fixed-term contract for 12 months.

Key Responsibilities:

Be a positive and effective team member and bring the OzHarvest values to life:

• Demonstrate each value in every one of your actions and decisions
• Contribute to the successes of your team by supporting your team mates to be the best they can be
• Communicate honestly and openly at all times

Student support:

• Learning support for all students.
• Ongoing connection with students offering guidance and support once they have completed the program.
• Assistance in liaising with students’ professional support network to ensure a cohesive approach to individual support.

Program support:

• Facilitation of course content in conjunction with the Nourish Lead.
• Support the development course content in line with program and delivery outcomes.
• Assessment, observation and resulting of the students’ work.
• Liaison with staff, volunteers, associate organisations, food donors and food agencies.
• Support in the recruitment of new students.
• Communication directly with past and present students, agency staff, parents or guardians.
• Liaising with industry professionals to arrange work placement/employment for participants.
• Following codes of conduct, duty of care and privacy of participants.
• Ensure adherence to best practice policies, processes and procedures and good governance.
• Support and supervision of Nourish Program volunteers.
• Maintain Nourish database and accountability of Nourish related equipment.
• Project support where appropriate.

At OzHarvest we are a small family and there are fabulous opportunities for each of us to work together to contribute to deliver on our purpose to Nourish our Country. These could include a range of reasonable additional duties from time to time as required.

Personal Specifications:

Qualifications:

• Certificate IV Training and Assessment: TAE40116 or TAE40110 and the following two units of competency: TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy and numeracy skills, TAEASS502 Design and develop assessment tools.
• Relevant qualification in commercial cookery – Minimum Certificate II in Kitchen Operations.
• Qualification in counselling or social work, preferably with a youth focus.
• First Aid Certificate.
• Possess or ability to obtain a National Police Check.
• Possess or ability to obtain a Working With Children Check.
• Full driving licence.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in facilitating formal training and assessment.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a chef in a commercial kitchen.
• Front of house and customer service experience.
• People management experience with particular experience in working with at-risk youth .
• Experience engaging with individuals from low socio-economic areas who may have been exposed to a range of challenging circumstances, environments and situations.
• Flexibility to adapt Program delivery methods to suit the participants.
• Have strong professional boundaries.
• Great organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and time manage.
• Strong attention to detail with administration work.
• Database management experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including strong written, presentation and verbal skills across phone, email and in person.
• Proficiency and accuracy in Microsoft Office including; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Capability to embrace use of task management software e.g. Trello.

Personal Abilities and Aptitudes:

• A strong commitment and enthusiasm toward the vision of OzHarvest.
• Energetic, positive and proactive.
• A natural affiliation with young people and the capability to work as a mentor.
• A non-judgemental attitude, compassion and empathy.
• Flexibility to work well under pressure and in a changing environment.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values its people.
• Opportunity to shape initiatives that make a real impact.
• Flexible working arrangements, salary packaging and additional paid leave.
• A supportive team environment where your ideas matter.
• Grow your skills, career and networks with limitless opportunities

To apply:

Please follow through the online application process and attach your CV, a cover letter, and include a message as to “Why would you like to work at OzHarvest?” (creativity encouraged!)

On-site • Permanent • Part-time • Individual contributor

Founded by Ronni Kahn AO in 2004 after noticing the huge volume of food going to waste, OzHarvest quickly grew to become Australia’s leading food rescue organisation. Food is at our core, saving surplus food from ending up in landfill and delivering it to charities that help feed people in need. We are committed to halving food waste by 2030, inspiring and influencing others to do the same, and transforming lives through education.