Job Description

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.

About the Role:

The primary role of NEST Program Coordinator is to ensure that the NEST (Nutrition Education Skills Training) program is coordinated and delivered in line with current OzHarvest practices, funding commitments, and project aims. This includes building and fostering relationships in the community with local charitable agencies and supporters to promote and support the program and OzHarvest. The overall facilitation of the program and management of participants, staff and volunteers engaged with NEST.

This is a fixed contract (six months), and a part-time role worked across three days.

Key Responsibility Area 1: NEST program coordination and administration

Coordinate the NEST Program bookings and delivery to organisations across Sydney region to successfully meet program delivery KPIs and funding commitments.

• Utilise OzHarvest's CRM (Salesforce) to document and track NEST bookings and ensure all NEST program record keeping is kept up to date.
• Engage, train and supervise volunteers involved in the NEST program.
• Evaluate the NEST program and work with the NEST Program Manager to implement changes into the program content and delivery.
• Monitor, review and maintain existing charitable agency networks and partnerships in order to develop a robust schedule of NEST program delivery opportunities.
• Work with the NEST Program Manager and State Manager to source funding opportunities, ensure funding commitments are achieved and maintained for Sydney region program sustainability.
• Provide updates and reports to financial supporters in consultation with the NEST Program Manager.
• Maintain all NEST cooking equipment and educational resources.
• Liaise, train, and supervise university Nutrition and Dietetic placement students involved in the NEST workshops and nutrition projects.
• Cultivate and nurture strong day-to-day relationships with existing university, community, council, and corporate partners.

Key Responsibility Area 2: NEST program delivery and engagement

• Be the public face of the OzHarvest NEST program in Sydney region, in consultation with the NEST Program Manager.
• Facilitate all components of the evidence-based NEST program to vulnerable groups within the community in accordance with current trainer’s handbook and internal processes.
• Ensure flexibility in delivery of the program to adapt to agency needs whilst still maintaining the philosophy of NEST and its goals.
• Plan, shop, and prepare groceries for NEST Cookbook recipes to meet the needs of NEST participants within budget.
• Research and stay up to date with best practices in public health education and nutrition.
• Represent the NEST program to internal and external stakeholders in a way that reflects the values of OzHarvest.
• Development of new NEST initiatives and engagement offerings together with the NEST Program Manager.
• Provide feedback to OzHarvest management with suggestions and action plans for continuous improvement

Your Key Performance Indicators:

• Successfully coordinate and deliver 7 x 6-week NEST programs across Sydney in a 6-month period.
• Soundly deliver each NEST program to meet key program objectives.
• Secure ongoing funding for the NEST program together with National NEST Program Manager, State Manager, and Impact team.

About You:

• A strong commitment and enthusiasm towards the vision of OzHarvest.
• Dependability, accountability, initiative, and leadership qualities.
• Energetic, positive and proactive; with a drive for achieving targets and growth.
• A warm, friendly, and non-judgemental attitude, compassion, and empathy.
• A natural affiliation with people from diverse and challenging backgrounds and circumstances and the capability to work as an educator.
• Great organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and time manage; flexible and highly responsive to changing priorities and circumstances. h

Qualifications:

• Minimum Degree qualification in Nutrition/Dietetics, or higher (essential)
• A valid and current Australian driver’s license and own vehicle for frequent work travel to each NEST program delivery site.
• Current First Aid Certificate and CPR certificate
• A valid Working with Children Check
• A valid Police Check
• Completion of Manual Handling Course

Skills and Knowledge:

• 2+ years related experience in field of nutrition/dietetics.
• Ability to research, analyse and apply current information on nutrition, food literacy, health education and environmental sustainability.
• Experience engaging with individuals from low socio-economic areas and may have been exposed to a range of challenging circumstances, environments and situations.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver small group training workshops.
• Competent cookery skills and confident in a kitchen environment
• High level communication and interpersonal skills, including strong written, presentation and verbal skills across phone and email and in person. The ability to communicate with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience or strong understanding of nutrition program evaluation – data collection and analysis.
• Strong proficiency and accuracy in Salesforce, Foodworks, and Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (including reporting).
• Ability to collaborate with other NEST and location team members towards a national goal.

To apply:
Please follow the online application process and attach:

• Your current CV
• A cover letter outlining how your experience, skills and background will contribute to success in this role, and answering the question: “Why should we hire you for this role?” (creativity is encouraged!)

Please note that only applications with a cover letter addressing the questions above will be shortlisted.

OzHarvest is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that supports diversity, inclusion and belonging. Please note: If you have a Language or Cultural special consideration, a disability or impairment or use assistive technology, please let us know in your Cover Letter when applying. You can ask a support person to help you through the application and interview process.