Job Opportunities
The Loaded Ladle is hiring TWO positions for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Communications & Programming Coordinator!
Volunteer & Serving Coordinator!
Deadline for applications is July 25, 2017 at 4pm.
See below for full job descriptions and how to apply
FULL JOB DESCRIPTIONS:
Communications & Programming Coordinator – 27 hours per week
Responsibilities:
- Communication:
- Act as the main point person for communications for the organization; answering general inquiries, emails, phone calls, and updating website, newsletter, and social media
- Update and distribute outreach materials, such as pamphlets, flyers, buttons, and stickers
- Meet with the Dalhousie Students’ Union executive and staff as needed
- Work with campus and community groups and individuals about support, logistics, and collaboration on the regular operations of the Loaded Ladle and various special projects
- Administrative duties:
- Assist the Board of Directors in running the organization
- Ensure permit renewals, memberships and certifications are up-to-date, including NS Cooperative Status, Food Safe Certification, Liability Insurance, and others
- Review and update policy
- Record keeping and management: compiling the Annual Report; record keeping throughout the year, and updating the Operations Manual
- Apply for grants
- Communicating and collaborating with Finance Coordinator on related duties
- Staff point person for various projects of the Board of Directors, such as the bursary program and educational projects
- Programming
- Plan and facilitate programming about food justice (such as the Radish Reads book club, To the Root conference and workshop series, and other events through the year)
- Participate in orientation week, society fairs, and other campus activities
Responsibilities of all Loaded Ladle Staff:
- Attending weekly open meetings and board meetings as needed
- Being welcoming, friendly, and supportive for all volunteers and staff in Loaded Ladle spaces
- Attending training: anti-oppression (annual), meeting facilitation (annual), Food Safe certification (as needed), and others, as needed
- Working as part of a co-operative in a non-hierarchical structure
Compensation: $18 per hour for 27 hours per week
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Volunteer & Serving Coordinator – 32 hours per week
Responsibilities:
- Serving Coordinator Duties:
- Oversee regular Loaded Ladle meal servings 4 times per week (Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays 10:00am – ~3:30pm, and Fridays: 4 hours) for 200+ people
- Ensure Food Safe standards are met at all times during servings
- Set up and clean serving space after servings are completed
- Collaborate with Kitchen Coordinator to ensure servings run smoothly
- Volunteer Coordinator Duties:
- Coordinate volunteers for Loaded Ladle operations including: prep parties, cooking, serving, cleaning, and material making:
- Schedule volunteers for shifts
- Outreach to new volunteers
- Welcome new people to the spaces; giving tours, rundowns, orientations about the kitchen and operations
- Check in with volunteers regularly about their capacities, shifts, and availabilities
- Plan end-of-semester (Xmas/Holiday and Prom) volunteer appreciation nights
- Coordinate volunteers for Loaded Ladle operations including: prep parties, cooking, serving, cleaning, and material making:
Food Safe Certification is required for this position and can be provided by the Loaded Ladle on hiring.
Responsibilities of all Loaded Ladle Staff:
- Attending weekly open meetings and board meetings as needed
- Being welcoming, friendly, and supportive for all volunteers and staff in Loaded Ladle spaces
- Attending training: anti-oppression (annual), meeting facilitation (annual), Food Safe certification (as needed), and others, as needed
- Working as part of a co-operative in a non-hierarchical structure
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INFORMATION FOR BOTH POSITIONS:
Start Date: Mid-August 2017 (negotiable)
End Date: April 30, 2018 with option for renewal
Application Due Date: Tuesday July 25,, 2017 at 4pm.
Application Instructions:
Apply by email to volunteer@loadedladle.com with resume and cover letter. Feel free to send along other materials that you feel support your application.
Please send cover letter, resume, and other materials in attachments (please don’t put your cover letter in the body of the email text).
Please include your name and which job title you are applying for in the subject line of the email AND in the titles of your attachments.
Employment Equity
The Loaded Ladle recognizes that with regards to peoples’ experiences and job qualifications, a ‘level playing field’ does not currently exist because of the structural injustices of our society. We believe that employment equity is a necessary practice to challenge some of these injustices.
The Loaded Ladle sees Employment Equity as a pro-active measure to recruit people from historically disadvantaged groups. A non-comprehensive list of these groups includes First Nations people, women, people of colour, Black Nova Scotians, Acadians, Inuit and Métis people, lesbian, bisexual, gay, two spirit, transgender, transsexual, queer and intersex people, people with disabilities, and working class people. This policy seeks to act as an extension of the Loaded Ladle’s Anti-Oppression Mandate.
If you would like to be considered under the Employment Equity Policy, please state “I would like to be considered under the Employment Equity Policy” in your cover letter. You are not required to state under which basis you are applying.
About the Loaded Ladle:
The Loaded Ladle is a non-profit open food cooperative of students and community members based out of the Dalhousie Students’ Union Building. We are dedicated to providing accessible, sustainable and locally sourced food by providing free meals on campus and by supporting off-campus events and groups who share our mandate for social and environmental justice. We aim to address injustices within the global food market, particularly in how it affects university campuses and marginalized communities under capitalism. We offer a local alternative to corporate food models, encouraging creative resistance and engaging in food justice knowledge and resource sharing.
Translation Project Honorarium
The Loaded Ladle is hiring 1 honorarium position for a translation project.
Our goal with this project is to make the Loaded Ladle more accessible to more people across campus and community. We hope to have our website and key materials available in languages that represent the diverse population of students and community members who frequent or might be interested in the Loaded Ladle.
We are looking for individuals fluent in Mandarin, Spanish, and/or Arabic. You may apply for more than one honorarium position at once. Preference will be given to people who are native speakers of these languages.
Honorarium amount: $ 450 per completed translation project.
Applications will be accepted until June 30th at 4pm
Please send resume and a short cover letter to volunteer@loadedladle.com
About the Loaded Ladle
The Loaded Ladle is a non-profit open food cooperative based out of the Dalhousie Students’ Union Building. We operate by students and for students and strive to address injustices within the global food market, particularly in how it affects university campuses and marginalized communities under capitalism.
Employment Equity
The Loaded Ladle recognizes that with regards to peoples’ experiences and job qualifications, a ‘level playing field’ does not currently exist because of the structural injustices of our society. We believe that employment equity is a necessary practice to challenge some of these injustices.
The Loaded Ladle sees Employment Equity as a pro-active measure to recruit people from historically disadvantaged groups. A non-comprehensive list of these groups includes First Nations people, women, people of colour, Black Nova Scotians, Inuit and Métis people, lesbian, bisexual, gay, two spirit, transgender, transsexual, queer and intersex people, people with disabilities, Acadians, and working class people. This policy seeks to act as an extension of the Loaded Ladle’s Anti-Oppression Mandate.
If you would like to be considered under the Employment Equity policy, please state so in your cover letter. You are not required to state under which basis you are applying.