CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

    The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana currently has two position available: 
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY
The candidate will implement and manage the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Education program for DeSoto Parish. The SNAP-Education Coordinator will be responsible for fulfilling the commitment to the SNAP-Ed grant by promoting and improving individual and community health through effective and creative public health approaches.
RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Works under the supervision and direction of the Director of Agency Relations and Programs to recruit and provide nutrition education, curriculum and assist with applications for SNAP eligible participants in DeSoto Parish.
• Implements healthy food programs such as Cooking Matters, Shopping Matters or similar nationally approved nutrition education programs or a food pantry. Researches, shops for ingredients and demonstrates cooking healthy recipes to adults and children. Knowledge of video creation, cooking demonstration on television and public speaking.

• Travels to various parts of DeSoto Parish to deliver program and curriculum training to participants and educators.

• Must be a self starter and can work independently to establish partnerships with other agencies that serve SNAP eligible participants such as churches, apartment complexes, businesses, afterschool programs, senior centers, etc.

• Recruits, manages and provides training to volunteers for SNAP-Ed.

• Conducts visits with audiences to gather feedback for continued programming.

• Participates in SNAP-Ed regularly scheduled training meetings and annual conferences.

• Assists in the development of client needed based materials.

• Collaborates with other Food Bank partner agencies.

• Compiles state data for reports and presentations.

• Conducts data analysis of SNAP-Ed data to ensure contract compliance.

QUALIFICATION
Education: Bachelor’s degree in health, nutrition or a closely related discipline plus 2 years related experience.
Experience: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals, in organizations, and/or in communities representing new, culturally diverse, economically diverse, and under served audiences.
Experience in implementing public health approaches to promote policy, system, and environmental changes related to health and/or nutrition programming.
Skills and Capabilities
The ideal candidate will possess many of these professional and personal abilities and attributes:
· Respectful and professional communication style, with good written and verbal communication skills.
· Strong computer skills.
. Self starter and works independently.
Allowable Substitutions: Combination of education, experience, and/or training that provides the required knowledge and skills for the position may be may be considered in lieu of education and/or experience at the company’s discretion.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position requires being in the field 70% of the time, driving 10% of the time, and working in an office setting 20% of the time. A vehicle is necessary, as is current auto insurance. Some travel for overnight training is required. Occasionally, warehouse duties for repack or salvage may be required as well as the need to respond to issues outside of normal working hours (e.g., special events, disaster response, etc.). Pushing, pulling, lifting, and/or carrying objects up to 50 pounds may be required. With forklift traffic in the facility and product stacked and stored throughout, this position requires someone who is mobile and who can watch for traffic and normal hazards of a warehouse environment.
Apply through Indeed at https://www.indeed.com/job/nutrition-educator-snap-outreach-coordinator-desoto-parish-bf8852dae167459a


Part time Hydroponic Grower

Part time experienced Hydroponic Grower, 8 - 10 hours a week, is responsible for the growing, cleanliness, and efficiency of the hydroponic facility. REQUIRED: Commercial growing, horticulture or farming experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Knows how to grow plants using a hydroponic method or commercial growing, horticulture or farming job history
• Manages the growing plan
• Maintains the environmental settings and irrigation practices
• Maintains all documentation
• Implements strategic yield enhancement practices
• Trouble shooting
• Record keeping
• Safety/Compliance
• Testing, lab and internal
• Responsible for maintaining the quality of products
• Monitors and manages all growing components of the operation
• Responsible for planting and harvesting plants
• Delivers and pick-up products as needed
• Drains and re-fills reservoirs
• Responsible for maintaining the organization and cleanliness of the facility
• All other job duties as assigned

Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED);
Training: Must stay current and adhere to all policy and regulations of the organic hydroponic growing practices.
Knowledge:

• Excellent language, and reasoning skills
• Knowledge and familiarity with hydroponic growing preferred
• Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work, and achieves results with little oversight
• Adapts to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks
• Displays an ongoing commitment to learning and self-improvement
• Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals
• Earns others’ trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to individually lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to handle labor-centric work
• Must be able to sit, stand, stoop crouch, reach, and lift for at least 4 hours at a time
• Must have a valid driver’s licence and insurable by our company policy without significant problems in driving history during last 5 years.

Apply through Indeed at: https://www.indeed.com/job/part-time-hydroponic-grower-12d5af2125a06b36
  


 

 
   

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We Serve The Following Parishes:
CADDO • BOSSIER • WEBSTER • CLAIBORNE • BIENVILLE • RED RIVER • DESOTO