Stellar Farmers Markets Nutrition Educators (Temp)

About the role

The Stellar Farmers Markets (SFM) program is seeking emerging leaders for a 17-week nutrition education job opportunity from late July through November. SFM staff engage New Yorkers in interactive nutrition education workshops at NYC farmers markets, farm stands, and Health Centers in underserved and under-resourced neighborhoods. The goal of SFM is to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables by building on New Yorkers’ knowledge and skills in healthy eating.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a required, paid 6-day training in July 2026 (7/21, 7/22, 7/24, 7/27, 7/28, and 7/29).
• For the entirety of the season, participate in required weekly Monday morning staff meetings at the Health Department office in Long Island City, Queens, to share program updates, collaborate on resolving on-site challenges, receive strategic training and support, and handle logistical tasks including data drop-off and supply pick-up.
• Motivate and lead diverse teams of three or more at each workshop site, which includes a Culinary Educator, responsible for implementing the cooking demonstration, and a Bilingual Educator, responsible for interpretation.
• Prepare for and implement trauma-informed nutrition education workshops in accordance with program curriculum at assigned locations.
• Proactively plan and ensure that necessary materials are on site each week; purchase food and maintain expense reports.
• Lead and actively participate with the proper set-up and breakdown of the tent, cooking equipment, and educational materials.
• Lead and actively participate in the marketing and promotion of programming at farmers' markets, farmstands, and Health Centers to achieve desired participation levels.
• Mediate issues and delegate tasks based on team members' strengths and roles.
• Support teams with adherence to food safety, emergency, and programmatic protocols.
• Facilitate and oversee data collection at workshop sites.
• Encourage environmentally sustainable practices at workshop sites.
• Serve as team liaison, proactively maintaining communication between on-site team and SFM team leads.
• Other duties as assigned to support the overall goals and mission of the department/organization.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 15 college credit hours in nutrition.
• Experience providing education in multi-cultural settings with racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse populations.
• Commitment to leadership skill growth and development.
• Dynamic personality and excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience conducting nutrition workshops.
• Experience as a leader supporting teams, mediating issues, delegating tasks, and ensuring supply needs are fulfilled.
• Basic cooking knowledge and skills.
• ServSafe certification or successful completion of the NYC Food Protection course.
• Understanding of and experience with regional food systems and food security issues, and the underlying causes of health inequities in NYC communities.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office software.