Coordinator Special Projects - part time - contingent - Detroit
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The position will help deliver cooking and nutrition education by augmenting nutrition education work with hands-on culinary skills training, including knife skills, food safety, food preparation, recipe modification for dietary needs and family preferences, and exposure to new cooking methods and techniques for program participants.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Teaching culinary skills including knife skills, food safety, and food preparation; modifying recipes to meet dietary needs and family preferences; conducting hands-on cooking demonstrations and teaching new cooking methods and techniques to participants.
- Programs are conducted at community sites including faith-based organizations, recreation centers, community centers, senior living apartments, farmers markets, and farm stands throughout Detroit and Wayne County.
- Key stakeholders: Community partners and program participants at various community sites.
- Opportunity to teach and demonstrate culinary skills to diverse community groups
- Hands-on work with community members in various settings
- Need to coordinate with multiple community sites with varying program times
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- High school diploma
- Computer software, i.e., Microsoft Office- Word, Excel, Power Point, Access skills are also required.
- Chef or culinary experience preferred
- Group facilitation, especially at community sites
- Must have reliable transportation to visit community sites, mileage reimbursment
- Flexible scheduling requirements including early evenings and weekends depending on community partner needs
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- ServSafe Certified
- Must meet or exceed core customer service responsibilities, standards and behaviors as outlined in the Henry Ford Health Customer Service Policy
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
Normal office environment with minimal exposure to noise, dust, or extreme temperatures.
Overview
HAP is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals, Â Â Â Â Â companies and organizations. A subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System, we partner with doctors, employers and community groups to enhance the overall health and well-being of the lives we touch. With more than 1,100 dedicated and passionate employees, our goal is to make health care easy for our members.
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Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a
$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites
including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and
other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system
now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one
of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the
health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s Â
major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and
remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical
education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing
in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,
pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit HenryFord.com.
Benefits
Whether it's offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or
making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it's all about choice. Â Henry
Ford Health System has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice
Rewards. Â My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. Â There are
dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance
and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. Â As an
employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program
(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness
and access to day care services at Bright Horizons Midtown Detroit, and a whole host of other
benefits and services. Employee's classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health System is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.