Youth Food Program Assistant

Overview of Nourish Nova Scotia: 
Nourish Nova Scotia is a registered charity working to cultivate healthy food environments for children and youth in Nova Scotia. We know that the development of skills, knowledge, and attitudes in relation to food are essential for developing healthy habits and nurturing positive experiences with food. We also know that when young people have opportunities to play an active role in shaping the food system around them, they build their own capacity to lead meaningful change.

We inspire and equip young people in Nova Scotia to learn about food and transform the food systems around them. This means working across school and community settings to increase equitable access to nutritious foods; strengthen community food infrastructure, and support youth engagement in programs and policies that enable young people to grow, harvest, prepare, and cook nourishing foods. Through our work, we are cultivating generations of youth food leaders – confident and capable of supporting individual, family and community health through food, and activating positive food systems change – now, and for generations to come.

Nourish is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applicants from the following groups to self-identify: African Nova Scotian, Mi’kmaq or Indigenous, other visible minorities, 2SLGBTQIA+ or person(s) with mental or physical disabilities. For additional information on our organization, please visit www.nourishns.ca.

Position Summary: 
Nourish Nova Scotia is seeking a passionate, motivated, and skilled Program Assistant to support activities related to the planning, development, and delivery of our summer programming. This includes engaging diverse youth in activities and skill-building related to food safety, food preparation and cooking, planning and maintaining food gardens, and storytelling around food. This role is ideal for a student who is passionate about food justice, youth engagement, and community-building. You’ll work closely with the Nourish Nova Scotia program team, community partners, and youth participants to bring workshops to life, care for garden spaces, engage in resource development, and support our evaluation and storytelling efforts.

This position is partially funded through The Government of Canada Summer Jobs program.

To apply for this job, you must:

• Be aged between 15 and 30 years old on the start date of the job;
• Have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN); and
• Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.

International students and other temporary residents of Canada are not eligible.

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