Specialist, Teaching Kitchen (4012)

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead interactive, hands-on cooking classes for guests of all skill levels, including Shared Medical Appointments for various chronic conditions and/or life stages, cooking classes, and cooking demonstrations at clinics throughout the Waco Family Medicine system.
• Demonstrate health promoting culinary techniques, cost and time saving strategies, flavor pairings, knife skills, and plating/presentation tips to promote participant confidence and health goals.
• Create class themes, menus, recipes, and accompanying educational content; serve as a key member of Shared Medical Appointment care teams by providing culinary education during sessions.
• Establish Teaching Kitchen structures for class workflows, inventory management, setup, and cleanup.
• Collaborate with staff, volunteers, patients, contract chefs, and interns to deliver effective class content.
• Procure groceries and supplies, maintain inventory, and manage recipe-related costs within an established budget.
• Maintain an organized and up-to-date recipe and curriculum library; collaborate with internal and external partners to identify culturally relevant, health promoting recipes.
• Ensure all classes and kitchen facilities follow health department standards for kitchen safety and sanitation.
• Create a hospitable, welcoming, and supportive environment for patients, staff, and community members.

OTHER DUTIES:

• Assist with kitchen operations, equipment care, and occasional administrative tasks.
• Support NMDOH programs and special events as needed; evening or weekend hours may be required to support program goals.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Visual and auditory accuracy

• Shift length - 8 hours

• Indoor setting

• Continuous use of computer and calculator

• Long periods of sitting

• Frequent use of telephone

• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands

• Continuous conversational communication

• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing

• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 lbs.

• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas

• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions

• Memorize and retain instructions

• Read and interpret detailed specifications