Community Nutrition Educator

Organization Name:
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Community Health & Corporate Programs

Organizational

Description:

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's (WRHA) Community Health and Corporate Services Volunteer Program provides meaningful public engagement, develops effective partnerships, mobilizes appropriate volunteer and community resources, supports a positive working environment and enhances the WRHA's capacity to support and deliver quality services. Volunteers are placed in the community, supporting a variety of programs within Public Health, Primary Care and Corporate.

Volunteer Opportunity

Community Nutrition Educators (CNEs) are trained volunteers who provide reliable, unbiased, and current information on healthy eating and food to the community. CNEs work with a variety of people and groups in all community areas of Winnipeg.

• Facilitate workshops on topics such as healthy eating and food skills, grocery shopping, healthy relationships with food, and information about food systems.
• Conduct cooking demonstrations with a variety of recipes.

• Basic knowledge and experience in food selection, preparation, and storage
• Food Handlers Training Certification course is an asset, but not required
• An ability to facilitate and share information.
• Time to participate in training sessions
• Skills in reading and speaking English. Ability to speak French is an asset.
• Experience in community work, leadership or as a volunteer, is an asset

Learn more about safe food handling and nutrition, share knowledge and skills to help others in the community. Meet new people and an opportunity to develop and practice communication and leadership skills.

Daytime, Evening, Micro Volunteering X.
Be available to attend 28+ hours training during business hours, training shifts approximately 4 hours, once weekly (start date pending mid-September). Shifts are negotiated based on community requests; successful candidates must fulfill 3 requests per year and commit to a minimum of one year. Shifts are typically 2 hours in length.

Winnipeg

Criminal record check required:
Yes.
Child abuse registry check:
No.

Opportunity is available to general populace.

• A letter of reference
• Bus tickets
• Certificate of recognition
• Evaluation
• Supervision
• Training / Orientation

Volunteer Manitoba is located on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that the clean water we drink comes from Shoal Lake 40 first nation, and that our electricity is produced on treaty territory. Volunteer Manitoba respects the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.