
Positions and Internships
We wouldn’t exist today if it weren’t for our team of passionate team members that work hard to make an impact in the lives of our youth! We offer a wide range of paid positions – from teaching cooking classes to human resources to event planning. We are committed to teaching our team members as much as possible about the nonprofit sector, youth, and the culinary arts.
PAID POSITIONS
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with the Founder and Executive Director of Sprouts Cooking Club as you gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. You will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within in the culinary world including chefs, restaurateurs, and community members.
Your Role
This position will allow you to work alongside the founder of Sprouts, and have a direct hand in creating community-focused programs. While you will support Sprouts founder, and also have the opportunity to interact with team members, board members, and core partners. Your efforts will directly support our mission of providing inspiring culinary experiences to children of all backgrounds. You will also have the opportunity to see Sprouts mission in action by assisting one of our cooking classes, where you will work closely with the kids. Through this impact service you will realize Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community.
Personal & Professional Growth
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with the founder of a successful nonprofit. You will learn about various business models, accounting rules, and nonprofit regulations as you participate and voice opinions during our team meetings. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will learn the basics of business and accounting, expansion and marketing strategy as you sit in on team meetings.
Sample Tasks
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- Helping organize a dinner benefit featuring a line-up of celebrity chefs in SF
- Organizing and attending cultivation cocktails and events
- Creating donor outreach systems
- Organizing team socials
- Helping founder update a budget projection
- Behind-the-scenes organizing of program documents
- Working with Benefit chefs to establish ingredient donation needs
- Structural brainstorming pertaining to team and programming
- Helping founder brainstorm improvements for programming processes
- Tasks catered to the skills set and professional goals of the intern
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
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Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Work Remotely
Meetings at Restaurants and venues in SF, Oakland, and beyond
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and problem solving skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, food-safety knowledge, strong interpersonal skills, friendly professionalism, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking.
Commitment & Contract Terms:
20-30 hours per week
We can work with your schedule! Rare weekend events
Compensation and Benefits:
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- $17/ hr to start with 6-month promotion check-in and optional increase to full-time
- You will gain valuable knowledge of the inner workings of a successful nonprofit
- You will forge inimitable contacts with influential community members
- You will directly serve the community
- You will gain valuable knowledge of the inner workings of a successful nonprofit
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How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
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Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with the Founder and Executive Director of Sprouts Cooking Club as you gain inimitable experience in event planning within a successful culinary nonprofit. Throughout your position, you will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within the culinary world including chefs, restaurateurs, and community members.
Your Team
Sprouts team is quite small! You will be working with Sprouts founder, a remote webmaster and HR/ Office coordinator, board members, volunteers, Sprouts culinary instructors, benefit committee members, and sponsors. If you choose to stay on for a long-term position, you will also work with 3, full-time Chef-in-training coordinators.
Your Role
In this position, you work directly with the founder of Sprouts, and focus on organizing our annual benefit dinner, held in downtown, SF on November 4th. You’ll never be bored as you complete diverse tasks, from orienting event volunteers and coordinating with chefs to helping the webmaster and founder create a monthly donation program for event attendees. While you will work predominantly with Sprouts founder, you will have ample opportunity to interact with benefit committee members, board members, chefs and core partners. Your efforts will directly support our mission of training in-need young adults to become chefs. You will also have the opportunity to see Sprouts mission in action as you coordinate with and guide a Chef-in-training alumni and a Sprouts child to help help plate and serve at the event. This direct interaction with Sprouts beneficiaries will allow you to see Sprouts’ mission in the works. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that has trained over 40 individuals to become chefs, and over 1,400 youth to cook, per year.
Your Professional Growth
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with the founder of a successful nonprofit. You will learn about various event and team models, budget planning, and nonprofit regulations. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will learn the basics of the nonprofit and donor world, event planning and marketing strategy.
Sample Tasks
As Benefit Event Planner, your tasks will include (but not exclusive to):
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- Helping founder organize dinner benefit featuring a line-up of award-winning, SF Chefs
- Helping organize benefit meetings, and cultivation cocktails and events
- Creating donor outreach systems and email templates
- Helping founder update a benefit budget projection
- Behind-the-scenes organizing of program documents
- Structural brainstorming pertaining to team and programming
- Direct impact service (i.e. direct work with CIT alumni and benefit execution)
- Helping founder brainstorm improvements for programming processes
- Keeping event planning spreadsheets updated
- Tasks catered to the skills set and professional goals of the intern
- Outreach to high-profiles event sponsors and auction donors
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Locations and Hours
Sunny Office Loft in West Oakland with option for remote work
Restaurants and venues in SF, Oakland, and beyond
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and problem solving skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, food-safety knowledge, strong interpersonal skills, friendly professionalism, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking.
Commitment & Contract Terms:
15-40 hours per week, Hours can be scheduled based on candidate’s preference. Afternoons are preferred, but not obligatory
Flexibility with remote days
October 5th – November 9th
Compensation and Benefits:
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- $17/hour
- Option to stay on the team with a long-term position, based on performance
- You will gain valuable knowledge of the inner workings of a successful nonprofit
- You will forge inimitable contacts with influential community members
- You will directly serve the community
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How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
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Don’t miss this opportunity to promote employment opportunity and job training for Bay Area youth all the while working from the comfort of your home. Your position will keep our HR and office systems running smoothly so that Sprouts’ Chef-in-Training program continues to impact the lives of underserved Bay Area youth. Your role will be crucial in empowering our team members, and maintaining a cheerful and organized environment.
Your Role
This position is broken down into 3 key components:
Recruitment:
Posts jobs on all appropriate online resources
Conduct first round interviews
Sets up second round interviews
Continually update onboarding processes
Office Administration:
Answer calls and emails from parents of current and prospective students.
Main point of contact for camp and class inquiries.
Posting Eventbrites occasional events and summer camps.
Create calendar invites for events for the Exec Director and team
Post occasionally to social media or make a website updates in the event to help out team members
Team Support:
Drafting basic contracts using Sprouts’ templates
Conducting basic orientation to team members
Make gcal events on team calendar for team absentees
Make gcal events for birthdays and events like team lunches
Your Professional Growth
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with Sprouts’ team members, including the Executive Director and our lawyers. You will learn about the behind-the-scenes of a running a non-profit from accounting rules to posting events to correspondence with parents. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater your role to meet your own goals and objectives.
Sample Tasks
This includes tasks such as (but not exclusive to):
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- Posting a summer opportunity for a marketing intern on various college’s job platforms
- Responding to the email of a community member that is interested in volunteering at a cooking class
- Having a 10 minute video call with a potential summer camp counselor
- Answer calls and emails from parents of current and prospective students
- Posting a cute picture from one of our cooking classes onto our Facebook page
- Drafting a contract for a summer counselor using Sprouts templates
- Conducting a phone orientation to show a new team member around our Googledocs and files
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Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5, Remote Wednesdays
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and problem solving skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, friendly professionalism, interest in community, passion for employment opportunity, chefs, and cooking.
Commitment & Contract Terms:
15-30 hours/week, depending on schedule
Schedule: This position allows you to choose your schedule!
$16-$18/hour, depending on location
For Bay Area applicants, opportunity to work at the office with our team
Wednesday remote days
How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to katie@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
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Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with the Founder and Executive Director of Sprouts Cooking Club as you gain inimitable first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. Throughout your position, you will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within in the culinary world including chefs, restaurateurs, and community members.
Your Role
This internship will allow you to work alongside the founder of Sprouts, and have a direct hand in creating community-focused programs. While you will support Sprouts founder, and also have the opportunity to interact with team members, board members, and core partners. Your efforts will directly support our mission of providing inspiring culinary experiences to children of all backgrounds. You will also have the opportunity to see Sprouts mission in action by assisting one of our cooking classes, where you will work closely with the kids. Through this impact service you will realize Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community.
Personal & Professional Growth
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with the founder of a successful nonprofit. You will learn about various business models, accounting rules, and nonprofit regulations as you participate and voice opinions during our team meetings. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will learn the basics of business and accounting, expansion and marketing strategy as you sit in on team meetings.
Sample Tasks
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- Helping founder organize dinner benefit featuring a line-up of award-winning, SF Chefs
- Helping organize cultivation cocktails and events
- Creating donor outreach systems
- Organizing team socials
- Helping founder update a budget projection
- Behind-the-scenes organizing of program documents
- Structural brainstorming pertaining to team and programming
- Direct impact service (i.e. help with in-school classes or packing ingredient bags)
- Helping founder brainstorm improvements for programming processes
- Keeping event planning spreadsheets updated
- Tasks catered to the skills set and professional goals of the intern
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Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Sunny Office Loft in West Oakland
Restaurants and venues in SF, Oakland, and beyond
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and problem solving skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, food-safety knowledge, strong interpersonal skills, friendly professionalism, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking.
Commitment & Contract Terms:
20-30 hours per week
Schedule: We can work with your schedule! Rare weekend events
$17/ hr to start with 6-month promotion check-in and optional increase to full-time
Office Perks:
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- Complimentary healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, coffee and teas (Gotta keep our staff well-fed and happy! (; )
- Full kitchen for preparing or cooking up lunch. We’re a culinary nonprofit, after all!
- We work from a beautiful, sunny office loft in West Oakland featuring a tree-filled courtyard and a view of City Slicker Farms. We are just a skip away from the Mandela Park running path, cafes (Kilovolt is our favorite!) and restaurants like Oakland’s renowned Brown Sugar Kitchen. Plus – our favorite taco truck is just a block away!
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How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
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As the Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Events Manager, you focus on garnering funding and community support for the Sprouts’ Chef-in-Training Program! Your talents and time will help Oakland-based, underserved youth turn their lives around as they train to become chefs in professional restaurants, right alongside Sprouts’ partner chefs. Your projects will focus on organizing fundraising and cultivation events as well as forging sponsorships among local businesses. Your work will allow you to meet and work alongside countless movers and shakers in the community including business owners, chefs, and Sprouts funders. Your work will involve check-ins and constant collaboration with your team, including Sprouts’ Founder, Culinary Director, Chef and Partnership Coordinator, and your 3 CIT VISTA colleagues. During meetings and monthly lunches, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts, ask for feedback, recount achievements and discuss projects with the entire team.
CIT Program
Sprouts Chef-in-Training Program offers youth in need of a jump start the culinary vocational training needed to secure stable jobs in the food industry and the soft skills necessary to succeed in any future educational or professional pursuits. This internship is offered to disadvantaged and fostered youth in Oakland, 16-24 years old. Interns work directly with their chef mentor over several months and receive help with job placements post-internship.
Personal & Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community. Additionally, we keep our work hours from 9am-5pm, with remote Wednesdays, so that you maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you you will learn all about the nonprofit world and event planning. You will share your work and progress with our entire team at weekly meetings, and receive direct feedback from Sprouts’ Founder and Sprouts’ Team Director. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will even be invited to participate in all of Sprouts’ programs, so that you may have a rounded idea of our impact.
As a small nonprofit, there will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. At the end of your AmeriCorps term and upon mutual consent, you will be considered for a full-time, paid position based on the skills and interests you develop.
As a small nonprofit, there will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. At the end of your Americorps term, you will be considered for a full-time, paid position based on the skills and interests you develop.
Sample Tasks
As Chef-in-Training Fundraising Events Manager you will be in charge of a wide range of Chef-in-Training operations.
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- Working with the Culinary Director to plan and execute Sprouts CIT-Fundraiser Summer Camps.
- Plan and execute fundraisers and cultivation events to promote the Chef-in-Training program.
- Reach out to local restaurants and events to forge partnership fundraising campaigns (such as Whole Foods’ “Nickels for Nonprofits” or 4505’s “Save the Pig”).
- Creating and maintaining Board of Advisor involvement through an annual cocktail event in partnership with local restaurants.
- Researching and forging new partnerships with sponsors and supporters of our Chef-in-Training program.
- Creating and sending out quarterly newsletter updates to our sponsors and partners about the Chef-in-Training program.
- Reaching out to the B-corps community to secure B-corps sponsorships.
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Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5; Remote Wednesdays
PARISOMA Co-working space in SOMA, 169 11th Street, SF
Restaurant and community center sites in San Francisco and East Bay
Skills and Requirements
A VISTA AmeriCorps candidate needs excellent time management and organizational skills in order to balance multiple projects. Grant writing experience is preferred. The candidate must have good written and verbal communication, attention to detail, and proficiency with Google Drive.
Car recommended but not obligatory.
Your Team
In this position you will be able to work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, community members, and mission-focused partner nonprofits. You will be working alongside a team of 9 local and remote team members throughout the year, as well as mission-inspired interns and volunteers. During the summer, you will work with an additional 10+ seasonal team members in order to run the Chef-in-Training Fundraising Camps.
Americorps Contract Terms:
12-month commitment starting November 13, 2018
$18,180 living stipend from AmeriCorps
$200 monthly transportation stipend
Health care allowance up to $7,150 in 2017 to cover out-of-pocket health care expenses (can include your annual deductible, coinsurance, copayments, and other charges for qualified medical expenses and limited dental and vision services). More information on renumeration and terms of the VISTA
Office Perks:
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- Complimentary healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, coffee and teas (Gotta keep our staff well-fed and happy! (; )
- Parisoma provides free breakfast on Fridays, too!
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How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Letter of intent
- Please confirm if you have a driver`s license and/or car
- Please indicate where you live in the Bay Area, or if you will be relocating for the position!
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Be a Sprouts Chef Instructor!
Share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs!
Do you have experience teaching to kids? Do you have professional cooking experience? Do you love working with kids, and want to give back to your community? Come teach cooking classes with Sprouts!
We are currently looking for Chef Instructors that are passionate about Alice Water’s mission to educate kids about the importance of nutrition and cooking! You’ll get to work hands-on with our chef kiddos who are so excited to get cookin’ in the kitchen with you! It’s a super rewarding way to use your culinary chops in a fun and exciting environment!
We are looking for motivated, personable instructors interested in nutrition and passionate about cooking. Strong leadership, an appreciation for community service, quick thinking and adaptability to new environments are all key qualities that we look for as we interview potential team members.
We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
Dates and Time Commitment:
Weekday Afternoons, Flexible with your schedule
6-12 week commitment
Preferred Qualifications:
Personal car
Teaching experience
Cooking experience
Afternoon availability
Must live in the Bay Area!
Details:
$60/class, 6-12 week commitment
Location:
We work with schools throughout SF, the East Bay, and Marin!
Class Details:
Class size range from 7-12 kids
Ages range between 7-12
Lesson plans and ingredients will be provided!
Email your resume to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org
Be a Sprouts Chef Instructor!
Share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs!
Do you thrive in the kitchen? Do you love working with kids, and want to give back to your community? Come teach cooking classes with Sprouts and share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs as one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors!
Your Role:
We are currently hiring a part-time Culinary Instructor that is passionate about youth education, nutrition and cooking. You’ll get to spend afternoons cooking hands-on with youth right in local schools!
We are looking for a motivated, personable community member interested in nutrition and passionate about cooking. No professional cooking experience required. Strong leadership, an appreciation for community service, quick thinking, and adaptability to new environments are all key qualities that we look for as we interview this potential team member.
We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
Your Office and Schedule:
We are based in Oakland, and have cooking classes all throughout the Bay Area and New York. The schools that you will be working with are located in the San Jose area.
Your hours will be in the afternoon, based on our school class hours.
Dates and Time Commitment:
Weekday Afternoons, Flexible with your schedule
8-12 week commitment
4 to 5 classes per week
Classes begin in late August
Preferred Qualifications:
Personal car
Teaching experience
Cooking experience
Afternoon availability
Must live in the South Bay Area!
Details:
$16/hour, 8-12 week commitment
Location:
We work with schools throughout SF, the East Bay, and Marin!
Class Details:
Class size range from 7-12 kids
Ages range between 5-12
Schools you will be teaching at are located in the South Bay
Classes are 4 to 5 times per week, running for 8-12 weeks at a time
Lesson plans and ingredients will be provided!
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our School Program Director at sarah.robertson@sproutscookingclub.org:
Resume
Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Job Description:
Do you enjoy cooking for yourself, or want the chance to put your untapped chef potential to the test? Do you love working with kids, and being involved in your community? Make a child’s birthday that much more special and share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs as one of Sprouts’ Birthday Party Chef Instructors!
Your Role:
We are currently looking for motivated, personable instructors that are passionate about Alice Water’s mission to educate kids about the importance of nutrition and cooking! You will get to work hands-on with our chef kiddos who are so excited to get cookin’ with you! This position is a super rewarding way to use your culinary skills in a fun and exciting environment!
We are looking for candidates who are natural leaders, quick thinkers, and problem solvers. We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
You will be responsible for each group of little chefs, addressing safety, sanitation, and knife skills when necessary to make sure everyone stays safe and healthy. You will also be in charge of organizing the menu with the parents beforehand, coordinating ingredients with the inventory staff, and scheduling volunteers to work with you. We usually block out 3 hours for each party, to allow time for you to set up ingredients, prepare the dish, eat, and clean up afterwards. The 3 hour window does not account for the time needed to stop by the inventory space in Oakland to pack ingredients.
Class Details:
Party groups are up to 16 kids
Ages range between 7-12
Lesson plans and ingredients will be provided!
Your Professional Growth:
If you are a culinary aficionado, aspiring chef or a culinary entrepreneur, this is the perfect opportunity to get your foot in the door within the culinary community and meet the right people! This position will provide valuable experience working within a successful nonprofit. You will have the opportunity to hone in on your organizational skills, time management, and leadership.
Your Team:
As Sprouts’ Birthday Party Chef Instructor you will have the support of our growing team of 13 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers.
Your Office and Schedule:
Your office space will be different birthday party venues across the Bay Area! You will also be in and out of our inventory space in West Oakland.
General work hours: weekends
You will work with families throughout SF, the East Bay, and Marin!
Your hours will be based on the parents’ preferences, but allow 3 hours for setting up, cooking, and clean-up.
Skills and Requirements:
You must have:
Personal car
Teaching experience
Cooking experience
Weekend availability
Live in the Bay Area!
Flexible schedule
Commitments and Contract Period:
4 month commitment
4-8 hours/week
Compensation and Benefits:
$70 per birthday party
Please email your resume to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org
Job Description:
Take off that formal attire and get ready to work alongside top Bay Area chefs and nonprofit partners as you help underserved, young adults train to become chefs and turn their lives around. As a Chef-in-Training (CIT) fellow, you will both, serve as a direct mentor to Chef-in-Training interns and participate in the planning and execution of Chef-in-Training fundraising classes, camps and events.
Your Role:
As Sprouts Chef-in-Training Fellow, one of your principal roles will be helping lead the Sprouts’ Chef-in-Training (CIT) Program. The CIT Program offers youth in need of a jump start with a culinary vocational training needed to secure stable jobs in the food industry, and the soft skills necessary to succeed in any future professional pursuits. This internship is offered to underserved and fostered youth in Oakland, aged 16-24 years old. Interns work directly with their chef mentor over several months and receive help with job placement post-internship.
This is an inimitable opportunity to meet community movers and shakers as you maintain current partnerships with local nonprofits and restaurants. You will work closely with the Chef-in-Training interns throughout their training, helping them realize their potential. From selecting promising candidates to matching interns with mentor restaurants to guiding CITs throughout their training – you will learn something new everyday! You will have an enormous influence on the intern’s experience and success in the program. You will collaborate with Sprouts’ webmaster to share the CITs stories with the community, as well as Sprouts team and board, on which Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver serve.
Your role will also include active participation in Sprouts fundraising programs. The fellowship begins with a co-leadership role for nine weeks at summer camp which raises funds for Sprouts Chef-in-Training program. This will be an active, and hands-on position as you will spend half days leading our summer camp programming. The position plays an integral role in creating a fun and safe environment for our campers, guest chefs and counselors. Your mornings will be spent in the office or around time as you assist the Culinary Program Director in camp management and other culinary programs. Your afternoons will be spent at camps facilitating garden and chef-led classes for campers, executing Sprouts team-led classes, and leading your team of 5 counselors. Come fall, the work phases into Chef-in-Training management and light assistance at fundraising events.
Personal & Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community. Additionally, we keep our work hours from 9am-5pm, with remote Wednesdays, so that you maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you you will learn all about the nonprofit world and event planning. You will share your work and progress with our entire team at weekly meetings, and receive direct feedback from Sprouts’ Founder and Sprouts’ Team Director. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will even be invited to participate in all of Sprouts’ programs, so that you may have a rounded idea of our impact.
There will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. At the end of your AmeriCorps term and upon mutual consent, you will be considered for a full-time, paid position based on the skills and interests you develop.
Sample Tasks:
1st phase: September – October
You will participate in CIT fundraising events and communication with Sprouts team. This will include:
- Interaction with Sprouts’ network of community activists and funders
- Organizing details for Sprouts’ fall fundraising and cultivation events (dinners, cocktail hours, etc)
- Mingle with high-end restaurants, notable community members, and fellow team members to help organize benefit events.
2nd phase: November
This phase focuses on learning the ropes of the Chef-in-Training management and behind-the-scenes platform.
- Attending in-office orientation with the current CIT manager
- Attending an orientation with our current fundraising and grant writing coordinator
3rd phase: December- April
- Outreach to current restaurants and schools to introduce yourself and establish connections
- Raising awareness and fundraise for the Chef-in-Training (CIT) Program.
- Work with Google Suite, surveys, and online tools to establish and reinforce program structures and systems.
- Apply for a grant
4th phase: May-August
This summer phase will be focused on accepting and mentoring Chef-in-Training interns into our system.
- Work alongside popular chefs and restaurants to place chef in training interns and monitor their progress.
- Provide guidance and logistical support to 5 Chef-in-Training Interns during a 9-month period.
Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5 (hours are subject to change during summer)
Sunny, open co-working space in SOMA, SF
Restaurant and community center sites in San Francisco and East Bay
Remote days on Wednesdays
Commitments and Contract Period:
12-month commitment starting September 1st
38-42 hours per week
Occasional weekend events
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, ability to balance multiple projects, cheerful and social disposition, excellent time management, good written and verbal communication, familiarity and comfort with technology, proficiency with Google Drive, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. High energy, optimism, enthusiasm for Sprouts mission, initiative, independence, ownership of tasks. Car recommended but not obligatory.
Your Team
In this position you will be able to work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, community members, and mission-focused partner nonprofits. You will be working alongside a team of 9 local and remote team members throughout the year, as well as mission-inspired interns and volunteers. During the summer, you will work with an additional 10+ seasonal team members in order to run the Chef-in-Training Fundraising Camps.
Compensation and Perks
- $20,000 annual living stipend
- Weekly organic farmer’s market produce, baked goods and pantry items left over from classes!
- Remote Wednesday Office Day (Work from your favorite cafe or in your PJ’s right at home!)
Office Perks:
- Complimentary teas, coffee, healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, coffee and teas (Gotta keep our staff well-fed and happy! (; ) Professional crepe-making once a month. Free breakfast every Friday.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Job Posting:
Sprouts is looking for a driven and passionate Accountant to join our team! This position offers a unique experience in nonprofit accounting, budget management, and insurance matters. Your position will keep our systems and team running smoothly so that Sprouts’ Chef-in-Training and community programming continues to impact the lives of underserved Bay Area youth. Your role will be crucial in maintaining an organized environment and well-oiled team.
Your Role:
You’ll see the behind-the-scenes of a small nonprofit all the while allowing you to work from anywhere you’d like, and pick hours that work with your schedule. Prior experience with nonprofit accounting is preferred, but not obligatory. As Sprouts’ Accountant, you work with a firm that files our taxes at the end of each year, and correspond with municipal and state representatives when permitting and business licensing comes up. You will also have the option of overseeing an accounting intern that will help you in tasks such as payroll and budget projections. You’ll get exposure to working with a fast-growing and dynamic team and work both with the Executive Director and team members. We look forward to reviewing your application!
Requirements:
- Accounting Degree
- 2+ years of Accounting experience
- QuickBooks Online experience
- Reliable access to computer and internet
- Minimum of 10 hours of weekly time commitment
- Ability to work remotely
- 24-hour response time on all emails and texts during work weeks
- 3-day turn-over for all general tasks
Sample Tasks:
- Record Keeping In Quickbooks
- Accounts Reconciliation
- Expense Reports/ Reimbursements
- Payroll Processing and Reporting
- Issuing end of year 1099`s and W-2s
- Electronic Filing of documents and receipts
- Managing Budget
- Depositing Checks and storing photos of all checks
- Process improvements as and when needed
- Ad hoc reporting as needed
- Insurance contract management (correspondence with insurance brokers)
- Business license tracking (making sure licensing is renewed)
Your Professional Growth:
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with Sprouts’ team members, including the Executive Director and our lawyers. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater your role to meet your own career goals and objectives.
Locations and Hours:
Sprouts General Work Hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5 PT, Remote Wednesdays
Restaurants and venues in SF, Oakland, and beyond
Compensation and Benefits:
- $17-18/ hr depending on location
- For Bay Area applicants, opportunity to work at the office with our team
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description:
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-in-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Job Posting:
Do you thrive in the kitchen? Do you love working with kids, and want to give back to your community? Come teach cooking classes with Sprouts and share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs as one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors!
Your Role:
We are currently looking for motivated, personable Chef Instructors that are passionate about our mission to educate kids about the importance of nutrition and cooking! You will get to work hands-on with our chef students who are so excited to cook with you! This position is a rewarding way to use your culinary skills in a fun and exciting environment!
We are looking for candidates who are natural leaders, quick thinkers, and problem solvers, who have a passion for community service. We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
Class Details:
- Location: Valley Christian School 1450 Leigh Ave, San Jose, CA 95125
- Class size ranges from 8-12 kids
- Ages range between 7-12 years old
- 90 minute classes, plus set up and clean up
- 10 week long session
- Lesson plans, equipment and class assistants will be provided!
Your Team:
As one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors you will be working with our team, especially our Culinary Program Director and Office Manager. You will also have the opportunity to work with students, partner organizations, farmers, and community members interested in getting involved with our mission.
Your Office and Schedule:
We are based in San Francisco, and have cooking classes all throughout the Bay Area!
Your classes will be Wednesdays from approx. 2:45 to 5:15 p.m.
Skills and Requirements:
Desired qualities:
- Drivers license and access to reliable car
- Teaching experience
- Cooking experience (doesn’t need to be professional experience)
- Afternoon availability
- Located in San Jose area
- Comfortable in the kitchen and with ingredients
- Enthusiasm for nutrition, cooking, and education
Commitments and Contract Period:
8 to 12 week commitment, September – December 2019
Possibility for extension into 2020
Compensation and Benefits:
$70/class
Weekly excess farmers market produce
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please submit the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position Required
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-in-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
7 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Program Director, Office Manager, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Job Description:
Do you thrive in the kitchen? Do you love working with kids, and want to give back to your community? Come teach cooking classes with Sprouts and share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs as one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors!
Your Role:
We are currently looking for motivated, personable Cooking Class Instructors that are passionate about our mission to educate kids about the importance of nutrition and cooking! You will get to work hands-on with our students who are so excited to cook with you! This position is a rewarding way to use your culinary skills in a fun and exciting environment!
We are looking for candidates who are natural leaders, quick thinkers, and problem solvers, who have a passion for community service. We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
Class Details:
- Location: Varies throughout the Bay Area
- Class size ranges from 8-12 kids
- Ages range between 7-12 years old
- 2 hour class, plus set up and clean up
- Classes usually occur on Saturdays or Sundays
- Recipes, equipment and class assistants will be provided!
Your Team:
As one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors you will be working with our team, especially our Culinary Program Director and Office Manager. You will also have the opportunity to work with students, partner organizations, farmers, and community members interested in getting involved with our mission.
Your Office and Schedule:
We are based in San Francisco, and have cooking classes all throughout the Bay Area!
Class dates and times will vary and usually occur on weekends during the late morning or early afternoon.
Skills and Requirements
Desired qualities:
- Drivers license and access to reliable car
- Teaching experience
- Cooking experience (doesn’t need to be professional experience)
- Afternoon and weekend availability
- Located near SF or East Bay Area area
- Comfortable in the kitchen and with ingredients
- Enthusiasm for nutrition, cooking, and education
Commitments and Contract Period:
This is a contract position based on the organization’s need.
Compensation and Benefits:
$70/class
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please submit the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position Required
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-in-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
7 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Program Director, Office Manager, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Job Description:
Do you thrive in the kitchen? Do you love working with kids, and want to give back to your community? Come teach cooking classes with Sprouts and share your passion for cooking with the next generation of chefs as one of Sprouts’ Chef Instructors!
Your Role:
We are currently looking for motivated, personable Cooking Class Chef Instructors that are passionate about our mission to educate kids about the importance of nutrition and cooking! You will get to work hands-on with our students who are so excited to cook with you! This position is a rewarding way to use your culinary skills in a fun and exciting environment!
We are looking for candidates who are natural leaders, quick thinkers, and problem solvers, who have a passion for community service. We hope you join us for a season of delicious food and tons of cooking with fun and energetic kid chefs!
Class Details:
- Location: Camino Pablo schools in Moraga
- Class size ranges from 10-12 kids
- Ages range between 5-11 years old
- 1.5 hour class, plus set up and clean up
- Two classes per week
- Recipes, equipment and class assistants will be provided!
Your Team:
As one of Sprouts’ Cooking Class Chef Instructors you will be working with our team, especially our Culinary Program Director and Office Manager. You will also have the opportunity to work with students, partner organizations, farmers, and community members interested in getting involved with our mission.
Your Office and Schedule:
We are based in San Francisco, and have cooking classes all throughout the Bay Area!
Class dates and times will vary and usually occur after school during the weekdays in Moraga.
Skills and Requirements
Desired qualities:
- Drivers license and access to a reliable car
- Teaching experience
- Cooking experience (doesn’t need to be professional experience, but culinary education and experience a plus)
- Afternoon availability
- Located in Moraga area, or willingness to drive to area
- Comfortable in the kitchen and with ingredients
- Flexibility with recipes
- Enthusiasm for nutrition, cooking, and education
Commitments and Contract Period:
This is a contract position based on the organization’s need.
Compensation and Benefits:
$70/class
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please submit the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-in-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
7 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Program Director, Office Manager, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Job Description
As the Chef-In-Training (CIT) Event Planning and Execution Fellow, you will help the Executive Director with impact-forward expansion projects in San Jose and New York as well as SF Bay area CIT awareness events in partnership with well-known chefs. In the summertime, you will have the opportunity to lead Bay Area summer camps and incorporate Chef-In-Training fellows into the class schedule. You will strengthen and develop key qualities such as leadership, logistics planning and earn invaluable contacts with social justice and non-profit leaders, award-winning chefs, and notable entrepreneurs. Your hard work and professional growth will help underserved young adults train to become culinary industry professionals and turn their lives around. Don’t miss this opportunity to develop yourself professionally and empower young adults and youth.
Your Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn about nonprofits and how to make social impact using sustainable systems. You’ll also meet well-known chefs and entrepreneurs that can help you down the line in your career! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving nonprofit.
You will have a variety of projects that will help you to grow and learn, and your work will involve check-ins and constant collaboration with Sprouts’ Executive Director, Chef-In-Training Manager, and Culinary Program Director. During weekly team meetings and monthly lunches, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts, ask for feedback, recount achievements and discuss projects with the entire team.
Sample Tasks
- Forging new and maintaining old partnerships and relationships with chefs, restaurants, kitchen venues, farmers, markets, community members, such as nonprofit directors
- Helping organize and execute awareness of community events
- Help to lead Bay Area summer camp weeks
- Oversee select summer camp interns
Your Team
You will be working with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, local farmers, and mission-focused partner nonprofits including Michelin and award-winning restaurants such as NOPA, Lazy Bear, Sons and Daughters, Mister Jiu’s, Angler, and Slanted Door. You will be working alongside a team of local and remote team members, as well as mission-inspired interns and volunteers. You will report to Sprouts’ Executive Director.
Commitments and Contract Period
- 1200-hour BAYAC Americorps member
- Start date January 10, 2020, through to August 31, 2020
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
January 10, 2020 – August 31, 2020
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
40 hours per week
Location:
Sunny, open co-working space in SOMA, SF with other nonprofits and start-ups
Restaurant and community center sites in San Francisco and East Bay
Work from home on Wednesdays
Compensation:
- $10,000 living stipend from BAYAC Americorps
- Optional $4800 stipend post AmeriCorps term, beginning September 1st, 2020, for 300 additional hours of work
- Option to re-enroll in Americorps bayac program for an additional 10 months with living stipend, $10,000 education stipend, and $200 monthly rent assistance
- $4,336.50 Education Award
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and time management skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, good written and verbal communication, attention to detail, proficiency with Google Drive, interest in the community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy.
How to Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Manager, CIT NYC Ambassador, 2 Marketing Interns, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Job Description
As the Chef-In-Training (CIT) Marketing and Communications Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to work directly with our Chef-in-training interns and help tell their stories. You will hone your event planning skills and work with well-known Bay area chefs as you help plan Chef-in-Training awareness and community events. You’ll also get to develop a global marketing strategy and eventually oversee a marketing intern. Your hard work and professional growth will help underserved young adults train to become culinary industry professionals and turn their lives around. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. Don’t miss this opportunity to work alongside top Bay Area chefs, nonprofit partners, farmers, and local businesses.
Your Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn about nonprofits and how to make a social impact using sustainable systems. You’ll also meet well-known chefs and entrepreneurs that can help you down the line in your career! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving nonprofit.
You will have a variety of projects that will help you to grow and learn, and your work will involve check-ins and constant collaboration with Sprouts’ Executive Director, Chef-In-Training Fellow, and Culinary Program Director. During weekly team meetings and monthly lunches, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts, ask for feedback, recount achievements and discuss projects with the entire team.
Sample Tasks
- Forging new and maintaining old partnerships and relationships with chefs, restaurants, kitchen venues, farmers, markets, community members, such as nonprofit directors
- Working with Chef-In-Training interns to capture their story and photo
- Write content for promotional materials for MailChimp, blog, brochures, and newsletter
- Help to plan and implement a communications strategy
- Assess and report on the effectiveness of communication strategies
- Collecting verbal and written testimonials of the program
Your Team
In the Chef-In-Training Marketing and Communications Coordinator position, you will be able to work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, local farmers, and mission-focused partner nonprofits including Girls Inc. You will be working alongside a team of local and remote team members, as well as mission-inspired interns and volunteers. You will report to Sprouts’ Executive Director.
Commitments and Contract Period
- 1200-hour BAYAC Americorps member
- Start date between January 10-January 16, 2020 through to August 31, 2020
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
January 16, 2020 – August 31, 2020
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
40 hours per week
Location:
Sunny, open co-working space in SOMA, SF with other nonprofits and start-ups
Restaurant and community center sites in San Francisco and East Bay
Work from home on Wednesdays
Compensation:
- $10,000 living stipend from BAYAC Americorps
- Optional $4800 stipend post AmeriCorps term, beginning September 1st, 2020, for 300 additional hours of work
- Option to re-enroll in Americorps bayac program for an additional 10 months with living stipend, $10,000 education stipend, and $200 monthly rent assistance
- $4,336.50 Education Award
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and time management skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, good written and verbal communication, attention to detail, proficiency with Google Drive, interest in the community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy.
How to Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Manager, CIT NYC Ambassador, 2 Marketing Interns, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to lead a summer camp team and work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, farmers, and local businesses as you teach youth how to cook healthy meals! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts’ summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your leadership, passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have inspired a team of summer camp counselors and helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
Play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp as one of our two Summer Camp Leaders. On a typical day, you will lead a half day of camp with 16 campers and 4-6 counselors. You will dedicate the rest of your day to prepare for the next day, meetings, office work and inventory needs. You may even have the opportunity to lead one or two full camp weeks in San Jose!
As Summer Camp Leader, you will serve as a liaison for the parents, campers, office team, and counselors as you work together to keep each day running smoothly through planning and logistics coordination! This position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you are able to see the direct impact of summer camp and the individual progress of each camper! Your days will be spent at camp facilitating garden and farm activities and chef-led and counselor-led classes for campers. You will also have plenty of office time to work with the office team and culinary program director to plan for the next day. Your ultimate goal is to ensure that camp activities are safely executed and that our campers are having fun as they learn!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to help with your future job search opportunities whether it is within our community, our network of chefs, restaurants, or entrepreneurs or elsewhere based on performance and mutual desire. We will make sure that your skillset is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Handle class logistics with other team members
- Daily check-ins with your team of summer camp counselors
- Chatting and checking in with parents at drop-off
- Report to Culinary Program Director about camp logistics, challenges, and highlights
- Execute the daily schedule and ensure that the logistics of the day stay smooth
- Set a positive, cheerful, energetic tone for your team of counselors, interns, and volunteers
- Greet guest farmers, chefs, and business owners cheerfully and help them set up for their classes
- Ensure transportation from site to site runs smoothly
- Ensure that all equipment and venues are clean at the end of each activity and day
- Daily one-hour clean up of site to prepare for the next camp day
- Communicate with Inventory manager to ensure all ingredients needed are available
- Days will vary, but on average you will spend about 6 hours a day with the kids and 2 hours a day working with the office/inventory and meetings
- May also include working one to two weeks in our newly created San Jose Summer Camp
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
June 10-12, 1-4 p.m (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 15 – August 14, Monday through Friday** 40 hours per week:
Pick your shift!
AM Shift: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
PM Shift: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
August 17 – 1-5 p.m Camp Wrap-Up
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, Parisoma co-working, and various gardens, farms, and restaurants.
Compensation: $20 per hour
Compensation provided in part by Opportunities for All (OFA), a SF-wide job empowerment initiative.
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Skills:
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, strong cleaning skills, high aptitude, exceptional interpersonal skills, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress. Must be serv-safe and CPR certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position).
Requirements:
- To apply, you must live, go to school, or have a guardian that works in San Francisco
- Must be of ages 18 to 24 to participate
- All selected applicants will need to go through the OFA application process
- Background check
- No prior employment experience required
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 15 summer temp employees, 3 culinary contractors, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Summer Camp Inventory Manager, you will play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp. In this role, you will be in charge of our inventory space packed with quality ingredients and appliances. This involves acquiring, tracking, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of pantry items and produce. You will also be responsible for traveling to our partner stores and organizations to acquire fresh ingredients for the day.
You’ll be learning constantly and changing tasks and locations various times throughout the day. Your days will be spent throughout the Bay Area at our inventory space, in multiple grocery stores and at partner locations. One of your main responsibilities will be to ensure that all fresh ingredients are readily available for all guest chefs and culinary instructors. You will also have office time to work with the office team and culinary program director to plan for the next day. This position is incredibly hands-on, active and rewarding as you are able to see the behind-the-scenes planning of our Summer Camp and some of the delicious recipes created. You will also gain insight into how inventory is run for a small nonprofit as you oversee the preparation of ingredients and equipment for youth culinary classes. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to help with your future job search opportunities whether it is within our community, our network of chefs, restaurants, or entrepreneurs or elsewhere based on performance and mutual desire. We will make sure that your skillset is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Pick-up and set-up daily ingredients and equipment for summer camp classes
- Organize and maintain a clean inventory space
- Prepare ingredients and equipment for classes
- Communicate with sponsors to coordinate material delivery
- Occasionally organize or assist summer cooking classes
- Shop at local markets and grocery stores to buy appropriate ingredients for guest chefs and instructors
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Your Team:
In this role you will be working directly with our summer camp leaders and four counselors. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Leader on a daily basis. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
June 10- August 17, 8:30 am – 5:15 pm Monday through Friday**
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, Parisoma co-working, and various gardens, farms, and restaurants as well as a variety of our partner stores and organizations.
Compensation: $16.50 per hour
Compensation provided in part by Opportunities for All (OFA), a SF-wide job empowerment initiative.
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Skills:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, valid driver’s license, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Experience working with food and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress. Must be serv-safe certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position). Access to vehicle is a plus, but it is not required.
Requirements:
- To apply, you must live, go to school, or have a guardian that works in San Francisco
- Must be of ages 18 to 24 to participate
- All selected applicants will need to go through the OFA application process
- Background check
- No prior employment experience required
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 15 summer temp employees, 3 culinary contractors, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit that partners with hotshot chefs to train underserved young adults to become chefs and inspires kids all over the nation to cook healthy meals for their communities! Your marketing prowess will spread awareness for our programming so that we can continue to impact the lives of youth across the nation.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Marketing Manager, you will use WordPress to edit and improve Sprouts’ website and create MailChimp emails to promote classes and draft quarterly updates for our community. You will collaborate with team members to highlight our sponsors, donors, and celebrity chefs through Google ads, Facebook ads, and social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and website blogs. You will create flyers for special events and new class series, including design and wording. You will also work with the executive director to help reposition our 2-year marketing plan.
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions, and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skillset and interests are highlighted throughout your time with Sprouts and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This contact opportunity offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals.
Sample Tasks:
- Construct email marketing templates and schedule/send campaigns with MailChimp
- Generate, edit, publish and share content on the website using WordPress
- Creating unique content for social media to promote blog and engagement
- Conduct email or phone interviews with chefs and sponsors and write blogs for the website
- Expanding Sprouts’ list of parent forums and online groups
- Expanding Sprouts’ PR list
- Giving guidance to Sprouts’ volunteer photographers
- Maintaining Sprouts’ photography files
- Assist with creating our chef and sponsor highlights
- Creating unique content for social media to promote blog and engagement
- Help brand and promote Sprouts’ all-new Virtual Dinner Series.
- Identifying and soliciting name-brand chefs for participation in our dinner series
- Identifying Parent Groups and Facebook demographics to advertise classes
Skills and Requirements:
- Experience in Marketing
- Excellent Skills in MailChimp
- Excellent Skills in WordPress
- Excellent skills in Social Media Outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
- Excellent Skills in Writing
- Excellent Skills in Google Ads and Facebook Ads
- Concise, Vibrant Writing and Design Style
- Experience with Zoom
- Comfort with technology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking
Your Team:
As Marketing Manager, you will report directly to the Sprouts’ Executive Director. You will work closely with Sprouts’ team, from overseeing marketing interns to working with our Bay Area and NYC team.
Hours, Location, Compensation:
Work hours: 20-30 hours per week, Potential Full-time work the month of June
Sprouts General Work Hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5 PT
Location: Virtual, remote work
Compensation: $20-$25 hr, depending on location
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
- Please be prepared to provide the contact of a recommender, upon request
Company Description:
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director and Founder, Culinary Programming Director, Accounting team, legal team, Marketing Manager, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Manager, CIT NYC Ambassador, Marketing Interns, Culinary Instructors, Board of Directors, Advisory Members, community volunteers and ambassadors, and professional chef partners.
Don’t miss this summertime opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit teaching diverse youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities as a culinary camp counselor! We are looking for energetic, culinary aficionados looking to gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. Counselors will learn mouth-watering recipes, develop crucial leadership skills, gain important experience, and network with local culinary leaders. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with celebrity chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids! As a Summer Camp Counselor, you’ll be assisting 13-16 kiddos during weeklong camps that take place at high end and Michelin-star restaurants in the Bay such as Saison, Mago, 3rd Cousin, and The Dorian. Each restaurant will host an entire week of camps, giving you the opportunity to build a relationship with each chef all week long as you help run cooking classes as well as restaurant workshops in marketing, menu design, photo styling, and customer service. As a counselor, you will serve as a liaison between the chef, child, parent, camp manager, and Sprouts office team. You will prioritize and ensure the safety of each camper! You will also help with set up, clean up and ingredient acquisition and prep throughout the week. At the end of each week, you will fill out a brief progress report for select campers. By the end of the internship, your cooking skills and professional network of chefs will be at an all-time high!
Your Professional Growth
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to help with your future job search opportunities whether it is within our community, our network of chefs, restaurants, or entrepreneurs or elsewhere based on performance and mutual desire. We will make sure that your skillset is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks
- Help run delicious and educational culinary classes and workshops (restaurant marketing and management, menu planning, budgeting, and customer service) for 13-16 energetic campers. Camps take place in restaurants and occasionally on farms.
- Facilitate Sprouts-run activities and culinary games such as pallet play, simple recipes, and farming/gardening.
- Assist chefs during camp cooking classes
- Camp set up and clean up
- Communicate with parents when necessary
- Prepare project and present to OFA as scheduled
- Help out with the new Virtual Dinner Series if time allows. This would include: identifying and soliciting name-brand chefs for participation in our dinner series, serving as in-person assistants to the chefs as they film their virtual sessions from their home or restaurant. assisting with managing the Zoom class call, moderating, and helping to answer any questions from the kids and parents; help maintain rules and expectations of attendees and helping the chef with clean up.
Your Team:
In this role you will be working directly with our summer camp leaders, Bay Area director, inventory coordinators, partner chefs and fellow counselors. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Leader on a daily basis. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
July 6- August 14, 6 weeks at approximately 20 hours per week with alternating schedule (3 days on/2 off) during camp hours of 8:30 am – 5:15 pm Monday through Friday**
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including various restaurants and potentially Alemany Farms. One office day every other week.
Compensation: $1,200 stipend
Compensation provided in part by Opportunities for All (OFA), a SF-wide job empowerment initiative.
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Skills:
Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Energetic, an incredible team player, attention to detail and initiative are a must! Interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership and culinary skills a plus!
Requirements:
- To apply, you must live, go to school, or have a guardian that works in San Francisco
- Must be of ages 19 to 24 to participate
- All selected applicants will need to go through the OFA application process
- Background check
- No prior employment experience required
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Global Director and Founder, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Marketing & Events Manager, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Manager, CIT NYC Ambassador, 2 Marketing Interns, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with local chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids! In this role, you’ll get to have a hand in the behind-the-scenes, as well as spend time with the kids at camp. You’ll never be bored as you split your days between camp counselor and the role of inventory management.
As a Summer Camp Counselor, you’ll serve a crucial role in our summer camps, as you’ll delve into the delicious, inner core of a culinary non-profit as you facilitate the culinary journey of diverse kids to kitchens, farms, markets, and gardens. You’ll learn mouth-watering recipes, develop crucial leadership skills, gain important experience, and network with local culinary leaders. Your talents and time will help kids learn the basics of healthy eating and allow struggling young adults to turn their lives around as they train to become chefs in professional restaurants.
As an Inventory Coordinator, you will help manage our inventory space packed with quality ingredients and appliances. This involves acquiring, tracking, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of pantry items and produce. You will also be traveling to our partner stores and organizations to acquire fresh ingredients for the day. One of your main responsibilities will be to ensure that all fresh ingredients are readily available for all guest chefs and culinary instructors.
You’ll be learning constantly and changing tasks and locations various times throughout the day. Your days will be spent throughout the Bay Area at our inventory space, in multiple grocery stores and at partner locations. You will also gain insight on how inventory is run for a small nonprofit as you oversee preparation of ingredients and equipment for youth culinary classes. You will also have plenty of office time to work with the office team and culinary program director to plan for the next day. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to help with your future job search opportunities whether it is within our community, our network of chefs, restaurants, or entrepreneurs or elsewhere based on performance and mutual desire. We will make sure that your skillset is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks
- Run delicious and educational culinary classes and workshops for 16 energetic campers.
- Facilitate Sprouts-run activities such as pallet play games, simple recipes, and farming/gardening.
- Travel throughout the Bay Area with campers to partner venues and restaurants
- Assist chefs during cooking classes and demos
- Pick-up and set-up daily ingredients and equipment for summer camp classes
- Organize and maintain a clean inventory space
- Prepare ingredients and equipment for classes
- Shop at local markets and grocery stores to buy appropriate ingredients for guest chefs and instructors
- Constantly communicate with inventory manager to coordinate ingredient purchases, pick-up, and delivery
- Occasionally organize or assist summer cooking classes
Your Team:
In this role you will be working directly with our summer camp leaders and three counselors. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Leader and the Inventory Manager on a daily basis. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
June 10- August 17, 8:30 am – 5:15 pm Monday through Friday**
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, and various gardens, farms, and restaurants.
Compensation: $16.50 per hour
Compensation provided in part by Opportunities for All (OFA), a SF-wide job empowerment initiative.
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Skills:
Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Energetic, an incredible team player, strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, valid driver’s license, attention to detail and initiative are a must! Interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership and culinary skills a plus! Access to vehicle is a plus, but it is not required.
Requirements:
- To apply, you must live, go to school, or have a guardian that works in San Francisco
- Must be of ages 18 to 24 to participate
- All selected applicants will need to go through the OFA application process
- Background check
- No prior employment experience required
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 15 summer temp employees, 3 culinary contractors, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Take off that formal business attire and get ready to lead a three-day camp jam-packed with professional chefs, delectable food, and fun-loving kids. Plus – earn some cash while you’re at it! As Camp Director, you will lead Sprouts’ pilot summer camp which means directly working with Sprouts’ founder and learning about the ins and outs of business expansion. By the end of the 3-day camp, you will have developed new cooking skills, eaten a ton of delicious food from hotshot restaurants, and made new friends with a slew of local chefs and restaurants! Join us for a short-but-sweet summertime gig, and empower kids to lead healthier lives!
Your Role:
You will lead two counselors and serve as a liaison between Sprouts’ community of parents, chefs, and 8-12 campers! You will ensure the safety and nutritional education of our campers and serve as a manager for two culinary-aficionado counselors! Your ultimate goal is to make the camp experience for parents and kids as positive and meaningful as possible. This will give you a quick but in-depth experience behind-the-scenes of our growing nonprofit!
Your position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you are able to see the direct impact of Summer Camp and the individual progress of each camper! Your work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a 13-year old SF-based program that is new to the NYC market!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will develop tasks and roles for you that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Oversee that counselor intro emails are sent out to campers
- Leading camp days for 8-12 campers
- Leading campers and counselors on public transportation to get from restaurant to restaurant
- Check-in daily with your team of two counselors
- Make sure scheduling and logistics run smoothly
- Meet parents and send out welcome and daily follow up emails
- Send out orientation emails to parents based on templates from prior years
- Maintain ingredient, equipment, and transportation checklists
- Set a positive, cheerful, energetic tone for your team of counselors, photographers, bloggers, bakers, children and parents
- Send out post-camp follow up, such as surveys
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives.
Your Team:
You will be working with an array of NYC chefs and restaurants. You will be working alongside a team of local and remote team members, as well as mission-inspired interns and volunteers. You will report to Sprouts’ Executive Director.
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, driver’s license, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Comfort working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress.
Your Workspace and Hours:
You will not be working in a typical office environment, but instead behind-the-scenes at real restaurants, farms and markets! Hours are estimates and are subject to change in function of camp variables and scheduling needs.
(Optional) January 15th-March 1st: 10 hours a week working on camp promotion
June 20th-July 17th: 30 total hours, Pre-camp logistics and prep, Meeting with Sprouts Founder, Orienting your counselors
July 20th – 24th: 9 hours per day (8:30 am – 5:15 pm Leading 3-5 days of in-restaurant camps
July 26-29th: 20 total hours, thanking chefs, posting photos, writing campers’ parents
Compensation and Benefits:
You will receive $1,200 for the camp week. $800 for the optional recruitment period. $2,000 total for the camp week and the optional January-March 1st recruitment part, together.
You will gain valuable experience working with a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts!
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
- One professional reference
Company Description:
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Manager, CIT NYC Ambassador, 2 Marketing Interns, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, farmers, and local businesses as you teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts’ summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer camp, you will have been part of a team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for one solid week packed with local chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids! As the Summer Camp Leader, you will work with an assistant to lead 7 campers in various cooking classes and garden activities. This position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you work individually with the campers to teach them the basics of cooking. From 8:30-5:30, you will be interacting with parents at drop-off, your assistant for executing the day’s culinary agenda, and working alongside the guest chefs and campers.
As you head the show during the camp week, you will naturally serve as a liaison between the office team, counselors and parents. You will be in frequent contact with the SF-based Culinary Program Director, who is in charge of planning the activities schedule for each camp day.
Your Professional Growth:
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We are very excited to be expanding to the San Jose area, and are eager to forge a positive relationship with potential long-term team members! We will work with you to understand your personal and professional goals. Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn about nonprofits and how to make social impact using sustainable systems. You’ll also meet well-known chefs and entrepreneurs that can help you down the line in your career! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving nonprofit. As a small nonprofit, there will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. Your Culinary Programming Director, HR Manager, and Executive Director will all be accessible members of your team!
Sample Tasks:
- Work with assistant to lead apprx. 7 total campers in cooking classes
- Lead cooking classes at our San Jose garden/ kitchen site.
- Assist any guest chefs with set-up, class execution, and clean-up
- Set-up and clean-up of the kitchen site.Think through class logistics and prepare ingredients, equipment and lesson plan for each day
- Daily check-ins with Bay Area Director and your assistant
- Chatting and checking in with parents at drop-off
- Report to Culinary Program Director about camp logistics, challenges, and highlights
- Set a positive, cheerful, energetic tone
- Help with set-up of all equipment and clean-up of kitchen site
- We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
Orientation will be the week of June 8-12th (partly in SF)
June 22nd – 26th appx. 8:30 am-5:30 pm Monday through Friday
Location:
Camp week: Grateful Gardens, 990 Meridian Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
Compensation: $850 stipend
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Experience working with kids and problem solving. Must be organized and have a positive attitude. Must be serv-safe and CPR certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position).
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Sprouts is looking for a driven and passionate Accountant to join our team! This position offers a unique experience in nonprofit accounting, budget management, and insurance matters. Your position will keep our systems and team running smoothly so that Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training and community programming continues to impact the lives of underserved Bay Area youth. Your role will be crucial in maintaining an organized environment and well-oiled team.
Your Role:
You’ll see the behind-the-scenes of a small nonprofit all the while allowing you to work from anywhere you’d like, and pick hours that work with your schedule. Prior experience with nonprofit accounting is preferred, but not obligatory. As Sprouts’ Accountant, you work with a firm that files our taxes at the end of each year, and correspond with municipal and state representatives when permitting and business licensing comes up. You will also have the option of overseeing an accounting intern that will help you in tasks such as payroll and budget projections. You’ll get exposure to working with a fast-growing and dynamic team and work both with the Executive Director and team members. We look forward to reviewing your application!
Requirements:
- Accounting Degree
- 2+ years Accounting experience
- QuickBooks Online experience
- Reliable access to computer and internet
- Minimum of 10 hours of weekly time commitment
- Ability to work remotely
- 24-hour response time on all emails and texts during work weeks
- 3-day turn-over for all general tasks
Sample Tasks:
- Record Keeping In Quickbooks
- Accounts Reconciliation
- Expense Reports/ Reimbursements
- Payroll Processing and Reporting
- Issuing end of year 1099`s and W-2s
- Electronic Filing of documents and receipts
- Managing Budget
- Depositing Checks and storing photos of all checks
- Process improvements as and when needed
- Ad hoc reporting as needed
- Insurance contract management (correspondence with insurance brokers)
- Business license tracking (making sure licensing is renewed)
Your Professional Growth:
This position will provide valuable experience working closely with Sprouts’ team members, including the Executive Director and our lawyers. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! We want you to have valuable experience and are happy to cater your role to meet your own career goals and objectives.
Locations and Hours:
Sprouts General Work Hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5 PT, Remote Wednesdays
Restaurants and venues in SF, Oakland, and beyond
Compensation and Benefits:
- $18-$19 hr, depending on location
- For Bay Area applicants, opportunity to work at the office with our team
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description:
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training (CIT) Manager, CIT Marketing & Communications Manager, CIT Marketing & Communications Coordinator, CIT NYC Ambassador, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Take off that formal attire and get ready to work alongside top Bay Area chefs and nonprofit partners as you help underserved young adults train to become chefs and turn their lives around. As a Chef-In-Training (CIT) fellow, you will serve as a direct mentor to Chef-In-Training interns and participate in the planning and execution of Chef-In-Training fundraising events and classes.
Your Role:
As a Sprouts Chef-In-Training Fellow, one of your principal roles will be helping lead the Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training (CIT) Program. The CIT Program offers an internship for youth in need of a jump start with a culinary vocational training needed to secure stable jobs in the food industry, and the soft skills necessary to succeed in any future professional pursuits. These internships are offered to underserved and fostered youth in Oakland, aged 16-24 years old. Interns work directly with their chef mentor over several months and receive help with job placement post-internship.
This is an inimitable opportunity to meet community movers and shakers as you maintain current partnerships with local nonprofits and restaurants. You will work closely with the CIT interns throughout their training, helping them realize their potential. From selecting promising candidates to matching interns with mentor restaurants to guiding CITs throughout their training – you will learn something new everyday! You will have an enormous influence on the intern’s experience and success in the program. You will collaborate with Sprouts’ marketing team to share the CITs stories with the community, as well as the Sprouts team and advisory board, on which Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver serve.
Your role will also include active participation in Sprouts fundraising programs such as cultivation cocktail hours, benefit dinners, classes for youth with special needs and birthday parties.
Personal & Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community. Additionally, normal work hours are from 9 am-5 pm and Wednesdays remote days. Remote days are flexible with later start or end times so teammates can take an exercise break while still maintaining an 8 hour workday in order that you maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn all about the nonprofit world and event planning. As a small nonprofit, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will be invited to participate in all of Sprouts’ programs, so that you may have a rounded idea of our impact.
Sample Tasks:
1st phase: September 2020 – October 2020
This phase focuses on learning the ropes of the Chef-In-Training management and behind-the-scenes platform.
- Orientation with the former CIT manager
- Orientation with the current fundraising and grant writing coordinator
- Outreach to current restaurants and schools to introduce yourself and establish connections
2nd phase: October 2020- August 2021
This phase will be focused on accepting and mentoring Chef-In-Training interns into our system.
- Raising awareness and fundraise for the Chef-In-Training (CIT) Program
- Work with Google Suite, surveys, and online tools to establish and reinforce program structures and systems such as statistic collection
- Apply for a grant
- Work alongside popular chefs and restaurants to place CIT interns and monitor their progress
- Provide guidance and logistical support to 15 Chef-In-Training Interns during a 9-month period
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills; ability to balance multiple projects; cheerful and social disposition; excellent time management; good written and verbal communication; familiarity and comfort with technology; proficiency with Google Drive; strong interpersonal skills; interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking; high energy; optimism; enthusiasm for Sprouts’ mission; initiative; independence; and ownership of tasks. Car preferred but not obligatory.
Your Team
In this position, you will be able to work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, community members, and mission-focused partner nonprofit organizations and schools. You will be working alongside a team of 9 local and remote Sprouts’ team members throughout the year, as well as mission-inspired community members and volunteers. During the summer, you will work with an additional 10+ seasonal team members in order to run the Chef-In-Training Fundraising Summer Camps.
Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Sunny, open co-working space in SOMA, SF with other nonprofits and start-ups
Restaurant and community center sites in San Francisco and East Bay
Remote days on Wednesdays
Commitments and Contract Period:
12-month commitment, start date between July 15, 2020 and September 1, 2020
40 hours per week
Chosen candidate will need to go through the BAYAC application process
Compensation and Perks
- $20,000 annual living stipend
- $10,000 Post-Service Education Award (via BAYAC AmeriCorps)
- Health Insurance (via BAYAC AmeriCorps)
- Full-day Professional Skills Workshops every other Friday (via BAYAC AmeriCorps)
- Option to Request Loan Forbearance (via BAYAC AmeriCorps)
- Weekly organic farmer’s market produce, baked goods and pantry items left over from classes!
- Remote Wednesday Office Day (Work from your favorite cafe or in your PJ’s right at home!)
Office Perks:
- Complimentary teas, coffee, healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, coffee and teas (To keep our staff well-fed and happy!) Professional crepe-making once a month. Free breakfast every Friday.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Don’t miss the opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals! We will be looking to hire positions for our Summer Camp team! Positions include Camp Leaders, Inventory Managers, and Camp Counselors! Positions to be posted soon – keep checking back!
In the meantime. if you would like to submit a cover letter and resume, please send to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org
Take off that formal attire and get ready to work alongside top Bay Area chefs and nonprofit partners as you help underserved young adults train to become chefs and turn their lives around. As Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training (CIT) Manager, you will serve as a direct mentor to Chef-In-Training interns and work to highlight their inspiring stories through social media and occasional events.
Your Role:
As a Sprouts Chef-In-Training Manager, your role will be leading the Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training (CIT) Program, which empowers underserved youth to obtain a brighter future through culinary vocational training in Bay Area restaurants. These inspiring Chef-in-Training interns train alongside chefs for 3-6 months, and at the end have the skills needed to land a sustainable job in the culinary industry. Since 2012, dozens of youth have graduated from the program and have used their skills to get off the streets, pay for higher education, become chefs, launch small businesses, or support family members.
As you create unique internship experiences for each qualifying candidate, you will work directly with renowned Bay Area chefs, collaborate with non-profits, organizations and schools that work with underserved populations, and serve. Most inspiring of all, you will work intimately with each Chef-in-Training intern, learning their stories, understanding their strengths and weaknesses and determining host restaurants and internships terms so that they can excel.
Personal & Professional Growth:
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to determine personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community. As a part-time commitment, we feel that this position will allow you to maintain a positive life-balance. This is an important opportunity to forge a network of top chef talent and nonprofit leaders. You will have an enormous influence on the intern’s experience and success in the program. You will also have the opportunity to forge marketing and writing skills as you share the interns’ stories with community members.
As Manager, you will also enjoy full autonomy and be able to make important, strategic decisions in CIT partnerships, communication and long-term growth. You will report your progress to Sprouts’ Executive Director in weekly email recaps and bi-monthly video check-ins. Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn all about the nonprofit world and program execution. As a small nonprofit, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure.
Sample Tasks:
- Orientation with Sprouts’ Executive Director regarding the Chef-In-Training program
- Outreach to current restaurants and schools to introduce yourself and establish connections
- Create introduction paragraphs for each applicant on Sprouts’ website
- Coordinate with Sprouts’ volunteer photographers to take photos of each CIT at their host restaurant
- Raising awareness for the Chef-In-Training (CIT) Program
- Work with Google Suite, surveys, and online tools to establish and reinforce program structures and systems such as stats collection and program protocol
- Apply for a grant
- Work alongside popular chefs and restaurants to place CIT interns and monitor their progress
- Provide guidance and logistical support to Chef-In-Training Interns during this period
- Optional: host virtual cooking classes
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills; ability to balance multiple, evolving variables; cheerful and social disposition; excellent time management; good written and verbal communication; familiarity and comfort with technology; proficiency with Google Drive; strong interpersonal skills; interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking; high energy; optimism; enthusiasm for Sprouts’ mission; initiative; independence; and ownership of tasks. Car preferred but not obligatory.
Your Team:
You will work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, community members, and mission-focused partner nonprofit organizations and schools. Your main team will consist of 3 remote Sprouts’ team members, an intern, as well as mission-inspired community members and volunteers.
Locations and Hours:
Work hours: 10-30 hours per week, predominantly remote
For Chef-in-Training interviews, recruitment fairs, and restaurant stage check-ins you will travel to restaurants, schools, nonprofit offices in San Francisco and East Bay.
Commitments and Contract Period:
Starting Date Window: December 27th to January 8th
End Date Window: August 10th to September 1st
Compensation and Perks:
- $18/ hr for candidates residing in the Bay Area
- $17/ hr for candidates residing outside of the Bay Area
- Weekly organic farmer’s market produce, baked goods, and pantry items (for Bay Area residents)
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position Required
- Qualifying applicants will be asked to complete a brief trial assignment
Company Description:
Sprouts Cooking Club empowers youth from all backgrounds to eat and live sustainably by teaching them how to cook healthy meals for themselves and their communities. Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training Program empowers underserved youth to achieve financial independence through in-restaurant, vocational training and money management workshops. Our two main programs are:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Virtual and In-Person Classes and Summer Camps
Our Team: Executive Director, Team Manager, Accountant, Chef-In-Training Manager, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, community volunteers and professional chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, Sprouts’ team, and local business owners to create educational summer camps for youth! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. You will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within the culinary world and work on a community project from start to finish! This role is reoccurring every year, and is a great option for professionals or college students who have long summer breaks!
Your Role:
Summer Camp Planner: Your role will be to plan the summer camp weeks for Sprouts. You will get to meet with chefs, farmers, and nonprofit partners as you schedule activities for each day. Farm and garden visits, grocery store and farmers market challenges, in-restaurant classes, and finale cook-offs will be of the essence! You will work closely with Sprouts Executive Director and team members to receive insight into the former year’s itineraries, and feedback on ideas. You will have the opportunity to be involved in the interviewing and hiring of the Sprouts summer camp team! Ingredient sponsorship will also be included during this pre-camp phase.
Culinary Camp Director: As Culinary Camp Director, you will be the on-the-grounds camp rockstar as you work with your camp team leaders to keep each day’s itinerary running smoothly, and the culinary guests feeling welcomed! This stage will require a great deal of leadership, organization, and people skills! You will oversee our summer camp team which will include team member check-ins and staff scheduling. You will make executive decisions throughout the camp day as unforeseen variables present themselves.
Sprouts Liaison: You will serve as a critical liaison between Sprouts chefs, partners, parents, Sprouts management team, and Sprouts summer team. Your voice will represent Sprouts mission! Meetings, group chats and texts, and email announcements will all be included in the line-up. Your voice will be heard, and your ideas and feedback will be crucial for the smooth execution of camps. Your ultimate goal is to create a positive camp experience for the parents, kids, chefs, and team!
Tangible Impact: Proceeds from the summer camps support Sprouts Chef-In-Training Program, which provides chef training to youth in-need. Your immediate impact will also be felt acutely as you empower diverse, young kids to cook healthy meals for themselves and their communities. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community.
Your Professional Growth:
As Summer Camp Director, you will enjoy full autonomy and be able to make important, strategic decisions in camp and chef planning, communications, and long-term growth. You will report your progress to Sprouts’ executive director in weekly email recaps and video call check-ins. Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn all about the nonprofit world and program execution. As a small nonprofit, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure.
Sample Tasks:
Pre-Camp Phase: Chef and Itinerary Planning (3-15 hrs/ week, End of February – May 14th)
- Setting Up Summer Camp Team and Camp Itinerary
Sample Tasks
- Email correspondence with chefs, partner farms, and venues to work through summer camp logistics
- Visits to farms, gardens, and restaurants to create site informationals for the summer camp team
- Working with HR to recruit and interview an 8-person summer camp team
- Soliciting camp sponsorships and ingredients sponsorships
- Meeting with summer camp partners and host restaurants, farms, and gardens to discuss logistics
Camp Execution Phase: Camp Director (40 hrs/ week, May 17th-July 27th)
- Running Summer Camp with a Co-Leader
Sample Tasks
- Working alongside counselors to run educational camp activities such as knife skill exercises, culinary games, and blindfolded palate challenges
- Checking-in with camp counselors and Sprouts management team
- Ensuring that scheduling and logistics run smoothly
- Meeting parents at parent orientation and camp drop-off and pick-up
- Thinking on your feet when things don’t go according to plan!
- Assessing ingredients, equipment, and transportation needs
- Setting a positive, cheerful, energetic tone for your team of counselors, campers, and parents
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Locations and Hours:
Location:
- Pre-camp: Remote Office Work
- Camp weeks: Remote work and various locations in the Bay Area such as Sprouts’ outdoor garden, inventory location, and Mago Restaurant
Commitments and Contract Period:
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- Pre-Camp hours: Schedule and start date determined by the selected candidate
- Camp Execution Hours: 8:00-5:00
- Starting Period: February 5th – February 28th, 2021
- End Date: July 27th
- Optional: Depending on the development of a vaccine, we are open to the possibility of working with the camp director to add on additional, optional camp weeks.
Opportunity for part and full-time employment September 1st, 2021
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even when unpredictable elements arise.
Compensation and Benefits:
- $25/ hr
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
- Qualifying applicants will be asked to complete a brief trial assignment
Company Description
Sprouts Cooking Club is a 501c3 nonprofit that empowers youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds to live healthy, balanced lives by teaching them how to cook nutritious meals for themselves and their community. Sprouts Chef-in-Training Program empowers underserved young adults to change their lives around by training them to become chefs right inside real restaurants.
We plant the seeds of sustainable healthy habits in the hope that they will grow and develop into the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. We believe that chefs, farmers, and culinary entrepreneurs are among the best candidates to inspire our youth to cook wholesome meals for themselves and their families.
OUR PROGRAMS:
CHEF-IN-TRAINING
Young adults from underserved communities are given the opportunity to turn their lives around and train to become chefs in local restaurants.
COOKING CLASSES + CAMPS
Kids cook alongside real chefs all year long, right inside restaurants, schools, kitchens, and gardens. We use the highest quality ingredients. Proceeds from classes are donated to Sprouts Chef-in-Training program.
Our Team: Executive Director, Team Manager, Accountant, Chef-In-Training Manager, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, community volunteers and professional chefs. We hire on a separate summer team of 5-8 team members for our camps.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit that partners with hotshot chefs to train underserved young adults to become chefs and inspire kids all over the nation to cook healthy meals for their communities! Your marketing prowess will spread awareness for our programming so that we can continue to impact the lives of youth across the nation.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Marketing Intern, you will collaborate with team members to help promote our virtual classes, summer camps and our Chef-In-Training Program. You will also assist with highlighting our mission, donors, and chefs through our social media platforms. If time allows, you can also learn how to use WordPress to edit and improve Sprouts’ website and create MailChimp emails to promote classes and programs. You can also assist to create flyers for special events and new class series, including design and wording. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
As Sprouts’ Marketing Intern, you will play a crucial role in telling and sharing the inspiring stories of our Chef-in-Training interns. You will have a chance to interact directly with Chef-in-Training interns, and create profiles of their stories for the website.
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions, and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skillset and interests are highlighted throughout your time with Sprouts and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This opportunity offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals.
Sample Tasks:
- Creating unique content for social media to promote engagement for Chef-led virtual cooking classes, summer camps and Chef-In-Training Program
- Assist with highlighting our sponsors, donors, and celebrity chefs
- Assist with editing and publishing content on the website using WordPress
- Assist with constructing email marketing templates and schedule/send campaigns with MailChimp
Skills and Requirements:
- Excellent skills in Social Media Outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
- Excellent Skills in Writing
- Experience in Marketing
- Experience in Google Ads and Facebook Ads, optional
- Excellent Skills in MailChimp, optional
- Experience in WordPress, optional
- Comfort with technology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking
Your Team:
As the Marketing Intern, you will report directly to the Sprouts’ Executive Director. You will work closely with Sprouts’ team.
Hours, Location and Compensation:
Spring Semester Term:
Duration: January 15th to May 15th
One-time $1,000 stipend.
8 hours per week, remote with optional in-person opportunities, schedule determined by the intern
Summer Break Term:
May 15th to August 15th:
One-time $1000 stipend
20 hours per week, remote with optional in-person opportunities, schedule determined by intern
Location: Virtual, remote work
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
- Qualifying applicants will be asked to complete a brief trial assignment
Company Description
Sprouts Cooking Club empowers youth from all backgrounds to eat and live sustainably by teaching them how to cook healthy meals for themselves and their communities. Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training Program empowers underserved youth to achieve financial independence through in-restaurant, vocational training and money management workshops. Our two main programs are:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Virtual and In-Person Classes and Summer Camps
Our Team: Executive Director, Team Manager, Accountant, Chef-In-Training Manager, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, community volunteers and professional chefs.
INTERNSHIPS
Your role
As Chef-in-Training Program Ambassador, you will be working directly with the Americorps VISTA Program and Event Manager to expand and execute the Chef-in-Training (CIT) program to help underserved Bay Area youth turn their lives around as they work in local restaurants training to become chefs. You will be working right alongside the Program and Event Manager on key logistics of Sprouts’ CIT Program. Your role will be to help organize online campaigns to raise money for these internships, writing grants to support the program, supporting youth through personal advising and in-restaurant check-ins, and visiting community partners to raise awareness of our program. You will play a key part in fostering strong relationships with Sprouts network of funders and securing support in our community. Overall, learning the behind-the-scenes of working in a fast-growing nonprofit.
Your position
As CIT Ambassador, you will have a direct impact in the lives of over 20 young adults; you will be personally helping at-risk and underserved youth change their lives around by setting them on a path of structure and guidance. During their internships, you will get to see their progress firsthand and be able to realize the effects and value of your work. You will help support the Program and Event Manager to share their stories with the community, the team, and our Board of Advisors, including Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver. It’s not every day that you get to work with real chefs in real restaurants, helping underserved youth make huge changes to their lives and get on the right track.
Your professional growth
Your professional growth is of the utmost importance! Our Program and Event Manager, along with the rest of our team, will work closely with you on your professional growth, helping you draft specific goals and a timeline of action items to achieve your professional objectives. We will have you working directly with some of the sharpest talent in the Bay Area as you collaborate with top chefs in the area and foster strong relationships with restaurants. You’ll forge personal relationships with an array of nonprofit directors, sponsors, and foundations such as Kaiser, Salesforce and Wells Fargo. You will also develop leadership and project management skills as you work with Sprouts global director and the management team to spearhead fundraising campaigns and programs.
As a small nonprofit, you will also have very steep potential for growth on the team. Many team members have started with Sprouts and received promotions. There is a strong opportunity to be hired on and promoted after your position has finished.
You will learn about various business models, accounting rules, and nonprofit regulations as you participate and voice opinions during our team meetings. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You’ll learn the basics of business and accounting, expansion, and marketing strategy as you sit in on team meetings.
Sample projects include:
-Work with popular chefs and restaurants – expanding our outreach of restaurant partners, facilitating in-restaurant check ins with interns and mentor chefs
-Work with Americorps Filmmaker and volunteer photographer to organize media resources used to share the CIT intern’s culinary journeys with the community
-Plan and implement CIT program marketing strategy to raise awareness of the program within the community by sharing intern’s progress
-Complete a grant to secure funding for program expansion
Chef-in-Training Program Overview:
After partnering with Jamie Oliver and his team in 2012, Sprouts founded the Chef-in-Training Internship Program in the San Francisco Bay-Area. The Chef-in-training internship was directly modeled after his London-based Apprenticeship Program, Fifteen. Sprouts offers youth in underserved communities a chance to fuel their passion to become a chef through this culinary vocational training. It provides youth the skills needed to secure stable jobs in the food industry. This internship targets disadvantaged Bay Area youth between the ages of 16 – 24, providing them with a paid opportunity to gain real-time, real-life culinary job training. Interns 16 hours in their host restaurant every week, and their training is both reinforced and monitored with weekly check-ins led by a Sprouts’ advisor and their mentor chef so that each intern reaches his or her fullest potential. Not only do they work directly with their Sprouts’ chef mentor throughout the entire internship, but the Sprouts team and chef mentors also facilitate the interns’ job placement post-graduation.
An Overview of our CIT program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M08u1jzci58&t=4s
A CIT Success Story: Adrian Aguilar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEpLwx9hAlY&t=6s
Chef-in-training Video Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLkAO94OWYs (Has won international awards!)
Your team:
As CIT Ambassador, you will be working directly with Bay Area chefs and restaurants to structure and expand the Chef-in-Training program. You will be working alongside a team of 12 full-and-part-time team members, several interns, and 25 volunteers working to realize Sprouts’ mission. On top of this, you will be working with the 10-20 CIT interns whose lives you are directly impacting.
Your office:
We are based in a coworking space in San Francisco where you’ll have the opportunity to work with Sprouts’ fast-growing and dynamic team. You’ll also be heading to restaurants and other community organizations to promote Sprouts Chef-in-Training program.
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Sprouts coworking office space at PARISOMA in San Francisco
**Wednesday is a Remote work day**
Restaurant sites and community organization in San Francisco and East Bay
Commitments and Contract Period:
Flexible start date, 8 month posting, 20 hr/week minimum
Compensation and Benefits
-Volunteer position
-Transportation stipend offered to assist with commute to the office and off-site visits
How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Letter of intent
- Please confirm if you have a driver`s license and/or car
- Please indicate where you live in the Bay Area, or if you will be relocating for the position!
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Sprouts is looking for tech-savvy students and community members that wants to build up their experience working with websites and online platforms. This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable skills all the while contributing to our mission of empowering youth and young adults to lead healthier lives through cooking and job training. This position is remote although optional work days at Sprouts’ SF-based office for local candidates. This position comes with a monthly stipend; candidates can choose to donate the monthly stipend to the direct sponsorship of one of our Chef-in-Training interns. 1 year of prior experience working with websites or tech is highly recommended.
SAMPLE TASKS:
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- Updating Sprouts’ website postings and pages
- Looking for outdated information
- Uploading media, articles, videos
- Searching the internet for additional videos and articles on Sprouts
- Improving use interface and experience of website
- Uploading profiles of our Chef-in-Training interns
- Post jobs on Sprouts website
- Research new online job posting platforms
- Analyze website data using google analytic tools
- Create analytical reports for the team to review
- Create Mailchimp posts
- Work with teammates to edit or add to sections of the website
- Create pages at the request of teammates
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Commitments and Contract Period:
9 months
Remote Position with optional in-person meetings at SF office for local candidates
7-10 hours a week
Compensation and Benefits:
$60/month, based on a 10-hour work week
Want to contribute your talent directly to young adults in need of a second chance? You can choose to donate your monthly stipend to the sponsorship of one of our Chef-in-Training interns!
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Rolling Application and Acceptance
Job Posting:
Sprouts is looking for a tech-savy applicant that wants to build up their website maintenance experience. This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable skills all the while contributing to our mission of getting kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to cook and eat healthy, balanced meals! This position can be performed remotely or at our office at Paris SOMA in San Francisco!
Your professional growth:
This position will provide valuable experience working within a successful nonprofit. You will learn about various business models, accounting rules, and nonprofit regulations as you participate and voice opinions during our team meetings. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will learn the basics of business and accounting, expansion and marketing strategy as you sit in on team meetings.
Sample Tasks:
Updating Sprouts website postings
Improving the user interface and experience of our website
Uploading media, articles, and videos into Sprouts website
Using Sprouts event templates to create event flyers for our website
Posting Eventbrite tabs to our website
Answering questions from our Facebook page
Analyzing Sprouts website traffic and developing strategy around user preferences and patterns
Creating Mailchimp ads
Uploading profiles of our Chef-in-Training interns
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Your team:
We are a small team of 9, including our CIT team, culinary instructors, HR, management, and accounting. We are grateful to work with 50+ volunteers and 75+ local chefs.
Skills and Requirements:
Candidates do not need prior experience although it is recommended!
Commitments and Contract Period:
8 months long
7-9 hours/week
Office in SOMA-SF at PariSoma Co-Working space
Compensation and Benefits:
$40/month
Want to work as a volunteer? You can choose to donate your monthly stipend to the sponsorship of one of our Chef-in-Training interns!
Job Posting:
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, Sprouts’ Executive Director, and local business owners to create meaningful programming for youth! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. You will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within the culinary world and work on a community project from start to finish!
Your Role:
As a Sprouts Editing Intern, you will work closely with Sprouts’ Executive Director to create 30-second sponsorship funding “challenges” for potential sponsors of our Chef-in-Training interns. You will also create 30-second sponsorship thank-you’s designed to show the impact of sponsors that have already made financial contributions to Sprouts’ CIT program. For applicants that are local, you will also have the opportunity to create videos highlighting the stories of Chef-in-Training interns themselves. Through the videos and media we create, we will promote awareness of the Chef-in-Training program that will inspire and educate our community with the work we do. You will receive credit for all of your work, and a letter of recommendation from our executive director. Your contribution will enable struggling youth to change their lives around through chef training in real restaurants.
Example of past work from editing interns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDAlO6t1OJg
Your position will have a direct impact on the lives of over 100 young adults; you will be personally helping at-risk and underserved youth change their lives around by sharing their inspiring stories with the community. You will get to see their progress firsthand and be able to realize the effects and value of your work. It’s not everyday that you get to help at-risk youth make huge changes to their lives and get back on the right track. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in an impactful community program all while honing your craft as a film editor.
Sample Tasks:
Review footage, pull selects, build radio edits and create rough draft marketing/documentary videos
Collaborate with the Sprouts team and founder
Create and share Adobe Premiere Pro project files and video exports.
Applicants should have a high attention to detail and be organized, motivated, and self-directed.
Identify and troubleshoot technical problems
Uploading materials and promotions
Experience and knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro (or equivalent, professional NLE program) is an absolute must.
Eagerness to learn.
Great writing and storytelling skills.
If you would like to join the filming stage of creating these stories, then the following skills are necessary:
Advanced camera operation of DSLR and mirrorless cameras (i.e. Canon DSLRs, Sony A7 cameras, etc.)
Audio operation (lavalier, shotgun and other microphone operations)
Operation of 360 video camera rigs like the GoPro Omni (preferred but not necessary)
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Location:
PARISOMA Co-working space in SOMA, SF
Various Bay Area locations
Commitments and Contract Period:
You can edit from the location of your choice. For Bay Area interns, you are welcome at our office space in SOMA, SF. If you will be joining us to film, then we just need to have you at specific events (benefits, classes, interviews with CIT interns) on the weekends and sporadically throughout the internship to capture the moment! We’ll be flexible with your weekly hours in the hopes that you will be flexible when we have specific events to attend (you can always send someone equally as talented in your stead, however)
January 2019-May 2019
Ideal internship length – 5 months
Compensation and Benefits:
This is an unpaid internship
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
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Job Posting:
Help us share Sprouts’ work and our mission of providing inspiring youth cooking classes, as our Social Media Intern! You will gain inimitable first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit, while honing in on your communication and outreach skills. Throughout your internship, you will have countless opportunities to meet impressive people in the culinary world including chefs, restaurateurs, and community members, develop your own ideas, and help execute Sprouts’ special mission of getting kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to cook and eat healthy, balanced meals!
Your role:
This internship will allow you to work with our dynamic team, developing and executing our social media content, all while gaining first-hand experience in a growing non-profit! This position can be performed remotely or at our coworking office space in San Francisco. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community.
This position will expose you to the inner workings of a fast-growing nonprofit including programming, finances, partnership development and many more. Sprouts wants you to have a meaningful experience, and we are happy to cater to your own goals and personal growth!
Your professional growth:
This position will provide valuable experience working within a successful nonprofit. You will learn about various business models, accounting rules, and nonprofit regulations as you participate and voice opinions during our team meetings. As a small nonprofit with little hierarchy, your voice will be heard and your opinion will be sought after! You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving and evolving structure. You will learn the basics of business and accounting, expansion and marketing strategy as you sit in on team meetings.
Sample Tasks:
– Creating content for and posting on our website blog
– Updating our social media accounts with new information and photos (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
– Using Sprouts event templates to create event flyers for our website
– Posting Eventbrite tabs to our website
– Answering questions from our Facebook page
– Updating Sprouts website postings
– Uploading media, articles, and videos into Sprouts website
– Creating MailChimp ads
– Uploading profiles of our chef in training interns
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Your team:
As the Social Media Intern, you will be working with our growing team of 16 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers. You will also be working with our professional marketing team and consultants, and have the opportunity to be a part of our team and learn from each team member’s experience.
Your office:
We are based in San Francisco, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with Sprouts’ fast-growing and dynamic team. You have the option to join us in the office or work remotely. The office space is a wealth of interesting people, community-forward individuals and entrepreneurs.
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Sprouts coworking office space at PARISOMA in San Franacisco
**Wednesday is a remote work day**
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology (especially different social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Must have reliable access to a computer.
Commitments and Contract Period:
– Minimum of 10-15 hours/week with flexible availability
– Length of internship is 9 months
Compensation and Benefits:
You will gain valuable knowledge of the inner workings of a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts. This position is unpaid.
As the Summer Marketing Intern, you will never be bored! You will learn and master the art of creating Facebook and Google ad campaigns, run Hootsuite, and design a 12-month marketing plan for the organization. You will be get to work directly with our Marketing Team as well as Sprouts founder as you create and diffuse marketing content around Sprouts celebrity chef partners, restaurants, and sponsors. You will even have the opportunity to work with photography video to add to your generated content. By the end of the internship, you will be an expert in marketing strategy and technique, and will have forged relationships with chefs, community movers and shakers, and business owners all across the Bay. Most importantly, your voice will be heard, and you will have constant opportunities to learn about and contribute to our global growth strategy.
This internship is hands-on and action packed! Your days at the office will be switched up with visits to our cooking camps, and marketing appointments with chefs. You’ll even have the opportunity to give a stab at website updates and design. Throughout the summer, you will also have the opportunity to work on a community newsletter, highlighting the successes of each program. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to help tell the story of a nonprofit that is truly making a difference in the community. This position has strong potential for a paid position after the internship.
Personal & Professional Growth
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your sub-interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will develop tasks and roles within our marketing internship that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us! At the end of the summer, a full-time position on the team will be up for discussion.
Sample Tasks
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- Help execute Sprouts’ summer marketing plan incorporating social media, chef profile highlights, Mailchimp campaigns, facebook ads, informational videos, and cooking videos
- Draft a 12-month global marketing plan with the help of marketing team members
- Execute website updates
- Write up newsletter updates highlighting Sprouts’ achievements
- Review and improve our current advertisement action plans for our various programs: fundraisers, weekend classes, after school cooking program, Chef-in-Training program, classes for Girls Inc and youth with special needs
- Create and post content weekly on Sprouts’ blog
- Reach out to national and local magazines, blogs, and publications
- Review and improve our current communication strategy to share new videos
- Strengthen our Youtube presence
- Write and post blogs featuring our partner chefs and restaurants
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Your Team
In this position you will be able to work with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, local farmers, and mission-focused partner nonprofits including Girls Inc. You will be working alongside a team of 15 full and part-time team members, 10+ chef instructors, several motivated interns, and 50+ active community volunteers working to realize Sprouts’ mission.
Locations and Hours
Work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5, Remote Wednesdays (excluding summer months)
Sunny Office Loft in West Oakland
Restaurants and venues in San Francisco, Oakland and beyond
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational and problem solving skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, friendly professionalism, interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking.
Commitments and Contract Period:
Full Time
40 hours per week
9-5 p.m, Monday-Friday
May 25th -August 30th (end date is flexible, depending on fall commitment)
Compensation and Perks:
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- $2,000 for the summer
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- Complimentary healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, coffee and teas (Gotta keep our staff well-fed and happy! (; )
- Full kitchen for preparing or cooking up lunch. We’re a culinary nonprofit, after all!
- We work from a beautiful, sunny office loft in West Oakland featuring a tree-filled courtyard and a view of City Slicker Farms. We are just a skip away from the Mandela Park running path, cafes (Kilovolt is our favorite!) and restaurants like Oakland’s renowned Brown Sugar Kitchen. Plus – our favorite taco truck is just a block away!
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How To Apply
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our Recruitment and Volunteer Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
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Job Posting:
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. You will have multiple opportunities to meet influential players within the culinary world and be involved in direct-service activities such as our Chef-in-Training program and our youth culinary classes. Your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the internship, you will have both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Marketing Intern, you will play a crucial role in telling the inspiring stories of our Chef-in-Training interns. You will have a chance to interact directly with Chef-in-Training interns, and create profiles of their stories for the website as well as create informational materials on the Chef-in-Training Program. You will also have the opportunity to work directly with Sprouts’ Founder and Executive Director as you help expand our Chef-in-Training Fundraiser cooking camps for kids to the Palo Alto area as well as New York City. You will work with our NYC and Bay Area team to create press releases, Facebook posts, and create community involvement. This position is incredibly hands-on, active and rewarding as you are able to see the behind-the-scenes planning of an impact-forward, growing nonprofit. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the internship and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. This internship offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals. The sky’s the limit!
Sample Tasks:
- Check-in meeting with Sprouts’ Founder and Executive Director
- Gvideo chat with Sprouts CIT manager to go over current Chef-in-Training profiles
- Editing and organizing high-quality photos of Sprouts Chef-in-Training interns to use in informational materials, and Sprouts website. If local to Sprouts, you will also be able to capture photos.
- Reaching out to camp and parent bloggers in NYC and the peninsula
- Writing PR release for Sprouts NYC and peninsula summer camps
- Creating FB and google ad campaigns
- Corresponding with NYC and peninsula chefs to discuss ways to highlight their work with Sprouts
- Creating unique content for social media to promote blog and engagement
- Assist with writing the quarterly newsletter for Sprouts
- Website updates via our WordPress platform
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours: 8-12 hours a week, Schedule is determined by the intern, September 3rd – December 20th
Location: While this position is remote, interns are welcome to join us in our San Francisco-based office. Additionally, we have team members in NYC and New Hampshire.
Compensation: This is a volunteer internship position. If available, you will receive college credit for all of your work, as well as a letter of recommendation.
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology (especially different social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). For Bay Area and NYC applicants, photography experience is a plus. Great writing and storytelling skills, marketing experience and/or willingness to learn, strong interpersonal skills, must have reliable access to a computer. Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking.
Your Team:
As the Fall Marketing Intern, you will report directly to the Marketing Director. You will also be working with our professional marketing team and have the opportunity to be a part of our team and learn from each team member’s experience.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through 5 main programs:
- Chef-in-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-in-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Team: Executive Director, Culinary Director, HR, IT, Accountant, Bookkeeper, CIT Manager, Marketing, legal team, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ chefs
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program, your passion and hard work during our camps will empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer camp, you will have been part of a team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with hot-shot chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids! As a weeklong Summer Camp Counselor Intern, you’ll help the camp leader team oversee 10-13 kids as they cook at restaurants, do activities on urban farms, and visit markets. You’ll learn mouth-watering recipes, develop crucial leadership skills, gain important experience, and network with local culinary leaders. Your talents and time will help kids learn the basics of healthy eating and ultimately raise money to allow struggling young adults to turn their lives around as they train to become chefs in professional restaurants.
Your Professional Growth
Not only will your leadership and thinking-on-the-fly skills be honed, but you will learn about nonprofits and how to make social impact. You’ll also meet well-known chefs and entrepreneurs that can help you down the line in your career. You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving nonprofit.
As a small nonprofit, there will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. Your Summer Camp Leader, Culinary Programming Director, HR Manager, and Executive Director will all be accessible members of your team!
Sample Tasks
- You will help the camp leader and culinary hosts run delicious and educational culinary classes and workshops for 10-13 energetic campers.
- You will help lead games such as blind-folded pallet play and icebreakers, help kids execute simple recipes, and assist in farming/gardening activities.
- A typical camp day starts at 8:30 a.m. with a brief check-in with the camp team and ends at 5:15 p.m.
- Greeting parents in the morning, checking kids out in the evening
- Helping the camp leaders write up a daily recap to parents
- Taking fun photos of the kids during the day and uploading them to our social media!
Your Team
In this role, you will be reporting directly to the NYC Summer Camp Leader. You will work alongside another camp counselor, and various interns and volunteers. You will also be meeting and communicating with New York City chefs, restaurants and our partner organizations. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
Hours, Location, Compensation
Work hours:
July 8 to July 10 1:00-4:00 p.m (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
July 13 to July 24 8:30 am-5:15 pm Monday through Friday**
July 27 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Location: Your “office” will be at various restaurants and meeting locations throughout NYC.
Compensation: $450 stipend
Perk – Organic produce, baked goods, and pantry items during (and leftover from) classes!
Skills and Requirements
Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Energetic, an incredible team player, attention to detail and initiative are a must! Interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership and culinary skills a plus!
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
6 team members (Executive Director, Culinary Coordinator, Accountant, 3 Americorps), 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit that partners with hotshot chefs to train underserved young adults to become chefs and inspire kids all over the nation to cook healthy meals for their communities! Your marketing prowess will spread awareness for our programming so that we can continue to impact the lives of youth across the nation.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Marketing Intern, you will collaborate with team members to help promote our virtual classes, summer camps, and our Chef-In-Training Program. You will also assist with highlighting our mission, donors, and chefs through our social media platforms. If time allows, you can also learn how to use WordPress to edit and improve Sprouts’ website and create MailChimp emails to promote classes and programs. You can also assist to create flyers for special events and new class series, including design and wording. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
As Sprouts’ Marketing Intern, you will play a crucial role in telling and sharing the inspiring stories of our Chef-in-Training interns. You will have a chance to interact directly with Chef-in-Training interns, and create profiles of their stories for the website.
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions, and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skillset and interests are highlighted throughout your time with Sprouts and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This opportunity offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals.
Sample Tasks:
- Creating unique content for social media to promote engagement for Chef-led virtual cooking classes, summer camps, and Chef-In-Training Program
- Assist with highlighting our sponsors, donors, and celebrity chefs
- Assist with editing and publishing content on the website using WordPress
- Assist with constructing email marketing templates and schedule/send campaigns with MailChimp
Skills and Requirements:
- Excellent skills in Social Media Outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
- Excellent Skills in Writing
- Experience in Marketing
- Experience in Google Ads and Facebook Ads, optional
- Excellent Skills in MailChimp, optional
- Experience in WordPress, optional
- Comfort with technology
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking
Your Team:
As the Marketing Intern, you will report directly to the Sprouts’ Executive Director. You will work closely with Sprouts’ team.
Hours, Location and Compensation:
Spring Semester Term:
Duration: January 15th to May 15th
One-time $1,000 stipend.
8 hours per week, remote with optional in-person opportunities, schedule determined by the intern
Summer Break Term:
May 15th to August 15th:
One-time $1000 stipend
20 hours per week, remote with optional in-person opportunities, schedule determined by intern
Location: Virtual, remote work
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position Required
- Qualifying applicants will be asked to complete a brief trial assignment
Company Description
Sprouts Cooking Club empowers youth from all backgrounds to eat and live sustainably by teaching them how to cook healthy meals for themselves and their communities. Sprouts’ Chef-In-Training Program empowers underserved youth to achieve financial independence through in-restaurant, vocational training and money management workshops. Our two main programs are:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Virtual and In-Person Classes and Summer Camps
Our Team: Executive Director, Team Manager, Accountant, Chef-In-Training Manager, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, community volunteers and professional chefs.
Calling all videographers! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet Bay Area celebrity chefs, learn new recipes, and use your media talents to help chefs virtually teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities. Your videographer experience will facilitate the smooth execution of Sprouts’ live, chef-led, virtual cooking classes for youth, which serve as a fundraiser for our Chef-In-Training program for underserved young adults. Your talent will leave a positive imprint on the community.
Your Role:
As Sprouts Virtual Cooking Series Videographer, you will set up and film Bay Area chefs as they do their live virtual cooking class for diverse youth across the United States.
You will be traveling to chef homes and restaurants to set up cameras, lights, and mics to capture two angles of the cooking class. Access to a car is highly recommended for this position!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions, and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skillset is highlighted and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position.
Sample Tasks:
- Bringing equipment to the chef’s home/restaurant
- Setting up and tearing down two cameras, audio recorders, lighting, microphones, etc
- Setting up all video inputs to Zoom and starting the Zoom call
- Test audio and video equipment
- Troubleshoot any technical issues
- Be accessible by phone for pre-event video meetings, if needed
- Cataloging all videos for efficient coordination
- Optional: relaying questions to the chef on behalf of the class participants
Skills and Requirements:
- At least 1-year experience (at school or at work) in film production, video production or media
- Detail-oriented with a knack for creative problem-solving
- Ability to work independently and efficiently, as well as in team environments
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Valid driver’s license
- Comfortable driving to events
- Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking
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- 1-2 DSLR camera(s) with the ability to shoot video (1080p or 4k)
- AC adaptor and extension cord to power your camera(s)
- Connecting cable and HDMI to USB adaptor that is compatible with Zoom (such as Elgato Cam Link)
- External microphone
- Portable lights
- Laptop with Zoom installed
Hours, Location, Compensation:
Work hours:
Internship to start as soon as the applicant is available, 1 to 5 times per month, depending on class schedule and applicants’ availability
Typical class times:
Fall:
Wednesdays 2:30 – 6:00 pm PT
Sundays 9:30 – 1:00 pm PT
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including chefs’ homes and their restaurants
Compensation: $60 per 2-hour cooking class
Perks: Letter of recommendation, upon request
Flexibility to choose the events that interest you
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Complete list of your equipment
- Link to a recent video you’ve shot using your equipment
- Cover letter that explains why your skillset, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description:
Sprouts is a nonprofit that teaches youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds what REAL food is all about. We do this through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs from mission-based restaurants in New York City, San Jose, Paris, and the San Francisco Bay Areas! With the support of Jamie Oliver and the endorsement of Alice Waters on our advisory board, we fulfill our mission through three main programs:
- Chef-In-Training Internships for underserved young adults that want to change their lives around through a culinary career
- Chef-In-Training Fundraiser Classes and Camps on weekends and school breaks for diverse Bay Area youth
- Classes for children with special needs
Our Team: Executive Director, Culinary Programming Director, Accountant, Marketing & Events Manager, Office Manager/ HR, Chef-In-Training Fellow, CIT NYC Ambassador, Culinary Instructors, 5 Board of Directors, 9 Advisory Members, 50+ volunteers, and 100+ local chefs.
SUMMER POSITIONS
Job Posting:
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with celebrity chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids. Plus – earn some cash while you’re at it! As Camp Director’s Assistant, you will delve into the delicious inner core of a culinary non-profit as you assist our Camp Directors in running camp classes, farm days, and activities! By the end of the summer, you will have developed new cooking skills and become friends with a whole slew of restaurant owners and chefs. Join us for a slammin’ summer, and help us in our mission to get kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to lead healthier lives!
Your Role:
You will be working directly with the Camp Directors to run camp classes, farm days, and activities for our summer camp sessions, facilitating the flow of daily logistics. After gaining experience with our Summer Camps, there will even be the opportunity to lead certain activities or camp days. You will receive the schedule and logistics for each week at a meeting with the Camp Directors, and be responsible for helping make it happen! Your position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you are able to see the direct impact of the camp week and see the progress of each camper. You will work closely with your team of counselors. You will have a substantial influence on the experience of each camper, chef and parent alike! The manager, camp directors, and directors’ assistants will be in constant contact, meeting often and telephoning frequently so that communication stays very strong.
Sprouts wants you to have a meaningful experience, and we are happy to cater to your own goals and personal growth!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will develop tasks and roles for you that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
– Send out counselor intro emails are sent out to campers
– Schedule ingredient logistics with camp team
– Check-in with team members
– Help Director with team scheduling
– Help prepare emails to parents
– Help Director with all daily logistics
– Maintain ingredient, equipment, and transportation checklists
– Send out post-camp follow up, such as surveys
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Your Team:
In this role you will be working with our growing team of 15 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers. You’ll also be working very closely with our Summer Camp staff of 15 seasonal camp managers, operations interns, marketing interns, and counselors. Your team members will be there to support you in your role, and will quickly become your new friends! The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurant in town.
Your Workspace and Hours:
You will not be working in a typical office environment for your summer, you will be working behind the scenes at real restaurants, farms and markets!
General work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Office space in Downtown Oakland
**Summer Camp hours subject to change to accommodate Summer Camp needs. **
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, driver’s license, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen.
Commitments and Contract Period:
– Full time, seasonal
– End of May through August
Compensation and Benefits:
You will gain valuable experience working with a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts. You will receive a $1,300 stipend, and a signed Alice Waters book!
Job Posting:
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with celebrity chefs, delectable food, and fun-loving kids. Plus – earn some cash while you’re at it! As our Camp Manager’s Assistant, you will delve into the delicious inner core of a culinary non-profit. By the end of the summer, you will have developed new cooking skills and become friends with a whole slew of restaurant owners and chefs. Join us for a slammin’ summer, and help us in our mission to get kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to lead healthier lives!
Your Role:
As Manager’s Assistant, you will be working directly with our Team and Program Director, coordinating all the logistics for our cooking classes, farm days, and activities for our summer camp sessions! You will be supporting the Camp Director in their tasks of planning, logistics, and management, as well as helping with social media creation and execution. Your work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Sprouts wants you to have a meaningful experience, and we are happy to cater to your own goals and personal growth!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will develop tasks and roles for you that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
– Make sure counselor intro and orientation emails are sent out to campers and parents
– Handle donation logistics with other team members
– Constant check-ins with our camp manager that ingredients, donations, lesson plans, and equipment lists are submitted, assigned, and organized
– Oversee daily logistics: maintain ingredient, equipment, and transportation checklists
– Support camp manager in creating and implementing schedules
– Create social media content and postings
– Execute camp follow-ups, such as surveys and storage organization
Your Team:
In this role you will be working with our growing team of 15 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers. You’ll also be working very closely with our Summer Camp staff of 15 seasonal camp managers, operations interns, marketing interns, and counselors. Your team members will be there to support you in your role, and will quickly become your new friends! The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurant in town.
Your Workspace and Hours:
You will not be working in a typical office environment for your summer, you will be working behind the scenes at real restaurants, farms and markets!
General work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Office space in Downtown Oakland
**Summer Camp hours subject to change to accommodate Summer Camp needs. **
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, driver’s license, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen.
Commitments and Contract Period:
– Full-time
– Length of internship is 3 months (June through August)
Compensation and Benefits:
You will gain valuable experience working with a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts. You will receive a $1,300 stipend for the whole summer, and a signed Alice Waters book!
Job Posting:
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with celebrity chefs, delectable food, and fun-loving kids. Plus – earn some cash while you’re at it! As our Camp Operations Intern, you will delve into the delicious inner core of a culinary non-profit. By the end of the summer, you will have developed new cooking skills and become friends with a whole slew of restaurant owners and chefs. Join us for a slammin’ summer, and help us in our mission to get kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to lead healthier lives!
Your Role:
You will work closely with our Inventory and Operations Manager on inventory, ingredient preparation, and outreach to ensure that the kiddos have an amazing experience! You will be soliciting for, picking up, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of beautiful, organic pantry items and produce. While acquiring inventory through donations, you will gain great outreach and fundraising experience. You will gain insight on how inventory is run for a nonprofit, as you oversee preparation of ingredients and equipment for classes. You will strengthen your outreach and networking skills as you build relationships with our community partners and sponsors. Your work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will develop tasks and roles for you that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
– Soliciting for, picking up, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of beautiful, organic pantry items and produce!
– Preparation of ingredients and equipment for classes
– Relationship building and outreach with our community partners and sponsors
– Partial management of social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Sprouts’ blog)
– Occasional assistance with cooking classes
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Your Team:
In this role you will be working with our growing team of 15 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers. You’ll also be working very closely with our Summer Camp staff of 15 seasonal camp managers, operations interns, marketing interns, and counselors. Your team members will be there to support you in your role, and will quickly become your new friends! The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurant in town.
Your Workspace and Hours:
You will not be working in a typical office environment for your summer, you will be working behind the scenes at real restaurants, farms and markets!
General work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Office space in Downtown Oakland
**Summer Camp hours subject to change to accommodate Summer Camp needs. **
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, driver’s license, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen.
Commitments and Contract Period:
– 15-20 hours per week
– 3 Month Commitment (June through August)
Compensation and Benefits:
You will gain valuable experience working with a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts. This position is paid (wahooo!). You will receive a $1,300 stipend, and a signed Alice Waters book!
Job Posting:
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with celebrity chefs, delectable food, and fun-loving kids. Plus – earn some cash while you’re at it! As our Program Coordinator’s Assistant, you will delve into the delicious inner core of a culinary non-profit. By the end of the summer, you will have developed new cooking skills and become friends with a whole slew of restaurant owners and chefs. Join us for a slammin’ summer, and help us in our mission to get kids from all backgrounds the opportunity to lead healthier lives!
Your Role:
In this role you will be working directly with our Program Coordinator on the planning and execution of Sprouts’ Summer Camp. You will get to work on the ‘bling bling’ side of things, as you support our Program Coordinator in building relationships with fun-loving, local chefs and farmers. Your work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Sprouts wants you to have a meaningful experience, and we are happy to cater to your own goals and personal growth!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has something to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will develop tasks and roles for you that will highlight that. Let us help you brainstorm the best ways to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
– Assist in planning details and coordinating logistics for Summer Camps
– Check in with team departments to plan class details including inventory for ingredients for classes, team volunteers, and team instructors to lead classes
– Reaching out to chefs through solicitation emails, schedule follow up chef visits, and assist in coordinating class details
– Checklist structuring
– Creating Mailchimps and promotional materials to promote classes and camps
– Assisting in execution of classes for camps and weekend events
– Help forge new and maintain old partnerships and relationships with chefs, restaurants, kitchen venues, farmers, markets, and community members
– Develop resources, templates and tools such as lesson plan templates and activity templates
*We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives. Please let us know in your cover letter what skills you would like to develop and grow so we can tailor the internship to meet your needs!
Your Team:
In this role you will be working with our growing team of 15 full and part-time team members, several interns, and over 25 volunteers. You’ll also be working very closely with our Summer Camp staff of 15 seasonal camp managers, operations interns, marketing interns, and counselors. Your team members will be there to support you in your role, and will quickly become your new friends! The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurant in town.
Your Workspace and Hours:
You will not be working in a typical office environment for your summer, you will be working behind the scenes at real restaurants, farms and markets!
General work hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5
Office space in Downtown Oakland
**Summer Camp hours subject to change to accommodate Summer Camp needs. **
Skills and Requirements:
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology, strong interpersonal skills, interest in community, children, driver’s license, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen.
Commitments and Contract Period:
– Full time
– Length of internship is 3 months (June through August)
Compensation and Benefits:
You will gain valuable experience working with a successful nonprofit, all while serving the community with your contribution to Sprouts! You will receive a $1,300 stipend, and a signed Alice Waters book!
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, farmers and local business owners as you teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have led a team of 5 summer camp counselors and helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
Play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp as our Summer Camp Leader. As Camp Leader, you will be the behind-the-scenes camp manager as you make sure each day runs smoothly through planning and logistics coordination! This position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you are able to see the direct impact of Summer Camp and the individual progress of each camper! Your days will be spent at camps facilitating garden and chef-led classes for campers, executing Sprouts team-led classes, and leading your team of 5 counselors.
As you head the show at camps, you will naturally serve as a liaison between the office team, counselors and parents. You will help lead our summer camp team through weekly check-ins with Sprouts’ management and counselors, weekly counselor scheduling at camps, and making sure that camp logistics run smoothly. Your ultimate goal is to ensure that camp activities are safely executed and that our campers are having fun as they learn!
You will work closely with the Culinary Program Director, who is in charge of planning the schedule and logistics for each camp day.
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Handle class logistics with other team members
- Daily check-ins with your team of 5 summer camp counselors
- Chatting and checking in with parents at drop-off
- Report to Culinary Program Director about camp logistics, challenges and highlights
- Execute the daily schedule and ensure that the logistics of the day stay smooth
- Set a positive, cheerful, energetic tone for your team of counselors, interns, and volunteers
- Greet guest farmers, chefs, and business owners cheerfully and help them set up for their classes
- Ensure transportation from site to site runs smoothly
- Ensure that all equipment is clean at the end of each activity
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Your Team:
In this role you will be leading our summer camp team of 5 counselors, and various interns and volunteers. You will also be in charge of coordinating logistics with our Inventory Manager. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Director on a daily basis. You will also be meeting and communicating with Bay Area chefs, restaurants and our partner organizations. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours:
June 12-14, 1-4 p.m (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 17 – August 16, 8:15 to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday
August 19 – 1-5 p.m.
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, and various gardens, farms and restaurants.
Compensation: $18 per hour
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, valid driver’s license, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress. Must be serv-safe and CPR certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position)
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Don’t miss this opportunity to work directly with chefs, nonprofit partners, farmers and local business owners as you teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have led a team of 5 summer camp counselors and helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Camp Co-Leader, you will be the head of camps from 3 to 6 p.m. and will play an integral role in creating a fun and safe environment for our campers, guest chefs and counselors. This position is incredibly hands-on and rewarding as you meet culinary guests and chefs from the community and observe the individual progress of each camper! Your afternoons will be spent at camps facilitating garden and chef-led classes for campers, executing Sprouts team-led classes, and leading your team of 5 counselors. You will serve as a liaison between counselors, parents and Sprouts managing staff.
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth – we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Handle class logistics with other team members
- Daily check-ins with your team of 5 summer camp counselors
- Chatting and checking in with parents at pick-up
- Report to Culinary Program Director about camp logistics, challenges and highlights
- Execute the daily schedule and ensure that the logistics of the day stay smooth
- Set a positive, cheerful, energetic tone for your team of counselors, interns, and volunteers
- Greet culinary guests cheerfully and help them set up for their classes
- Ensure transportation from site to site runs smoothly
- Clean premises and equipment after cooking activities and prepare for next day
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours:
June 12-14, 1-4 p.m. (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 17 – August 16, 3:00 to 6:15 p.m. Monday through Friday
August 19 – 1-5 p.m.
Location: Your “office” be at various locations in the Bay Area, including Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, and various gardens, farms and restaurants.
Compensation: $18 per hour
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, valid driver’s license, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Culinary skills and comfort in the kitchen. Experience working with kids and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress. Must be serv-safe and CPR certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position)
Your Team:
In this role, you will be leading our summer camp team of 5 counselors, and various interns and volunteers. You will also be in charge of coordinating logistics with our Inventory Manager. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Director on a daily basis. You will also be meeting and communicating with Bay Area chefs, restaurants and our partner organizations. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Summer Camp Inventory Manager you will play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp. In this role you will be in charge of our inventory space packed with quality ingredients and appliances. This involves acquiring, tracking, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of pantry items and produce. You will also be responsible for traveling to our partner stores and organizations to acquire fresh ingredients for the day.
You’ll be learning constantly and changing tasks and locations various times throughout the day. Your days will be spent throughout the Bay Area at our inventory space, in multiple grocery stores and at partner locations. This position is incredibly hands-on, active and rewarding as you are able to see the behind-the-scenes planning of our Summer Camp and some of the delicious recipes created. You will also gain insight on how inventory is run for a small nonprofit as you oversee preparation of ingredients and equipment for youth culinary classes. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. Whether your interests are in business, cooking, community impact, nutrition, leadership, or youth .. we will do our best to incorporate these respective elements into your position. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Pick-up and set-up daily ingredients and equipment for summer camp classes
- Organize and maintain a clean inventory space
- Prepare ingredients and equipment for classes
- Communicate with sponsors to coordinate material delivery
- Occasionally organize or assist summer cooking classes
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and would love to incorporate specific activities that match your interests and skills!
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours: June 13-14, 1-4 p.m (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 17 – August 16, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday
August 19 – 1-5 p.m.
Location: Your “office” be at various locations in the Bay Area, including our inventory in Oakland, Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, and a variety of our partner stores and organizations
Compensation: $16 per hour
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, valid driver’s license, interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Leadership skills and a lot of energy. Experience working with food and problem solving on the fly. Must be incredibly organized and have a positive attitude even under stress. Must be serv-safe certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position). Access to a vehicle is a plus but is not required.
Your Team:
In this role, you will be working directly with our summer camp leaders and five counselors. You will report directly to the Summer Camp Leader on a daily basis. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Your Role
Take off that formal business attire and get ready for a summer packed with local chefs, delicious food, and fun-loving kids! As a Summertime Americorps, you’ll serve a crucial role in our summer camps, which raises funding for Sprouts’ Chef-in-Training program for underserved young adults. You’ll delve into the delicious, inner core of a culinary non-profit as you facilitate the culinary journey of diverse kids to kitchens, farms, markets, and gardens. You’ll learn mouth-watering recipes, develop crucial leadership skills, gain important experience, and network with local culinary leaders. Your talents and time will help kids learn the basics of healthy eating and allow struggling young adults to turn their lives around as they train to become chefs in professional restaurants. See the various summer positions below!
Personal & Professional Growth
Both your personal life balance and professional growth are incredibly important to us. We believe that one needs to be fulfilled and happy in order to make a positive impact in the community. We will work closely with you to draft a set of specific personal and professional goals and a timeline of action items so that you grow through your work within the community.
Not only will your leadership and project planning skills be honed, but you will learn about nonprofits and how to make social impact using sustainable systems. You will see first-hand, the many moving variables of a thriving nonprofit.
As a small nonprofit, there will be countless opportunities to step up and be heard. Your Summer Camp Leader, Culinary Programming Director, HR Manager, and Executive Director will all be accessible members of your team!
Positions
This summer we are accepting 5 AmeriCorps Summer Fellows onto our team!
- Inventory Management + Camp Counselor Fellow (2 positions)
- Camp Counselor Fellow (2 positions)
- CoachArt Class + Camp Counselor Fellow
- Inventory Management + Camp Counselor Fellow (2 positions available)
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- In this role, you’ll get to have a hand in the behind-the-scenes as well as spend time with the kids at camp. You’ll never be bored as you split your days between inventory management and the role of camp counselor.
- With your Co-Inventory Manager + Camp Counselor Fellow, you will share morning and afternoon inventory shifts handling inventory matters. This involves acquiring, tracking, cleaning, and organizing Sprouts’ inventory of pantry items, produce and camp equipment. You will also travel to and from camps with equipment and fresh ingredients for camps!
- The other part of your day will be serving as a camp counselor, which involves helping the camp leader and culinary guests run delicious and educational culinary classes and workshops. There will also be light farming and gardening! Throughout the week, counselors will also help lead Sprouts-run classes.
- A typical morning inventory shift runs from 7:30 am – 11:30 pm and switches to camp counselor from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm.
- A typical afternoon inventory day starts with camp from 10:30 am -2:30 pm and finishes in inventory at 6:30 pm.
- In this role, you’ll get to have a hand in the behind-the-scenes as well as spend time with the kids at camp. You’ll never be bored as you split your days between inventory management and the role of camp counselor.
- Camp Counselor Fellow (2 positions available)
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- In this role, you will be one of four counselors that help the camp leader and culinary guests run delicious and educational culinary classes and workshops for 16 energetic campers. Throughout the week, counselors will also help lead Sprouts-run classes such as pallet play games, simple recipes, and farming/gardening.
- A typical camp day starts at 8:30 a.m. with a brief check-in with the camp team and ends at 5:15 p.m.
- CoachArt Class + Camp Counselor Fellow
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- In this role, you will get to serve as a camp counselor 4x a week. On a weekend day, you will set-up and run a 2-hour cooking class for youth with chronic illnesses from our partner, Coachart. Classes will focus on nutrition and healing through food.
- A typical camp day starts at 8:30 a.m. with a brief check-in with the camp team and ends at 5:15 p.m.
- A typical Coachart class starts at the grocery store or the inventory two hours before the class and ends at inventory one hour after the class. Classes run 2 hours. Total commitment is approximately five hours.
Your Team
AmeriCorps Summer Fellows will be working with an array of Bay Area restaurant chefs, community members, and mission-focused partner nonprofits. You will be working alongside a team of 14 local and remote team members.
Locations and Hours
Camp hours: Youth campers arrive at 9 a.m. and leave at 5 p.m.
Sprouts Office: Co-working space in SOMA, 169 11th Street, SF
Sprouts Inventory: 390 40th St, Oakland, CA
Sprouts Outdoor Kitchen: 1309 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Camp locations change daily and are held at various restaurants, farms, gardens, and markets in San Francisco and East Bay.
More info about AmeriCorps Summer Fellowships
Skills Needed
A VISTA AmeriCorps candidate needs to be energetic, an incredible team player, organized and have the capacity to balance multiple projects. Attention to detail and initiative are a must!
Commitments and Contract Period
June 11th – August 19, 2019
40-45 hours per week.
Compensation and Perks
- $4,625.60 summer stipend (plus a $1,289 Education Award or additional cash stipend accruing at a rate of $4.94 per service day)
- Organic produce, baked goods and pantry items left over from classes!
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to our HR Manager at sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Company Description
OUR MISSION
Sprouts Cooking Club is a 501c3 nonprofit that empowers youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds to live healthy, balanced lives by teaching them how to cook nutritious meals for themselves and their community. Sprouts Chef-in-Training Program empowers underserved young adults to turn their lives around by training them to become chefs right inside real restaurants.
WE KEEP COOKING REAL
We plant the seeds of sustainable healthy habits in the hope that they will grow and develop into the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. We believe that chefs, farmers, and culinary entrepreneurs are among the best candidates to inspire our youth to cook wholesome meals for themselves and their families.
OUR PROGRAMS:
- CHEF-IN-TRAINING- Young adults from underserved communities are given the opportunity to turn their lives around and train to become chefs in local restaurants.
- COOKING CLASSES + CAMPS- Kids cook alongside real chefs all year long, right inside restaurants, schools, kitchens, and gardens. We use the highest quality ingredients. Proceeds from classes are donated to Sprouts Chef-in-Training Program.
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a successful culinary nonprofit. You will have countless opportunities to meet influential players within the culinary world and work on a community project from start to finish! With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role
As Sprouts’ Summer Camp Marketing Intern, you will be part of the Sprouts Marketing team playing an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp. In this role, you will attend and capture in images the excitement, beauty and energy of the summer camps. You will also assist the Marketing Manager in sending daily emails to parents, writing blogs, and creating our chef and sponsor highlights.
You’ll be working alongside the Marketing team executing the day-to-day marketing strategies, while also being given creative freedom. You will oversee the social media initiatives and be in charge of social media content development and scheduling. This position is incredibly hands-on, active and rewarding as you are able to see the behind-the-scenes planning of our Summer Camp and some of the delicious recipes created. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This internship offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Capturing and editing high-quality photos of all camp activities including candids, crowds and the energy surrounding the activities
- Master the camp calendar of events and map out a weekly schedule in advance, knowing where to be and when to capture events. This will require collaboration with the Marketing Manager and various team members
- Cataloging all photos for efficient coordination
- Creating unique content for social media to promote blog and engagement
- Assist with daily informational emails to parents
- Assist with writing blogs for the website
- Assist with creating our chef and sponsor highlights
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives with the internship to meet your needs!
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours:
Minimum 20 hours, flexible hours during summer camps, dates/times below:
June 13-14, 1-4 p.m (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 17 – August 16, flexible hours**
August 19 – 1-5 p.m
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations with the summer camps, with at least one day a week in the San Francisco office. You may work from home or in the office to post to our multiple social media sites on a daily basis.
Compensation: This is a volunteer position. If available, you will receive college credit for all of your work, as well as a letter of recommendation.
**Summer Camp hour needs are subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, familiarity and comfort with technology (especially different social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), photography experience a plus, great writing and storytelling skills, marketing experience and/or willingness to learn, strong interpersonal skills, must have reliable access to a computer. Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle is a plus but is not required.
Your Team:
As the Summer Camp Marketing Intern, you will report directly to the Marketing Director. You will also be working with our professional marketing team and have the opportunity to be a part of our team and learn from each team member’s experience.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Summer Camp Inventory Intern, you will work closely with the Sprouts Summer Camp Culinary Inventory Manager to play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp. In this role, you will be assisting the Inventory Manager in our inventory space by acquiring, tracking, processing, and organizing our summer camp quality ingredients and appliances. You will also be responsible for traveling to our partner stores and organizations to acquire fresh ingredients for the day. You will also need to be in regular communication with the Camp Leader and Inventory Manager.
You’ll be learning constantly and changing tasks and locations various times throughout the day. Your days will be spent throughout the Bay Area at our inventory space, in multiple grocery stores and at partner locations. This position is incredibly hands-on, active and rewarding as you are able to see the behind-the-scenes planning of our Summer Camp and some of the delicious recipes created. You will also gain insight on how inventory is run for a small nonprofit as you oversee preparation of ingredients and equipment for youth culinary classes. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions and interests to contribute! We will work with you individually to make sure that your skill set is highlighted throughout the summer and your goals for personal and professional growth are met. Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This internship offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Pick-up and set-up daily ingredients and equipment for summer camp classes
- Help to organize and maintain a clean inventory space
- Serve as the Summer Culinary Inventory Manager intern and assistant
- Assist in preparing ingredients and equipment for classes
- Organize and maintain a clean inventory space
- Occasionally organize or assist with summer cooking classes
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives with the internship to meet your needs!
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours:
June 13-14, 1-4 p.m. (orientation period, additional camp prep hours may be required)
June 17 – August 16, flexible hours**
August 19 – 1-5 p.m.
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations in the Bay Area, including our inventory in Oakland, Macy’s Union Square Kitchen, Sprouts’ Outdoor Garden Kitchen, and a variety of our partner stores and organizations.
Weekly, 2 hour check in and professional development in the San Francisco office.
Compensation: This is a volunteer position. If available, you will receive college credit for all of your work, as well as a letter of recommendation. Complimentary teas, coffee, healthy snacks, fruit and vegetables, and baked goods are available depending on location.
**Summer Camp hours subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, strong interpersonal skills, high energy. Interest in community, education, nutrition, and cooking. Experience working with food and problem solving on the fly a plus. Must be serv-safe certified (certification can take place after being accepted for the position). Valid driver’s license required. Access to vehicle is a plus, but is not required.
Your Team:
As the Summer Camp Inventory Intern, you will report directly to the Summer Camp Culinary Inventory Manager and will be working directly with our summer camp leaders and five counselors. The team is a group of like-minded foodies excited to find the best new restaurants and food in town.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Don’t miss this opportunity to work behind-the-scenes of a culinary non-profit working to teach youth how to cook healthy meals for their communities! We are looking for an ultra-organized, culinary aficionado to add to our summer camp team. At Sprouts Cooking Club, you will gain inimitable, first-hand experience working within a mission-forward culinary nonprofit. With Sprouts summer camps serving as a fundraiser for our Chef-in-Training program, your passion and hard work will help empower young adults to train to become chefs and secure sustainable culinary jobs. By the end of the summer, you will have been part of a summer camp team that helped both youth and young adults prepare for healthier futures.
Your Role:
As Sprouts’ Summer Camp Photography Intern you will play an integral role in creating the magic that is Sprouts’ Summer Camp. In this role, you will attend and capture in images the excitement, beauty and energy of the summer camps. You will also assist the team in managing the photos captured to be used for marketing purposes.
You’ll be working alongside the camp team at a variety of venues, such as restaurants, gardens and kitchens. You will also have creative freedom when working to edit and upload the pictures. This position is exciting as you get to see our campers in a variety of settings while they sharpen their cooking skills. It is also extremely flexible as you will be able to choose the hours you attend camps and will have autonomy during the role. All your hard work will contribute to Sprouts’ mission to get kids cooking and empower them to make better decisions for their health. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in a program that is really making a difference in our community!
Your Professional Growth:
We believe that everyone has unique talents, passions, and interests to contribute! Everyone has something to offer, and your opinion will be heard. We will do our best to incorporate your interests in the respective elements of the position. This internship offers you the chance to learn by doing and have the opportunity to achieve your own learning goals. The sky’s the limit! We want you to maximize your summer with us!
Sample Tasks:
- Capturing and editing high-quality photos of all camp activities including candids, crowds and the energy surrounding the activities
- Cataloging all photos for efficient coordination
- Attending a variety of cooking classes at unique restaurants, gardens, and kitchens
- *We want you to have a valuable experience and are happy to cater to your own goals and objectives with the internship to meet your needs!
Locations, Hours, Compensation
Work hours: 7 to 15 hours per week with flexible hours June 17 – August 16**
Location: Your “office” will be at various locations with the summer camps. You may work from home or in the office to work on edits and uploads.
Compensation: This is a volunteer position. If available, you will receive college credit for all of your work, as well as a letter of recommendation.
**Summer Camp hour needs are subject to change as unanticipated scheduling changes arise**
Skills and Requirements
Strong organizational skills, high aptitude, photography experience, strong interpersonal skills, must have reliable access to a computer. Interest in community, children, chefs, nutrition, and cooking. Valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle is a plus, but is not required.
Your Team:
As the Summer Camp Photography Intern, you will work with camp staff, as well as the Camp Director and Office Manager. You will also have contact with our marketing team.
How to Apply:
We can’t wait to review your application! Please send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position

TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS
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“Volunteering with sprouts was an awesome experience. Very smooth volunteer process, I’ve done it several times and get the right amount of reminders. Upon arrival, their operations director provides an overview of the program and then kids start arriving. The chefs always are excited to work with the kids and we always make such delicious foods and learn so much about cooking and health. It’s always awesome to see a shy or nervous child’s personality emerge while cooking. Sprouts is doing really amazing and necessary work in our community.”
Casey A
Event Assistant -
“I felt that even in my short summer with this organization, I had made a large impact for many. My time with Sprouts Cooking Club has been challenging, equipping, and growing. As an intern, I enjoyed dipping my hands in the many moving parts of this living and growing organization. It was a real joy and I hope to collaborate with Sprouts in the future!”
Tiffany Xu
Founder's Assistant -
“The summer I spent interning with Sprouts was an extremely formative and engaging. Being able to enter a workplace where people are just as passionate and excited about food and the power it has in bringing people together as I am was amazing and really exciting. As soon as you join the team you are trusted with responsibilities and are made to feel like your opinions and work count for something in the larger organization. Working with a collaborative team was very helpful as I was able to gain real-time feedback and work through my tasks with the diverse perspectives of my team. Working with Sprouts has not only provided me with working experience but a community with a network that I know I can rely on.”
Isabel Ling
Office Assistant
HOW TO APPLY
We can’t wait to review your application! Applications with are on a rolling basis, so apply now! Please fill out this Google Form, and then send the following to sprouts@sproutscookingclub.org.
Required Materials:
- Curriculum Vitae (resume)
- 300-400 word-count cover letter that explains why your skill set, interests/goals, and past experiences are pertinent to the position
Application Process: Initial phone/video interview. Written/in person trial assignment. Final in-person interview.
Letter of Recommendation: At the completion of the internship, the general director writes letters of recommendation for all outstanding interns.




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