Our Harvest Facilitator - Auckland

Part-Time Disability Services

Job Description

Recreate NZ is a youth-based organisation looking for an Our Harvest Programme Facilitator to join our team based in Ellerslie, Auckland. 

Recreate NZ provides a wide range of services and programmes for youth with intellectual disabilities or neurodiversity.

The successful applicant would align closely with Recreate NZ values (as below) and work well within our small passionate team.

The ideal applicant will have:

  • Demonstrated leadership and volunteer management skills, and
  • Demonstrated experience working with youth with intellectual disabilities, and
  • A passion for leading small groups in a kitchen-based setting.

This role comprises of facilitating a small group of 4-6 Recreate participants with volunteer support, one day per week on Thursdays during term time (8.30am-4.30pm), with an opportunity for additional days during the school holidays.

What is Our Harvest:

Our Harvest is a social enterprise managed by Recreate NZ's Moxie work experience programme. Moxie horticulture teams grow and harvest fresh produce from our gardens and orchards, which then is processed and made into delicious Our Harvest products by our product-making team.


The core responsibilities of this Our Harvest Programme Facilitator role are:

» To facilitate work skills learning for product-making trainees.

» To maintain appropriate kitchen procedures, processes and systems.
» To oversee the creation of Our Harvest chutneys, relishes, jams and sauces.

This role would suit someone with practical kitchen experience, recipe intuition, and a love of leading young people through product creation.

This role will ideally commence at the beginning of Term 1 2025 (mid-February), with a thorough training period prior.

We are a strongly values-based organisation and hold the needs of our young people as our highest priority. The person for this role will need a passion for youth and a background in youth or disability care work. Below are some of our key values.

Key values

  • Young people being supported by young people'' creating an age-appropriate environment and learning from each other which leads towards a more inclusive New Zealand. All our staff are young with energy and enthusiasm for youth work!
  • Recreate NZ focuses on experiential learning and creating meaningful personal growth opportunities for participants. A young person's progression towards emotional and mental health, physical well-being and progress towards independence is key to what we do.
  • Our programmes have a strong focus on personal development where young participants develop confidence, self-esteem, friendships, support networks and life skills all in a supportive and encouraging environment.
  • All programmes have a practical educational focus and are intentional about increasing a young person's skill base and readiness for living independently out in the community.
  • We agree with the social and rights-based model of disability. We see that disability doesn't lie with the person, but in society's attitude toward them and people with disability have the right to the same opportunities as everyone else.
  • We encourage young people to continually work towards a healthy lifestyle, this includes food choices, educating around healthy food, being active and positive healthy relationships.
  • Recreate encourages the practice of self-direction on programmes and through this see young people guided to make positive decisions for them and their peers.
  • Our programmes are done in groups and see this a way for young people to develop friendships and a sense of teamwork.
  • We use a strengths-based, client-centered approach that puts our young people at the heart of everything we do.

Organisation

Recreate NZ

Job Summary

This role would suit someone with practical kitchen experience, recipe intuition, and a love of leading young people through product creation.

How to apply

Please apply with cover letter and CV to info@recreate.org.nz, or call 09 638 5364 for more information.

Sector

Not for Profit

Cause (Sustainable Development Goals)

Good Health and Wellbeing