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Kitchen Lead: Farm-to-Table Wellness

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The experience

The InanItah Fire Season is looking for a Kitchen Lead to join our team of InanItah Fire Season Vision & Space Holders for the upcoming season starting end October 2024, to February 15, 2025. There is potential for this to be an all year position if desired.
The Inanitah Fire Season vision is to be a model for regenerative living. We are vibrant community for personal growth and development where community members are invited to be themselves.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Over 22 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The person in this role will support the vision by sourcing food from our property and the local farmers of Ometepe Island. This guideline supports the local Ometepe economy and limits the environmental impact of food purchasing and consumption. The InanItah Fire Season Kitchen Lead is the holder of this vision and its guidelines.
By living this vision, community members explore how to live more sustainably by changing their food consumption and purchasing habits and considering the impact of their waste production.

This is a personal growth and lifestyle opportunity. Compensation will comprise a combination of exchange for room and board. Specific details of the package will be determined based on your capacity, skills, experience and personal choices.

The ideal person would stay on for 12 weeks or more.

Activities & Shift

THE REQUIREMENTS
Strong ecological values
Strong passion for permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and resource share
Dedicated spirit and a strong work ethic
Passion for creativity in the kitchen
Desire to be creative and to explore cooking with only Ometepe grown foods (There is a minimal list of exceptions which include mainland Nicaragua grown flax, chia, dehydrated cane sugar, and garlic when available)
Leadership and team building skills
Ability to uphold boundaries and hold others accountable
Language requirements: Spanish: Be able to order food, via telephone, with Spanish-speaking vendors English: Be able to provide a kitchen orientation for new arrivals and coordinate with predominantly English-speaking community members who collaborate in making meals
You will be expected to work 30 hours each week, and most importantly be responsible for the kitchen area.

Rules

RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide kitchen orientations, onboarding new community members to the kitchen guidelines, and the use of kitchen resources
Understand and explain the InanItah Fire Season kitchen vision and how it forms the foundation of the kitchen guidelines
Communicate and apply kitchen guidelines and educate about the intentions behind them
Source Local Ingredients
Encourage and empower community members to use what is available in the garden
Purchase food from various local farmers and businesses
Manage the kitchen budget and track spending
Streamline Kitchen Logistics
Ensure that kitchen is kept clean and hygienic by applying the kitchen guidelines
Oversee community contribution shifts for meal preparation and clean-up
Ensure that community meals are available from Sunday dinner to Friday
Lead preparation of meals with community members