The mantra for the Kitchen Garden Program is Growing, Harvesting, Preparing, Sharing.

The aim of the Kitchen Garden Program is to introduce young children to the wonderful world of good food via a productive food garden and an exciting kitchen, as an integral part of the school curriculum. We hope to engage the curiosity of the students and to help them learn how to grow the best food in the best way, how to care for it in the garden, how to recognise when it is ripe and at its best, how to prepare it easily and enjoyably, and how to develop an expanding culinary palate – and be excited by all these experiences. The best of all possible worlds would be for the Kitchen Garden Specialist to engage the classroom teachers, parents and the community to all become excited by the possibilities this project offers. 

The Kitchen Garden Specialist has overall responsibility for planning and maintaining the kitchen and garden, and plans and conducts weekly kitchen and garden sessions, supervised by a teacher. The Kitchen Garden Specialist will have a desire to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of primary school children, and have an appreciation and empathy with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation mission and values.

Selection criteria

• Current Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• Proven capacity to work collaboratively with all members of the school community
• Ability to work in partnership with teachers to deliver weekly kitchen and garden classes, incorporating links from the Kitchen and Garden program to the NSW Curriculum with teacher support
• Sound knowledge of food handling, health and hygiene processes, cooking techniques, gardening, sustainability and cooking meals based on seasonal produce.
• Organisational skills to fulfil the role, including coordinating volunteers to support the kitchen garden program

Who May Apply

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfil the specific requirements of the position.

An expression of interest addressing the criteria, of no more than 3 A4 pages in length should be submitted to Natalia Greguric, Principal by email to [email protected] by 4pm on Wednesday 27 November 2024.

Applicants are requested to include the names of two referees, one of the referees listed must be the applicant’s current line manager. Expressions of interest must not exceed 3 A4 pages, with a one page CV listing education/qualifications and career experience.

* Applications will be considered for those who indicate they could fulfil either the kitchen OR garden specialist role on a part-time basis. This will be in the event that there is not a suitable candidate to fulfil the full-time position of BOTH kitchen and garden specialist.

For further information contact Natalia on 9130 6998 or at [email protected]