Spanish Recipe Editing Volunteer

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Position Overview: The Capital Area Food Bank, founded in 1980, is the largest nonprofit food distribution and nutrition education resource in the Washington Metro area; servicing the community through direct service and its network of partner agencies.

The Healthy Eating Department seeks a volunteer who can edit and proof read already translated recipe cards. The Spanish Recipe Editing Volunteer will be part of our Healthy Food Promotions Volunteer Team. This team of volunteers is pivotal to the development of a bilingual recipe card database, recipe testing and demoing, cooking classes, and healthy food trainings for our partner agencies.

Primary Duties:

• Receive English and Spanish versions of recipe cards and respond to CAFB staff to confirm reception
• Edit, proof read, and return recipes within 48 hours.
• Edit recipes to be grammatically correct and understood by a variety of Spanish language communities (i.e. not using country specific vocabulary or slang)
• Be available for consultation after initial editing as well as for other materials created by Healthy Eating Department

Minimum Requirements:

• Native Spanish speaker with proper written grammar and vocabulary
• Minimum age requirement 18 years old
• Basic knowledge or interest in nutrition, health, or cooking
• Ability to work from home and edit materials within 48 hours of receiving
• Ability to communicate by phone and email with Recipe Production Coordinator when needed
• Reliable, responsive to email and phone, detail oriented, and easy to work with

Volunteer Work Schedule and Hours:

The Healthy Eating Department seeks volunteers who are available 3-5 hours a month. The schedule is irregular and will depend on when recipe cards are produced and require editing. Volunteer will receive and edit Spanish version of recipe card via email. They will then return to Recipe Production Coordinator within 48 hours of receiving the document.

Position Location: Editing will not occur at the Capital Area Food Bank; volunteers will work from offsite locations

Impact of this volunteer opportunity: The Healthy Eating Department’s focus is to create nutrition standards, increase the demand for healthy foods and build self-reliance through our education and training programs. The main role of the Spanish Language Recipe Card Volunteer is to enhance the outreach and effectiveness of the HFP Program. The work will be pivotal to the development of a bilingual recipe card database that will greatly assist our 700 partner agencies.