Sustainability Associate - Hiring Immediately

Cookunity is hiring a Sustainability Associate in Los Angeles, CA, offering $18-19/hr. The role involves ensuring compliance with sustainable procedures, managing food waste, conducting audits, and coordinating donations. Responsibilities include monitoring waste disposal, preparing food for donations, and collaborating with teams to enhance sustainability efforts. Benefits include health insurance and a 401k plan. This is a full-time position with no degree required.
Sustainability Associate

$18-19/hr

Sustainability Associate

The role: The LA Sustainability Associate is the one who ensures that sustainable procedures are followed in the facility. They monitor compliance and report news, compliance or deviations, and the information necessary to achieve sustainability objectives.

Responsibilities:
• Walk through CookUnity’s facilities to ensure that sustainable procedures are followed as they should.
• Classify, weigh, and dispose of Food Waste (donations/compost/garbage/family meals).
• Condition and prepare Food Waste for donations or for internal use (back to market).
• Daily walks through the facility (kitchens, green stations, fulfillment, market) and complete the DAILY AUDIT BIN FORM to detect any contamination.
• Manage the TRUE Certification plan: Achieving 90% diversion during 12 months and achieving TRUE Credits.
• Complete the monthly Sustainability Audit form, assist to the review meetings with the Sustainability team and comply with the corrective actions to improve the final score.
• Coordinate DONATIONS pick up with the Non-profit organization we work with.
• Dispose of COMPOSTABLE materials correctly.
• Give feedback to the people in the everyday work to accomplish Sustainability standards (Create Sustainable behavior).
• Give the necessary data/information to achieve Zero Waste Certification to people from RTS.
• Ensure Correct Waste Disposal in all kitchens
• Ensure all supplies to correct waste diversion (Stickers, posters, bins)
• Coordinate with the cleaning team to keep the Green Stations clean and in order.
• Purchase supplies, when needed.
• Team up with OPS for the success of the Sustainability Programs.

Benefits

🩺 Health Insurance coverage

🌅 401k Plan

🌟 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

Compensation
• All final pay rates will be determined by the candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
• Pay Range for this position: $18-$19 per hour.