Overview
Summer Camp Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator Jobs in Santa Clara, CA at LifeMoves
Title: Summer Camp Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator
Company: LifeMoves
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Main Location: The Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator will work with our family and
children programs, which are located throughout the Bay Area in either Daly City, San
Mateo, Menlo Park, or Santa Clara.
Background
LifeMoves is the largest nonprofit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated
to helping homeless families and individuals across Silicon Valley return to permanent
housing and self-sufficiency.
LifeMoves is the largest nonprofit organization in the San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to helping homeless families and individuals across Silicon Valley return to permanent housing and self-sufficiency.
Are you ready to learn about the power of good food to help our clients improve their health and wellbeing? Summer Nutrition Coordinators will be deeply involved in improving the quality of food, nutrition and wellness services provided at LifeMoves locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Nutrition Coordinators will spend the summer supervising and working with children living in LifeMoves programs, preparing food and activities for campers during camp.
Time Commitment: 7 Weeks, part-time (165-200 hours total)
Dates: June 15-July 31, 2026
- June 15-June 26, M-F: Orientation and training for all LifeMoves summer camp
staff
- June 29-July 30
○ Mondays: 1-4 hours prep onsite
○ Tuesday-Thursday: Summer camp
○ Fridays: 1-2 hour morning virtual debrief meeting, grocery order due, site
preparations for the following week
- July 31: Camp debriefs and deconstruction process, data collection, end of
summer celebration
Primary Responsibilities
- Attend and complete LifeMoves onboarding and summer camp training
- Plans and prepares nutritious meals and snacks daily for the children enrolled in
summer camp
- Sends weekly shopping lists to Program Coordinator and Children and Family
Services Manager weekly
- Implements educational nutrition activities weekly
- Leads physical CATCH activity weekly
- Sorts and distributes donated food items to clients
- Supports Children’s Services Coordinators and Program Leads with supervision
of children and volunteer counselors, leads daily activities, and maintains safety
and wellbeing of campers
- Data tracks meals and activities, submits weekly reports to Children & Family
Services Manager
- Practices health and food safety in regards to the ServeSafe protocols, completes
ServSafe certification
- Attends weekly field trips and prepares meals accordingly
- Contributes to the development of strategic and sustainable nutrition and
wellness plans
- Connects staff and clients to nutrition and wellness resources through material
development and group programming.
- Other duties as assigned.
Main Location: The Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator will work with our family and children programs, which are located throughout the Bay Area in either Daly City, San Mateo, Menlo Park, or Santa Clara.
Qualifications
Position Requirements/Preferred Skills:
- High school seniors and college students (18+)
- Must have your own form of reliable transportation.
- Preferred college coursework towards degree in nutrition, public health, health
promotion, agriculture, pre-med or related field.
- Interest in public health, food and nutrition.
- Basic to intermediate cooking skills.
- Comfortable working in diverse low-income communities
- Self-motivated, flexible, team player
- Experience working with diverse and low-income populations
- Knowledge of nutrition and food security issues
- Must be able to follow COVID-19 safety protocols and procedures
Learning Outcomes
- Gain understanding of the challenges of the charitable food system, social
determinants of health, and role of nutrition in health
- Leadership experience in managing multiple sides of a summer program for
underserved populations
- Experience designing and implementing nutritional and educational
programming for unhoused children
- Insight into the needs of unhoused children and how adverse experiences impact
long-term outcomes
- Exposure to senior staff and the operations of a leading nonprofit organization
- Networking opportunities for career development
- CPR and crisis management training
- Position can also fulfill internship requirements if necessary
Compensation: Hourly, $18.70 per hour
Supervisors: Children’s Services Coordinator, Manager of Children & Family Services,
Director of Education & Specialized Services
