10C Shared Space (10C) is seeking a detail-oriented and outgoing changemaker to directly support the operations of Nourish, 10C’s shared commercial community kitchen, which complements 10C’s Community Classroom, an 80 person shared venue in the heart of Downtown Guelph. Nourish activities include the commercial kitchen, a micro-café, and a weekly market booth. You will work both independently and in a hands-on way with our members to support their community food, enterprise, education and wellness-related concepts, as well as developing new food and education offerings. You will oversee the core operations of the Nourish Kitchen including equipment maintenance, supply ordering, scheduling of kitchen members, and prompting repairs and cleaning as needed.
10C is committed to learning, equity and building a diverse community in which everyone has the opportunity to thrive. We welcome team members with the knowledge and skills to productively work with diverse communities. 10C specifically encourages applications from those across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, and lived experiences. Please note that this is an on-site role in Guelph, Ontario.
Responsibilities of the Nourish Food Activator include:
Kitchen Promotion and Outreach. In this role, you will:
- Offer kitchen tours and member information sessions upon request
- Respond to inquiries over email and phone for inquiries about kitchen related activities, including networking community members to the enterprises in the Nourish kitchen
- Liaise with community and kitchen members to support the food requirements for community bookings including weddings, celebrations of life, workplace holiday events and special retreats
- Support outreach to promote and engage opportunities for new kitchen member and community teaching uses, with support from the 10C team
Kitchen Management. In this role, you will:
- Support existing Nourish members to effectively use the shared kitchen facilities
- Hold responsibility for kitchen licensing, regulations and relevant inspections
- Support new members to onboard, including relevant certifications (Safe Food Handler, etc) and provide business model input, connecting to 10C entrepreneur support programs where relevant
- Manage a busy and ever-evolving kitchen usage events calendar, liaising with the team regarding key areas of interest on a weekly basis
- Ensure high food safety standards and safe use and maintenance of all equipment
- Communicate and develop clear kitchen policies to maintain order and safety
- Serve as the lead connecting point between kitchen members to navigate opportunities as well as points of friction, building a strong general level mutual respect, harmony and collaboration
- Support all invoicing and payment management on an ongoing basis
- Purchase regular supplies for kitchen use and manage supplier relationships
- Supervise and work with 10C’s cleaning staff to clean the kitchen, on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, tackling deep clean and organizing tasks as timing permits
Nourish model expansion. In this role, you will:
- Continue to develop menus and pop-up/permanent offerings for 10C’s on-site community food services
- There is an opportunity (if inclined) to develop and teach programs of interest for Nourish, and bring community together through food
- You may support the 10C team with special events planning, day-of event co-ordination, organizing staff, vendors, and managing bar, menu, drink tickets, etc.
Other responsibilities
- Working in a fast-paced, dynamic, community-focused, non-profit environment means that other opportunities and tasks arise. In addition to giving capacity to be all hands on deck at times, this flexibility also allows each 10C team member to engage with different projects and initiatives related to their specific interests, strengths, and goals.
Experience and abilities the Nourish Activator will bring to this role:
- A love for food and food creators. You thrive in a busy kitchen.
- Safe Food Handlers certificate, Smart Serve and other food service related education or experience.
- Responsive customer-focused, service mindset to ensure community members feel supported and welcomed
- Entrepreneurial experience or enthusiasm for food product development, ingredient sourcing, sales and revenue generation
- Commitment to responsibility, accountability, and self-direction with dedication to both teamwork and independence
- Adept at juggling, with strong personal systems for detail management and a passion for well-managed logistics and clear scheduling
- You have great attention to detail and a commitment to continuous improvement
- You are a problem solver, can take initiative and like to think creatively
- Experience using various software platforms including Slack, Google Workspace, online scheduling and customer relationship management systems
- Physical labour (able to lift up to 25 lbs), ability to move furniture, equipment and handle light cleaning duties
- Valid G or G2 drivers license is an asset
The lists above represent the mandate of this role and the experience and abilities needed to be successful. We understand not all candidates will have all of the qualifications or areas of expertise listed. If you have approximately 75% of the experience and abilities, or feel strongly that you could do this job well, we would love to hear from you.
Compensation and Details:
- This is a part-time role (24 hours a week – mornings or afternoons 4 or 5 days per week is ideal, but do let us know your availability) at $25/hour for a 9 month contract to start, with the possibility of continuation/expansion TBD based on funding.
- The work location is onsite at 10C Shared Space at 42 Carden Street, Guelph and at the Guelph Farmers’ Market at 2 Gordon Street, Guelph
- 10C has a Mac or PC laptop for use in this role. The Nourish Food Activator may be required to use their own phone for this role.
Application deadline: 5:00pm Friday, September 26, 2025. But do apply as soon as you are able, we will interview on a first-come first serve basis.
About 10C:
10C is the hub for community changemakers in Guelph-Wellington. We are a not-for-profit social enterprise working to create platforms (physical, virtual, networks and financial) for those working across sectors and engaging in collaborative environmental, social community development work to improve our community.
10C uses placemaking, social enterprise, social finance, social innovation – and food – to create new ways to connect, collaborate and share resources. With approximately 300 members working across all social change sectors, 10C and its members play a strong role in building on our region’s reputation as a leader in sustainability, innovation and vibrant community engagement.
In addition to our downtown space, 10C programming revolves around Community Engagement, Sustainable Development Goals, Social Finance, Social Enterprise, and Sustainable Food Systems. These priorities are addressed through internal programs and support for members, as well as in our contributions and placemaking across the sector. 10C’s main activities are mobilizing teams, creating programs, and using collaborative funding and financing structures to address local socio-economic and environmental issues.
Today, 10C activates 25,000 s.f. of real estate for social purposes, such as the 10C community hub on Carden Street, which is home to the Nourish shared community commercial kitchen, an art gallery, and urban agriculture projects. Since 2022, 10C has been activating the Guelph Farmers’ Market with a goal of wider cultural connection, new community uses and increasing local food activities.
