Employer Name: Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig (WNHAC)
Location/Address: Kenora, ON
Application Deadline: March 20, 2026
Hours of Work: 1 Full-Time (New Position)
Wage: $55,771 – $72,769 with excellent benefits, including HOOPP pension plan. Salary is based on education and experience.
Duties:
Our purpose is to foster healthy Indigenous people, families, and communities. Our interprofessional teams include health professionals, educators, and support workers representing both traditional
Anishinaabe and contemporary models of care, and use wholistic health and community development concepts. The program operates within the Supportive Services Program as the HART-HUB Program. Supportive Housing is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week service that offers an in-house nutrition program for clients to access healthy, wholesome and traditional foods according to the Healthy Food Policy and dietary needs of the Supportive Housing clients.
NOTE: Traditional practices involving burning sacred medicines including tobacco, sweetgrass, sage and cedar and other cultural protocols occur regularly within our work setting.
Qualifications:
- Safe food handling course, and previous experience working in food preparation and service
- Ability to maintain sanitary conditions in cooking and dining areas, and clean facility as required
- Knowledge of menu planning, food costing, and inventory control
- Willingness to work flexible hours
- Sound understanding of anishinaabe culture, values, and perspectives;
- Experience working in an anishinaabe organization; ability to understand and speak
- anishinaabemowin a definite asset
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated capacity to function as part of a team
- Valid drivers’ license and own vehicle; a willingness to travel if required
- Current criminal/vulnerable person’s records check
- Commitment to ongoing training and professional development relevant to the job requirements
- Proof of immunization in compliance with policy requirements is mandatory:
- Positive attitude and capacity to act as a healthy lifestyle role model.
How to Apply:
Please apply via our careers page at: https://www.wnhac.org
Kitchen Coordinator
Email: hrteam@wnhac.org
Website: WNHAC.org
Fax: (807) 467-8341
Phone: (888) MYWNHAC
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, please note only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Indigenous employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit, and Metis applicants to apply. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and will provide accessibility accommodations as part of the application process upon request.