Role to be filled

Cantina Lead(s)

year round and/or on site

What’s Cantina? This is where volunteers go to get their meal while working their shifts! So Cantina provides food to individuals onsite during the event including setup and strike.

[On Site] Cantina Lead

PURPOSE/Summary:

Like the sound of getting involved to manage Cantina but can’t commit to a year-round role? Why not be one of our On-site cantina leads to provide assistance to our year-round team. Whichever period you sign up for (Build, event or Strike) your role will likely begin in May or very early June pre-event to meet with the year round leads from your team and understand what is needed from you on site.

You will need to understand all the plans for Cantina that have been created by the year-round team and be prepared to deal with any issues that may arise (with help from meta-leads). You will help to manage a team of volunteers to follow planned recipes and cook fantastic food for up to 150 people!

Tasks and time commitment

Whichever period you choose, you will need to share shifts with your team for the whole time – this means staying for Build or Strike if you have committed to this. You will have an onsite co-lead, plus at least one year-round lead to help. You will be involved in some of the later stages of planning for the event before you come on site and will help to evaluate and feedback what went well/could be improved after Nowhere has finished.

These are just some of the tasks you and your co-lead will be getting involved in:

Pre-Event May-Build

Attend online meetings with year-round leads to see how Cantina works and understand plans made for Setup, Event and Strike.
Help promote any shifts that still need to be filled for your crew!

During Setup, Event & Stike

Agree and share your shifts with other leads and make sure all shifts are filled
Manage the food orders and make sure all food is stored correctly
Manage a team of volunteers to plan and cook meals, following the recipes in the Kitchen bible
Help solve issues that may arise
Train and induct on site kitchen crew including shift leads (with guidance)
Manage volunteers and communicate any recruitment gaps to NoInfo or relevant management team
Handover to the next onsite team when needed
Participate in any onsite meetings relevant to your role

Post-Event September-December

Take part in the Census
Provide feedback and highlight any areas that may need review or improvement
Participate in any all lead meetings for debriefing as required
Attend the annual All Leads Meeting/ Townhall if possible
Create project plan for following Nowhere

Which department does this role belong to:

La Cantina

Required Skills

Fluent-ish in English
Spreadsheet warrior
Volunteer or team management experience
Experience in cooking for lots of people e.g in a professional/semi-professional kitchen
Able to follow a recipe and understand ingredients, food hygiene requirements, allergens etc
Passion for food/Nowhere/doing stuff!
Strong communication skills

Bonus Skills

Has already been a volunteer/lead at Cantina
Experience cooking professionally
Experience managing stocks/inventory
Speak Spanish
Speak French

responsible to

Cantina Year Round Leads, Cantina MetaLeads

Responsible For

Managing the organization of Cantina for Nowhere for build, event and/or strike

Perks

Swag (team patches and other exciting things)
Other very exciting shiny things soon to be announced – keep an eye out!
New friends from all corners of the world
A chance to try something new, step out of that comfort zone & grow!
A chance to put your real-world skills to the test in a new environment and feel badass!
Getting fed from your own kitchen team

[Year Round] Cantina Lead

Purpose/Summary

You will be involved in the planning and organization of Cantina for Nowhere with the cantina team for either build, event or strike.

This role is year round, which means there will be planning tasks to complete with your team each week in the months (January-June) leading up to Nowhere.

The team will split into 3 sub-teams; Build, Event and Strike. Each team will plan and organize Cantina for their ‘period’ and will coordinate with the other Cantina leads and meta-leads. At least 1 of the leads from each team should have solid experience of cooking for lots of people regularly. We require a team of at least 6 people.

Tasks and Time Commitment

This is a year-round role, which means we need your help to plan, deliver and evaluate Cantina. As the event gets closer, there will be more tasks to do for each team.

One person from each team will need to be able to be on-site for the shifts in that period (build and strike!) while the other part of the team could help remotely or also be on site.

Here’s an example of some of the tasks you’ll be helping with throughout the year:

Pre-Event January-February

Exchange information about how Cantina works with Leads and Meta-Leads (online meetings)
Choose food providers for the food you want to cook (with help from ML)
Set up FIST (our online volunteer management platform) with the shifts and numbers of volunteers you need (with guidance)
Participate in any planning meetings relevant to your role.

Pre-Event March-April

Keep an eye on FIST to make sure volunteers are signing up to build, event and strike shifts
Communicate with your MetaLead and the Comms team about recruitment needs /post on social media to advertise roles
Write the menus, recipes and kitchen bible (with guidance from MLs)
Create shopping list (based on planned recipes and budget)

Pre-Event May-Build

Keep an eye on FIST to make sure volunteers are signing up to shifts
Work with Comms and MLs to increase the promotion of shifts available to try and get any gaps filled
Organize the orders and deliveries of food to onsite for your team’s time period (with guidance)
Coordinate with the other parts of the team and offer help if needed
Contact the kitchen crew and onsite leads who will be on site and invite them to an induction to explain how Cantina works!

During Setup, Event & Strike

Build team – it’s your time to shine! Get your luggage and utensils ready! Manage your crew to deliver fantastic food for the volunteers, deal with any problems that arise (with help from ML)
Event time – take handover from build crew, communicate any recruitment gaps with Werkhaus and NoInfo (for event time sign ups). Manage your crew to deliver fantastic food.
Strike – take handover from event time crew near to end of event, communicate any recruitment gaps to NoInfo ASAP. Manage your crew to deliver fantastic food.
All: Participate in any on-site meetings relevant to your role
All: Carry out any site management shifts according to agreed rota

Post-Event September- December

Take part in the Census
Provide feedback and highlight any areas that may need review or improvement
Participate in any all lead meetings for debriefing as required
Attend the annual All Leads Meeting/ Townhall in Barcelona if possible
Create project plan for following Nowhere

Which department does this role belong to:

La Cantina

Required skills

Fluent-ish in English
Spreadsheet warrior
Volunteer or team management experience
Passion for food/Nowhere/doing stuff!
Experience managing/monitoring a budget
Strong communication skills
Experience in cooking for lots of people (e.g in a professional/semi-professional kitchen) is mandatory for at least 1 person in each team

Bonus skills

Has already been a volunteer/lead at Cantina
Experience cooking professionally
Experience managing stocks/inventory
Speak Spanish
Speak French

responsible to

Cantina MetaLeads

responsible for

Managing the planning & organization of Cantina for Nowhere for build, event and/or strike.

Perks

Swag (team patches and other exciting things)
Other very exciting shiny things soon to be announced – keep an eye out!
New friends from all corners of the world
A chance to try something new, step out of that comfort zone & grow!
A chance to put your real-world skills to the test in a new environment and feel badass!