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Farm Associate

Urban Adamah

Date Posted January 30, 2023
Location Berkeley, CA
Category Agriculture / Nonprofit
Job type Full-Time

Company description

Urban Adamah is an educational farm and community center in Berkeley, California that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social justice to build loving, just, and sustainable communities. We provide training programs, educational workshops, and community celebrations for more than 8,000 visitors annually.

Job description

The Farm Associate is responsible for helping to maintain the annual, perennial, and animal production on the Urban Adamah farm. The Farm Associate is also responsible for helping to facilitate volunteers’ work and assist in produce distribution. In addition to working with the Farm Director and the current Farm Associate, the Farm Associate will work closely with the Facilities Director, helping to maintain the growing spaces across the site. The Farm Associate’s responsibilities are specifically as follows:

FARM TASKS
The Farm Associate completes farm tasks as assigned by the Farm Director. This includes tasks associated with crops, livestock, and general farm maintenance. Areas of concentration include greenhouse management, perennial care and food distribution of our produce, plants and resources to partner organizations. Additional focus is on record keeping and online organization of farm documents.

EDUCATION
The Farm Associate will help facilitate field trips and summer camp activities in the field. This position acts as a liaison between the education team and farm team, helping to ensure a successful experience for all young learners on the farm.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATION
The Farm Associate is responsible for helping with Urban Adamah’s farm volunteer programs which take place on Tuesday afternoons and once a month on Sundays. The Farm Associate's tasks include, welcoming, training, and supervising volunteers on site.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
The Farm Associate completes administrative tasks as determined by farm needs, Fellowship needs, and general administrative needs. This may include scheduling, purchasing, record keeping and data entry.

ABOUT YOU

At Urban Adamah all roads lead to the farm. The Farm Associate role interacts with all departments as well as the larger community. This role seeks a unique individual who is able to take direction from our experienced Farm Director, manage tasks independently once assigned, and interface well with young adults in our fellowship, campers during youth programming, and adults during public programs and volunteer days.

Specifically, this position requires someone who has a significant amount of experience doing perennial care and interfacing with groups of youth, young adults, and community members. We are open to applicants with varying levels and types of experience, provided that the applicant displays the skills required to successfully execute the job described above. You might be a good fit if you possess/demonstrate the following:

COMPETENCIES & STRENGTHS

Farming
You enjoy working with your hands, outside, in the soil, in all seasons
Administrative & Organizational Excellence
You are comfortable maintaining multiple channels of communication (text, email, phone, Slack) and independently managing your workflow to keep projects on track
Self-Awareness & Partnership
You communicate clearly and honestly and are comfortable giving and receiving feedback
Openness
You regularly seek, incorporate, and share new information and feedback
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
You value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from diverse backgrounds. You are committed to reflecting on and addressing inequities stemming from privilege and oppression in your community

Communication, Collaboration & Customer Service
You work well on a team and independently
You enjoy working with others and collaborating with colleagues across different departments in an organization
You can demonstrate how to successfully train, direct, and motivate others

Possess Strong Interpersonal Skills
You communicate and collaborate well with a range of colleagues and other stakeholders

Collaborative
You enjoy learning from and with talented colleagues, and are excited to be part of the success of the whole organization

Strategy & Problem Solving
You are good at managing complex projects, competing priorities, and can successfully adapt and pivot when urgent issues arise

EXPERIENCES THAT COULD LEAD TO YOUR SUCCESS

You have experience in farming or food justice work
You have experience doing perennial care

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE POSITION
The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by an employee in this position. Some accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the role:

Typing, writing, reading, hearing, and speaking
Use of hands, fingers, and feet to operate equipment
Standing and walking for several hours, as well as sitting, squatting, crawling, climbing, and lifting up to 50 lbs.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
This is a full-time, benefited, and non-exempt position that includes healthcare, holidays, and paid time off. The salary range for this position is $53,000 to $59,000 per year. Comprehensive benefits are listed here.

SCHEDULE
General hours of employment are 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. The Farm Associate will at times need to work evenings and weekends and, on occasion, more than 40 hours per week to fulfill the duties of the position, in which case they earn overtime pay.

SUPERVISION
This position is supervised by the Farm Director.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $53,000.00 - $59,000.00

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