Company description
Community Soil Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises awareness about practices and methods of regenerative farming and gardening including the benefits to individual, communal, and ecological health. Our mission is to cultivate the wellness of Sonoma County communities by offering land-based education, creating access to organic produce, and regenerating habitat and natural resources.
Job description
Job Description:
The Community Garden Manager is responsible for the success and productivity of the Larkfield Community Garden through the seasons, combining production farming with community engagement. The Manager reports to the CSF Founders and collaborates with all staff, advisory council members, volunteers, and community partners. This position requires a person who thrives when working independently, and can self-direct and self-prioritize. Candidates must be forward thinking with respect to seasonal needs and comfortable working with community members and supporting the garden educators.
Days: At least three weekdays onsite. Specific days are flexible. One Saturday per month is required.
Hours: 20 hrs per week on average, with a minimum of 15hr/wk during winter and maximum of 25hr/wk during summer.
Rate: $22-$25/hr
Job responsibilities include the following:
Maintenance & Operations
- Develop an annual garden plan, with awareness of crop rotation, maximizing yields, and inter-planting for beneficial insect attraction and disease/pest resistance
- Create a space that is abundant, productive, and inviting for students and community members.
- Juggle farm productivity with hands-on learning opportunities for students.
- Tend soil, with knowledge of bio-intensive, low-till practices for building long-term fertility and health.
- Build and maintain compost piles to cycle nutrients while sourcing amendments as needed.
- Manage greenhouse, plant annuals each season, and attend to perennial herbs, flowers, and fruit orchard.
- Maintain the irrigation system, garden tools, and structures, replacing as needed.
- Orient garden visitors and maintain public signage.
Outreach
- Harvest, clean, and deliver produce to local food banks, neighborhood residents, and/or teachers for their garden classes.
- Engage with garden visitors, cultivating relationships within the community around organic and regenerative methods of food production.
- Engage with Mark West students and classes and be available to support the School Garden Educators.
- Develop garden projects for Mark West classes, School Garden Network summer programs, and volunteer days. This can include collaboration with other local agencies, including Sonoma County Regional Parks.
- Coordinate seasonal volunteer projects and lead monthly garden work days.
- Manage garden-use schedules and collaborate with other organizations when they use the garden for activities.
- Participate in outreach activities and social media for the garden.
Administration
- Monitor expenditures within the program budget.
- Collect data and tell stories to support program impact and contribute to seasonal newsletters.
- Communicate consistently with program Founders, meet weekly with Garden Educators, attend monthly advisory council meetings.
- Expand the garden, continuing to add biodiversity and meet the growing needs of the organization and community.
Qualifications
- At least two years of professional farm/garden experience and one year of management experience, specifically with organic/regenerative/no-till methods.
- Competent with both self-directed work and managing groups.
- Ability to lift 40 lbs and work outdoors in variable climatic conditions.
- Desire to build a community rooted in collective land stewardship and sharing good food.
Compensation
this position is: hourly, $20/hr +
Application instructions
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Deadline
February 01, 2025
Attachment
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