Company description

Common Ground Farm is a nonprofit with a mission to support and engage our community by fostering access and connection to fresh food and local agriculture through farming, education, and farmers’ markets.

Job description

Common Ground Farm’s Education Manager leads, manages, and oversees all education programs, including Preschool on the Farm, Farm Camp, Farm to School educational programming, and adult workshops. The Education Manager leads people of all ages to learn about fresh food and farming, and grows engagement and understanding of the natural world. The Education Manager will oversee the planning and development of all educational programs, including scheduling, coordinating, overseeing registration, lesson planning, communication and promotion, evaluation, in addition to hiring and supervising education staff as needed.

Responsibilities: 

• Maintain a variety of long-standing and successful programs. These include Preschool on the Farm, Farm Camp, and Farm to School.  The Education Manager will also have the freedom and opportunity to design and deliver additional mission-aligned programs. Operating programs includes designing and planning activities, preparing for sessions, as well as teaching, recruiting and training educators.
• Set the education budget and meet program and revenue goals.
• Work with the Executive Director to apply for grant funding, set tuition fees, and create proposals for new programs.
• Track, monitor, and document all education related data and provide information to support fundraising efforts.
• Coordinate and maintain positive relationships with community partners.
• Attend monthly staff meetings and monthly or bi-monthly board meetings and participate in committee meetings.
• Promote education programs through social media, weekly newsletter, via printed promotional materials, and at community events.
• Collaborate with other staff members in long-term planning and projects that overlap with education, including managing the children’s garden, coordinating activities in the field, running educational activities at our markets, etc.
• Collaborate with Executive Director, Beacon City School District staff, and community partners in management and development of Common Ground’s Farm to School program.
• Lead all aspects of Farm Camp, including ensuring that all state and health requirements are followed; hiring, training, and supervising Farm Camp staff; managing enrollment; overseeing weekly staff meeting and planning sessions; communicating with families; providing outreach for scholarships; purchasing and managing supplies; and seeking feedback and making adjustments based on responses received.
• Provide leadership in developing Farm to school Programming; including coordination with school district staff, community partners, and Common Ground team members and development and execution of curricula-linked programming.

Job Qualifications: 

Required

• At least three years of general teaching experience
• Familiarity with growing vegetables and comfortable cooking with whole foods
• Experience leading outdoor, farm, and food-based programs
  Excellent leadership ability and demonstrated skill in managing teams to cultivate engagement and creativity
• Attention to detail, experience building efficient systems, and excellent record keeping skills
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, and flexible thinking
• Ability to work independently and take initiative, set priorities, and see projects through to completion
• Outstanding communication (oral and written) skills; ability to contribute to weekly newsletter and social media communication channels, and ability to share and accept feedback in a team environment
• Comfort with teaching people of all ages, from age 2 to adult
  Commitment to our shared vision on ensuring that all people in our community have access to farm-based education, regardless of income
• Experience with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft Office 

Preferred

• Experience running a summer camp
• Basic Spanish language proficiency
• Basic knowledge of art and art-based education

Schedule: This is a year-round salaried position set at 40 hours per week. The work week is Monday-Friday with occasional additional Saturdays/Sundays for weekend family and adult programming. During the 8 weeks of camp, the Education Manager is allotted an additional 5 hours overtime per week if needed. 

Compensation: Starting range $22 to $24 per hour, depending on experience. Benefits include 100 hours paid vacation per year, 40 hours sick, paid holidays, monthly healthcare stipend, a free U-Pick share, 25% off all CGF programs, and two tickets to all CGF events. 

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline