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Urban Agriculture Coordinator

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  • Descripción

    Tipo de contrato:A Tiempo Parcial
    Fecha de inicio:17 de febrero de 2025
    Fecha límite de postulación:14 de febrero de 2025
    Compensación:Al menos USD $20 / hour
    Up to $24 per hour depending on experience
    Temáticas:Agricultura, Educación, Medio Ambiente & Sostenibilidad, Infancia & Juventud, Desarrollo de Comunidades, Desarrollo Económico, Mujeres

    Descripción

    We're Hiring!

    Urban Agriculture Coordinator

    About Haley House: Haley House uses food and the power of community to break down barriers, open opportunities, and strengthen neighborhoods. Founded in 1966, Haley House has grown to include four interconnected branches: direct services (soup kitchen, food pantry, meal for elders), permanent affordable housing, urban agriculture, and social enterprise (Haley House Bakery Cafe). Our direct services and housing are located in the South End, and our social enterprise is located in Roxbury; our urban agriculture is in both neighborhoods.

    This is a part-time position (25 hours a week) during the growing season (March through November) that offers a competitive hourly rate of between $20 and $24 based on experience and includes PTO and life insurance and the opportunity to enroll in health and dental insurance.

    Role:The Urban Agriculture Coordinator (UAC) responsibilities bring together a combination of urban gardening education, community development and engagement. This part-time position will steward gardening relations between Haley House Thornton Street Urban Farm, a neighborhood based garden site, and personal home gardens in Roxbury. The Coordinator will strengthen relationships of gardeners with the farm and other community gardeners.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Provide 1:1 consultations and provide hands-on assistance to gardeners in Roxbury area
    • Support community gardeners in all stages of their gardening season
    • Provide regular garden care and maintenance, including watering, weeding, planting, harvesting, etc. at Haley House community partner site
    • Provide phone or text services to answer questions remotely
    • Host site visits to demonstrate growing practices
    • Develop a neighborhood-based urban agriculture network to connect residents and build a deeper gardener community
    • Connect on a biweekly basis with the Urban Farm Manager and Urban Garden Coordinator
    • Plan, teach and/or support Thornton St Urban Farm with gardener based workshops, events and/or activities
    • Participate in regular staff meetings with Haley House and Grow Boston (city of Boston)
    • Provide youth education workshops
    • Develop a seed, tool, or plant library at community partner site
    • Share information about Grow Boston resources that support urban growers.
    • Encourage discussion and feedback from residents about needs and visions for neighborhood growing spaces
    • Other duties as assigned related to the overall role

    Qualifications

    • 2+ years of experience teaching in an inclusive learning environment
    • Experience with working with plants (farming, landscaping, gardening)
    • Ability to work well intergenerationally and with a diverse age range of people in a neighborhood community
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    • Ability to work independently, in multiple sites and as part of a team; flexibility
    • Experience working with issues related to homelessness, housing, job training, social justice and/or urban agriculture preferred
    • Commitment to sharing and providing resources to those who don’t have as much access in our society and challenging existing systems of privilege and injustice.

    Physical Requirements:

    • Ability to lift 30-40lbs
    • Ability to withstand varying weather conditions (rain, heat, wind)
    • Ability to withstand prolonged periods of kneeling, standing, walking
    • Willing and able to go to Roxbury residents homes to support with home gardening beds (some preference will be given to applicants who have a driver’s license in good standing that will allow them to drive a personal vehicle or a Haley House vehicle to carry heavier equipment or items to the homes of Roxbury residents))

    To Apply:

    Please send cover letter and resume to abezek@haleyhouse.org

    Haley House is committed to cultivating a diverse and welcoming community where everyone feels respected and valued. Haley House fosters a culture of inclusion that celebrates and promotes diversity along multiple dimensions, including race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, partnered status, age, national origin, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, culture, and experience.

    We're Hiring!

    Urban Agriculture Coordinator

    About Haley House: Haley House uses food and the power of community to break down barriers, open opportunities, and strengthen neighborhoods. Founded in 1966, Haley House has grown to include four interconnected branches: direct services (soup kitchen, food pantry, meal for elders), permanent affordable housing, urban agriculture, and social enterprise (Haley House Bakery Cafe). Our direct services and housing are located in the South End, and our social enterprise is located in Roxbury; our urban agriculture is in both neighborhoods.

    This is a part-time position (25 hours a week) during the growing season (March through November) that offers a competitive hourly rate of between $20 and $24 based on experience and includes PTO and life insurance and the opportunity to enroll in health and dental insurance.

    Role:The Urban Agriculture Coordinator (UAC) responsibilities bring together a combination of urban gardening…

    Compensación

    Eligible for PTO, health and dental at part-time contribution levels.

    This is a seasonal position that begins in late/February or early March and ends in November,

    Eligible for PTO, health and dental at part-time contribution levels.

    This is a seasonal position that begins in late/February or early March and ends in November,

    Ubicación

    Presencial
    95R Thornton St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA

    Cómo aplicar

    Send cover letter and resume

    Send cover letter and resume

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