Join Our Team as a Farm Manager!
Schoolyard Farms (SYF) is seeking a Farm Manager (FM) for the 2016 growing season. The FM is responsible for all agricultural operations for Schoolyard Farms at Candy Lane Elementary and New Urban High School, as well as facilitating community involvement on the land and maintaining an aesthetic of an educational farm. This job balances running a small production farm and incorporating various educational and empowerment objectives. The FM works closely with the Executive Director, Education Coordinator and Interns to meet production and educational objectives. The FM should be deeply committed to sustainable agriculture and food justice and energized by personal interactions and social change. This position requires organization, vision, patience, energy, delegation abilities, and good humor!
Farm Manager Responsibilities:
- Develops the farm plan utilizing intensive, small plot growing techniques
- Manages schoolyard farms for production and educational purposes, working closely with the Lead Education Coordinator
- Manages farm team interns/volunteers to carry out all farm operations including harvest processing and packaging
- Maintenance of accurate records of all farm activities
- Engages and represents SYF to the school and community at large
- Ensures opportunities for integration of teaching and learning into all components of the farms
- Coordinates SYF’s CSA program and communicates effectively with all of the members
- Continues to develop and grow SYF’s produce sales to restaurants, grocery stores and other small vendors
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of sustainable farming experience, with at least 1 year in a leadership role
- Teaching experience required: formal or informal
- Demonstrated experience in farm record keeping and crop planning
- Experience managing staff, with particular experience supporting and engaging high school aged youths
- Ability to manage multiple projects with limited supervision, self-motivated
- Organized, team oriented, dedicated
- Excellent public relations and communications skills; interpersonal, written, and oral
- Valid driver’s license and will pass a criminal record check
- Be in excellent physical condition and be able to lift 50 lbs and able to work in all weather conditions
- Proficient computer skills, strongly skilled in Excel
- Access to a computer and smartphone
- Access to a truck, van or SUV for transporting farm produce and supplies
Position Details:
- Begins February 15th
- This is a year round position with an average of 40 hrs / week, must be available to work some weekends and occasional evenings
- Hourly rate: $13
- Mileage will be reimbursed at the IRS rate of 54 cents per mile
How to Apply:
E-mail a short cover letter and resume, including three references, to [email protected] with your name and the name of the job position in the subject.
Applications must be received no later than January 29th, 2016. Interviews will begin the first week of February.
We regret that due to the high volume of applicants only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Schoolyard Farms provides equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, affectional orientation or gender identity, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sex, or age.
About Schoolyard Farms:
Schoolyard Farms (SYF) is a nonprofit that creates healthier communities by teaching about and growing food on underused schoolyards. Since its founding in 2012, Schoolyard Farms has partnered with Candy Lane Elementary to manage and cultivate one-acre of the schoolyard; integrated the farm into 300 students’ classroom lessons weekly while teaching them where food comes from and how to grow it; hosted farm-based summer camp for 1ts-6th graders; grown over 3,000 lbs. of produce for 35 CSA members, Head Start and the Farmers Market, each year; and built community partnerships with organizations like the Clackamas County Juvenile Department and the Soil and Water Conservation District. This year, SYF is growing to its second site, New Urban High School, and is looking for dedicated people to join the team.