Job description

Become part of the local food movement! The Local Catch is a local fisherman-owned seafood processor & wholesaler in Point Judith seeking help in facility and selling seafood at farmers markets.

WHO ARE WE?

We’re a fisherman-run seafood processing, wholesale, and distribution company that specializes in marketing Rhode Island-caught seafood to Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut consumers. We sell our catch through direct sales to restaurants, farm markets, and a community-supported fishery (CSF) program.

Seafood sold through The Local Catch goes directly from the boat to your plate. We clean and process it at our dockside facility in the Port of Galilee, and deliver it straight to local restaurants, farmers markets, and consumers. That way, we keep our seafood at its freshest, keep seafood-related profits and jobs in the state, and keep fuel usage to a minimum.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Job responsibilities may include pickup from facility, transportation to market, setup, sales, and breakdown.

Other work may include office and administrative duties, packaging of seafood, and other facility work.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong, independent work ethic and sales experience required.
• Ideal candidate is organized, dependable, self-motivated, friendly, with an interest and passion for local food and seafood.
• Must be able to engage customers and make sales by telling the story of our local seafood (tracebility, fishing methods, etc).
• Knowledge of seafood or local food helpful but not necessary.
• Will include some regular lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Helpful if you have a Smartphone for ease of quick communication and drive a pickup or other large vehicle to transport

POSITION DETAILS

• Part-time.
• Mostly Fridays and Saturdays.
• Training provided.

There is full-time potential for the right individual to grow with the company.

Compensation

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Application instructions

Deadline

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