Organic Garden Program Manager Huerto de la Familia
- Date Posted September 26, 2017
- Location Eugene, OR
- Category Agriculture / Nonprofit
- Job type Part-Time
TITLE: Organic Garden Program Manager
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
SUPERVISES: Organic Garden Program Assistant (if any), Groundskeeper (if any)
EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt Part-Time. .75 FTE.
POSITION SUMMARY
This person’s primary responsibility is to manage all garden sites and participants of the Organic Garden Program.
QUALIFICATIONS
English/Spanish bilingual required
Culturally Competent
Able to work independently/self-motivated
Knowledge of organic vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest required
Greenhouse experience a plus
Able to coordinate volunteers in the gardens
Ability to learn and teach a garden curriculum
Able to handle logistics around any special events or workshops
Valid OR driver’s license and auto insurance, along with access to a vehicle
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organize and maintain database of current and past gardening families
- Orient new gardening families (paperwork, payment for plot, rules of the garden)
- Put families on waiting list as they call in
- Organize monthly meetings with families as needed
- Plan and give regular gardening classes using the Seed to Supper curriculum
- Invite guests to provide workshops: garden related, health related, and food preservation
- Solicit, pick up and deliver plants, seeds and supplies to all garden sites
- Contact volunteers about meetings/opportunities
- Provide one-on-one garden education and assistance to families at the garden
- Be on site one evening per week, during the growing season, to help families
- Be aware of any specific gardening tasks that need to be passed along to the groundskeeper- such as broken tools, compost pile dumps or errands that require a truck
- Work with Executive Director on program planning, budgeting, and grant writing
- Writing grant reports as directed by the Executive Director
- Help with Huerto de la Familia’s special events or fundraising tasks as needed