Company description

Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, founded in 2005, was the culinary and marketing arm of Ger-Nis International. Closing in 2012, Ger-Nis International was a fruit and vegetable import and distribution company, located in Brooklyn, New York. It specialized in organic, sustainable, and fairly traded commodities. The culinary center grew out of this, and it maintains a focus on food education and marketing through a diverse medley of offerings. These include hands-on recreational and educational cooking classes & events for adults and children, with an emphasis on food source education for the local community. The culinary center connects global farmers to eaters starting at the source, with supply chain management and sales services. New business development, brand identity, marketing, PR, product sales, and consumer driven commodity education round out the system. The company’s main agricultural client is Crespo Organic Mangoes.

 

The company also supports the founder’s other work in various ventures. These include recipe development (with an emphasis on fresh herbs and mangoes), food writing, food photography, produce commodity consumer education, and culinary education for kids and adults.

 

In 2014, the founder relocated to California, eliminating the physical Brooklyn space but continuing the consultancy work and food education in various northern California locations. A new home-studio space in the sleepy beach/surf village of Bolinas, California, is among these locations.

 

The founder and the company have been incredibly successful throughout the years offering a trifecta of opportunities: *providing global growers access to more sustainable and profitable markets, *while simultaneously offering small domestic communities the resources to learn about farmers, food, food cultures, and how to cook with great ease and joy, *while supporting good healthy eating and purchasing habits for communities, ourselves, and the planet!  

 

The company offers low cost top-notch services for small growers; therefore, every single person working in the Ger-Nis system is highly skilled in several arenas.
 

Find out more about the founder here: www.myherbal-roots.com/about-me/

About the services of the company here: www.myherbal-roots.com/services/

 

Find out more at

www.Ger-Nis.com

www.MyHerbalRoots.com

www.CrespoOrganic.com

Job description

This seasonal job can only be filled by someone who can wear many hats simultaneously. It is a great opportunity to expand and hone a multitude of skills that are increasingly valuable today. This unique company participates in several aspects of the supply chain from seed to mouth. They continue to carry out the founder’s vision, passion, and mission–to connect farmers and eaters through sustainable, regenerative, and organic agricultural and food education systems. This position was mainly created to assist during the busy organic mango season that runs from February through September.
 

This job is a unique and flexible part-time opportunity for a highly organized, detailed, and joyful person. We are looking for a quick learning jack (or “jill”) of all trades type with mad organizational skills and the ability to shift voices from one product and brand to another with ease. The ideal candidate must be passionate about food, farmers, and organics. They must excel at communication and at storytelling through the lens of all social media formats. An independent, secure, creative, and communicative person will fit in well into this rapid-fire agricultural business made up of a handful of creative and remote workers.

 

The position is essentially a mix of customer service and social media. The customer service aspect will require daily contact with customers as well as some liaison work between warehouses and logistical operations. This position will be responsible for order entry, confirmation security, customer inquiries, quality communications, and basic sales tasks such as weekly sales reporting.

 

This individual will manage an efficient and existing social media system for organic, fairly traded, sustainable food, and farm clients as well as assist the founder with customer service, sales, and marketing of the large-scale organic mango program the company manages.

 

 The position is located in Bolinas, CA, with the possibility of some hours being conducted remotely. The position will support the founder and other remote team members on various other marketing tasks and special projects.

 

 Produce and agriculture are both extremely fast paced industries, and our top pick will be someone who functions and deals with stress well and can adapt to quickly changing needs sans mistakes. 

 

General Responsibilities (Social Media)

• Manage social media platforms for 3-4 various brands/clients using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube
• Social media research, organization, and copy
• Assist with weekly newsletter programs: copy, photos, layout, email addresses
• Photography and social media material organization and some basic photoshop work
• Social media channel maintenance: followers, interactions, q & a, etc.
   

General Responsibilities (Customer Service and Sales Assistance)

• Inventory reconciliation for 3 warehouses
• Order entry and customer confirmation correspondence
• Order tracking (order to paid invoice)
• Quality problem tracking
• Sales Reporting
• Paperwork organization, real time
   

 Requirements

• Must be able to work in Bolinas, California (Monday – Friday, early mornings)
• Social media experience with promoting businesses, preferably food brands
• Proficiency or the clear ability to learn quickly in-advance social media posting software: Hootesuite, Facebook, and or others
• Basic skills in Word, Excel, WordPress, Photoshop, Newsletter Platforms
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent spelling and proofreading skills
• Bilingual in Spanish a big plus
   

Perks & More Hours

There are additional hours available to the right candidate who has keen interests in other facets of the company including. Priority going to those that are willing and capable to do it all.

 

• Food Photography Assistance & Editing
• General Copy Editing - Recipe Testing
• Culinary Education Assistance (on & off site)
• Food Event Assistance (on & off site)
• General Office work
• Agricultural Consulting Work - Seasonal
• Commodity Research
• Founder Assistance
   

Additional perks include: *working in a beautiful space overlooking the Pacific Ocean where great food and drink are abundant in the test kitchen and food photography studio (taste testing is part of the job for those around), *having the unique opportunity to be a part of a business that touches multiple facets of the food system, *being a part of something meaningful, *connecting farmers to consumers in a super authentic and educational manner, plus *working around the founder’s lovable dog Inca. Founder is willing to train the right person who possesses most of the skills needed.

Compensation this position is : hourly, $15/hr + Location job can be done remotely Application instructions DeadlineJanuary 15, 2020