The Market Manager (MM) is primarily responsible for running the market on a daily basis.  The MM is responsible to the mission, values, and guidelines of the IFM, is supervised and reports to the Executive Director.  

This is a part-time, year-round, non-exempt position.

Compensation: $16-18/hour

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Market Day Duties: 

• Inducting new vendors and holding lotteries to place vendors in specific stalls on a weekly and yearly basis. 
• Overseeing the collection and tallying of selling fees.
• Enforce rules and guidelines and create harmony within the organization.
• In cooperation with the Office Assistant, maintain daily financial records and reconciliations.
• Make bank deposits on a daily basis.  
• Interacting with vendors, customers, and the public.
• Maintaining orderly and sanitary facilities. 
• Coordinating with emergency personnel on market days and performing minor first aid when appropriate and necessary.

Administrative Duties:

• Responsible for overseeing the organization’s work hour program and ensuring tasks in need of completion are covered by market vendors or other appropriate labor or contracting services. 
• In cooperation with the Executive Director, responsible for the hiring and monitoring of contracted labor such as plumbers and electricians in order to maintain market pavilion and address buildings & grounds issues.
• Coordinating with Buildings & Grounds committee and other relevant vendors in order to maintain the market site at Steamboat Landing.
• Coordinating two annual vendor work days each year, one in spring, on in fall.  
• With help from the Office Assistant, keep the market’s computer database complete, updated and organized.

• Conduct periodic customer counts each market day to assess the level of growth in market usage.
• Enroll market and market farmers in the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP).
• Manage the EBT and Fresh Connect programs, including coordinating volunteers to implement programming at weekday markets
• Complete a statement of accomplishments for the current year, and goals for the coming year, to be provided to supervisor for purposes of annual evaluation and possible compensation adjustment.
• Carrying out other duties as requested.