Company description

The Woodstock Farm Festival is a 501c3 non-profit organization that runs an evening, seasonal farmer’s market in the heart of Woodstock, New York. We are as much a community event as a farmer's market, ordinarily featuring music, culinary demonstrations, and pie contests, but now creating an essential access point for fresh, local food from farmers we know and love.

Job description

The Woodstock Farm Festival is seeking a site manager for the 2020 season. Farmers markets are considered essential during the coronavirus pandemic. This year we will not start off with music, picnic tables, and community exhibitors, but instead focus on setting up this important access point for fresh, local food in the heart of Woodstock.

The assistant site manager must be available every Wednesday from May 27 - October 7, be willing and able to work outside in all weather conditions, and be able to safely lift and carry at least 50 pounds. The position requires the ability to work independently as well as interdependently with the team of volunteers, vendors and staff members.

The Wednesday hours for this position are generally from 1pm - 8:00 pm.

Responsibilities include:

MARKET OPERATIONS (to be completed with the guidance of the market manager):

• Arrive at market site at 1pm to set-up signage, tents, and tables
• Place road barriers prior to opening on each market day, and remove barriers at the close of market.
• Coordinate vendor parking and vendor set-up, ensuring vendors are in the correct space.
• Ensure the safety of the site in general.
• Oversee the assembly of market CSA box orders with volunteers and committee members.
• Manage drive-thru pick area for market CSA boxes and select vendor preorders.

GENERAL MARKET SUPPORT

• Develop and maintain good working relationships with WFF staff, vendors, customers and community members.
• Assist vendors, community representatives and customers by providing market-related information.
• Enforce market rules and site safety.
• Occasionally assist vendors by providing limited set up help and brief personal breaks.

This position is seasonal and is an independent contractor. Pay rate is $625/month.

Compensation

this position is: contract

Application instructions

Deadline

May 20, 2020