McGolrick Park Farmers Market Mgr Down to Earth Markets
- Date Posted August 22, 2022
- Location Brooklyn, NY
- Category Agriculture / Education
- Job type Part-Time
McGolrick Park Farmers Market Manager
Part-time, $18/hour position available at our McGolrick Park Farmers Market on Sundays from 8am-4pm located in the center of McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with additional flexible hours outside of market day for grassroots flyering and community engagement opportunities.
- Supervising daily operations to assure a smooth and safe running market
- Catering to vendors and the community in a timely, accommodating fashion
- Enforcing market rules and regulations to maintain an orderly, accommodating community space
- Collecting and reporting market data and success metrics
- Working with local community members to get a strong idea of what your market's specific needs are
- Setting up and breaking down the market manager tent and market signage
- Selling farmers market branded items
- Serving as a market host to welcome and engage shoppers, promoting good relations between vendors, our company, and the shoppers as a representative of Down to Earth Markets. Assisting shoppers and vendors with use of food access, food benefits and nutrition programs (SNAP, FMNP).
- Demonstrates competency in cross-cultural communication with shoppers, and vendors to report successes, concerns and opportunities to Down to Earth Markets.
- Representing the farmers market at community events as needed.
- Weekly conference calls with your fellow Market Managers and Operations Manager
Physical / logistical requirements:
- Able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Bending and chalking spaces for vendors first thing in the morning
- Able to walk and stand for several hours at a time.
- Able to work in all weather conditions, e.g. heat, cold, rain, sun, wind, snow.
- Attend one annual Site Manager training digitally as scheduled.
- Complete two days of shadowing in conjunction with the market opening dates.
- Complete required grassroots flyering shifts during the course of the season.
- Arrive 1 ½ hours before the market start time to lead market set up and stay at least one hour past closing time to oversee breakdown and clean up.
- Communicate regularly with Operations and Marketing to ensure a steady flow of information between the office and the markets.
- Read weekly Site Manager Update, Shopper Email and other occasional communications.
- Receive and reply to last minute market updates relayed via e-mail, text or phone.
- Respond in a timely manner to communications from the office.
- Have use of a smartphone that can install and use Microsoft Teams, Business Suite (Facebook) and ADP Mobile for market-day communications and to post to Facebook.
- Access to reliable transportation - including Public transportation to access the site on a timely basis or a bicycle.