Company description

Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) is the largest supportive housing community in the county, working to end homelessness by providing housing and services to create communities where formerly homeless families and individuals can flourish.

APC’s Farm2Market (F2M) is a diversified working urban farm and a social enterprise of Alameda Point Collaborative. The farm consists of 2-acres of vegetable crops, fruit orchards, bee hives and flowers. We use our passion for community, food and the environment to support APC residents as they move toward economic self-sufficiency and greater health and wellness. The farm employs APC residents through a job-training program, which uses the real work of farm production, marketing, sales and customer relations as key activities through which trainees can learn work readiness skills, understand workplace behaviors and practice personal and team accountability. We offer two 6-month On the Job Training (OJT) programs for adult residents and a Spring, Fall and Summer program for youth residents (ages 13-17). The farm also operates a CSA business to generate revenue for APC.

APC values diversity, and believes we better meet our mission by recruiting, training and retaining a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the community we serve. Folks from all backgrounds and identities are encouraged to apply. APC is currently engaged in an organization-wide Racial Equity review and strategic planning process, guided by an external team of experts, in collaboration with an internal working group that includes staff members from diverse backgrounds and job levels.

Job description

The APC Farm and Farm2Market Program is a social enterprise, providing the opportunity for residents to learn and practice work-related skills while growing and selling produce to the public. Activities focus on learning and practicing essential job-related behaviors and developing soft skills essential for employment success.

The APC Farm2Market Manager manages farm production, oversees all staff and volunteers working at the farm, manages quality control, public relations and marketing and sales. The Farm2Market Manager is also responsible for implements a training curriculum for APC youth and adult residents that integrate Farm site-based work activities.

DUTIES
Program Management
• Prepare and manage annual budget for the farm
• Design, implement, and evaluate production within the realm of the Farm.
• Seek out opportunities to monetize farm facilities activities and products
• Supervise and support staff and volunteers working at the farm
• Direct the Assistant Manager of Training in the implementation of an On-The-Job training program for resident youth and adult
• Direct the Assistant Manager of Operations in the maintenance and infrastructure needs of the farm, and on the CSA program
• Help plan and coordinate farm activities that support the APC mission in collaboration with other departments.
• Lead day to day activities at the farm as needed to ensure that production and training goals are met

ESSENTIAL SKILLS SETS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
 At least 2 years of experience working in farm production or related agricultural work, experience in an urban farm setting preferred.
 Experience providing training and supervision to emerging or re-entry workers.
 Excellent communication and coordination skills.
 Ability and willingness to function as a member of a team.
 Knowledge and physical ability to perform physical labor related to farm production activities.
 Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, bend, reach, climb, perform repetitive physical tasks, etc.
 Meet the good driver requirements and meet requirements for coverage by APC insurance carrier.
 Excellence in maintaining up-to-date documentation and record keeping.
 Ability to maintain role boundaries while working cooperatively with administrators, service staff, and tenants.
 Excellence with time management and organization of tasks and resources.
 Sensitivity to the challenges related to transitioning from homelessness to employment while maintaining consistency with trainee performance expectations.
 Must be available to host 1-2 Saturday workdays / month.
 Verifiable ability to and willingness to adhere to organizational policies and procedures.

This job description does not promise or imply that the functions listed are the only duties to be performed or that the position may not change or be eliminated. Employees are always expected to follow their supervisor’s instructions and to perform the tasks requested by their supervisors.

Alameda Point Collaborative provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $26.44 - $29.81

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline