Company description

Organic Growers School is the premier provider of practical and affordable organic education in the Southern Appalachians, building a vibrant food & farming community by boosting the success of organic home growers and farmers in our region. Our hands-on training, workshops, conferences, and partnerships inspire, educate, and support people to farm, garden, and live organically.

MISSION

Organic Growers School inspires, educates, and supports people to farm, garden, and live organically.

VISION

We are building a mutually supportive network of prosperous farmers, productive gardeners, and informed consumers engaged in creating healthy communities.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

We value:

• Organic growing and believe that it benefits the grower, the community, the consumer, and the earth.
• Ensuring quality, integrity, and equity in our organization and programming.
• Providing accessible, affordable, practical, and regionally appropriate education on regenerative and organic farming, gardening, eating, and living.
• Building community and strengthening connections among people, healthy food, and land.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE

Organic Growers School seeks to transform the food system into one that truly serves the needs of all communities, creating social and environmental ecosystems that thrive by empowering people to farm, garden, and live organically. We recognize that in order to reach this vision, it is necessary to understand the impact that historical oppression and systemic racism have had on the food system.

We are committed to prioritizing social justice and inclusiveness within all of our operations. We define diversity in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture, socioeconomic status, personality, ability, education, geographic region, age, experience, values, politics, appearance, religion, mental health, and immigration status.

We recognize that we have made mistakes in the past and that there is a lot of work ahead of us. We commit to the ongoing work through trainings, relationship building, partnerships, and program development, to dismantle social injustice in OGS and in the food system for the ultimate goal of food justice for all.

Job description

Scope of Work:

This full time, hourly position works in collaboration with the Program Director and other OGS staff. This position is responsible for program administration, planning, facilitation, delivery, and support of the below OGS programs and services, included but not limited to Farmer Programs and Homegrower Programs.

Tasks Include:

Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (90%)

• Lead design and facilitation for Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) Network events, Forest Farming Initiative events, Gardening Series and Homegrown Dreams.
  • This includes hosting and facilitation on site, coordinating event logistics, communications with hosts and participants, and evaluations management.
  • Manage and update all program participant data and enrollment information for all programs.
  • Provide consistent communications with all teachers and participants via email or other designated OGS platforms.
  • Support in teacher and presenter outreach, recruitment, and orientation, as well as payment and contract management.
• Provide support and co-facilitation for Farm Beginnings, Journeyperson, Mentor Services, Farm Dreams with Program Director.
  • This includes support with hosting and facilitation on site/live/online, event logistics, outreach and communications with hosts and participants, managing supplies and resources, and evaluations.
  • Provide support for farm hosts and participants at the events.
• Provide administrative support to Coaching & Consulting Program, including email communications.
• Timely and consistent communication with all OGS staff regarding overlapping work areas (Development, Marketing team, etc)
• Coordinate with the Program Director regarding Sponsor and Funder deliverables, grant management and reporting.
• Coordination with Marketing & Communications Team, supply materials and language in a timely manner for outreach and promotion of programs/events.
• Maintain digital classroom and resources
• Manage, review, update and disseminate evaluations and results for all events/ programs.
• Participate in partnership and ally development and network building.

OGS Staff Team Responsibilities (10%)

• Attend and share facilitation for OGS monthly staff meetings, programs meetings, and other relevant team meetings, as needed.
• Participate in strategic planning and attention to all organizational needs, as relevant.
• Share workshop facilitation, and/or committee facilitation functions with other staff as needed.
• Support and/or present on program department accomplishments, challenges and methodology to staff, board, and other stakeholders.
• Information systems management and ongoing updates to Leadership team and share all document files via Google Drive.
• Attend external workshops, conferences, and events to represent OGS Programs and/or staff exhibit tables as needed.

Applicant Requirements:

• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, including experience interacting and working with diverse communities, neighborhoods, and populations.
• Knowledge of and experience working with small and mid-scale sustainable or organic farms in the Southeast.
• Experience teaching or facilitating educational experiences, classes, and/or workshops.
• Familiarity and/or comfortability learning new web-based project management software such as Hubspot, Asana, Squarespace, Google Suite and Classroom..
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, ability to manage multiple contiguous projects.
• Excellent written communication skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Innovative. Creative. Flexible. Team Player. Quick Learner
• Solid people skills and experience with customer service and/ or facilitation.
• Experience working remotely

Hours: Full time, 40 hr/week position

Compensation:

Program Coordinator shall receive an hourly rate of $20-$22/hour (depending on experience). Benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, a wellness stipend, and a Simple IRA contribution.

Location: A combination of remote working from your home office and working in the OGS office in Asheville, NC when safe, appropriate, and desired. The ability to be present at various locations across Western NC throughout the year is required.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $20.00 - $22.00

Application instructions

Deadline

July 23, 2023