Company description

About Shalom Farms

At Shalom Farms we believe everyone deserves access to healthy food. We are a Richmond, VA based nonprofit working together to build healthy communities by growing and sharing healthy food. The food we grow is distributed through our network of programs and partnerships in communities where access to healthy food is limited. As a team, we are passionate about addressing the complex nature of food access issues, committed to being antiracist and to understanding the systemic causes of injustice, and dedicated to bringing about meaningful change.

Job description

The Mobile Market Coordinator coordinates our healthy food distribution across Richmond. This
position
is an integral part of the distribution, network, and engagement team and reports to the Network
Engagement Director. The Mobile Market Coordinator independently coordinates our mobile markets
each week throughout the City of Richmond, including supervising all onsite activities with the
support of interns and volunteers, managing point of sale and customer service, and ensuring
shoppers have a dignified shopping experience. Other duties include produce pick up from our
Powhatan farm and other local farms, packing responsibilities, local retail deliveries, and other
activities supporting our distribution programs. Because this is such an outward facing role, this
person is especially responsible for co-creating and upholding a culture that prioritizes safety,
inclusion, warmth, and humility. Priority will be given to candidates who speak fluent Spanish.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Mobile Market Management (70%)
Manage operations and logistics of all mobile markets each week
Transportation (15%)
Produce pickups, wholesale deliveries, customer deliveries, vehicle fleet coordination
Planning, Data management (10%)
Daily and weekly planning for mobile markets, coordinating seasonal mobile market data and shopper
surveys
Other (5%)
Supervisor check-ins, staff meetings, cross-departmental opportunities, and other duties as
assigned

Details
Mobile Market Management (70%)
● Manage on-site operations of mobile markets: timely setup and breakdown, accurate pricing
options, inventory management, aesthetically pleasing displays, signage, shopper management
● With support from the Network Engagement Director, coordinate produce ordering
from farms and other vendors, ensuring adequate supply to all mobile markets


● Pack and organize mobile market vehicle/s
● Provide on-site supervision of volunteers and interns, including delegating tasks, maintaining
good communication, helping problem solve, and remaining calm under pressure
● Operate cash register and accurately record sales in POS system
● With the strategic support of the Network Engagement Director, execute regular and ongoing
opportunities for customer/participant feedback, to support program evaluation efforts and
community-informed programming
● Ensure equitable treatment of all shoppers by managing inventory and ensuring fair pricing
● Provide excellent customer service and aim that all customers have positive shopping
experience
● Cultivate a safe environment for staff, volunteers, and shoppers
● Serve as primary point of contact for Mobile Market
● With the support of the Network Engagement Director, maintain relationships with mobile market
site partner organizations

Transportation (15%)
● Coordinate weekly produce/product pick-up and delivery, from Powhatan farm and partner farms
● Appropriately park and organize mobile market vehicles at Northside farm
● In-town produce deliveries to Healthy Retail partners, Produce Rx (PRx) partners, and as
necessary Nutrition Distribution Partners (NDP’s)
● Ensure mobile market vehicles are cleaned every week and refueled as needed
● With the Network Engagement Director, adequately maintain mobile market vehicle fleet

Planning, Data management (10%)
● Assist with seasonal mobile market data and customer surveys
● Enter paper surveys into digital platform
● With the Network Engagement Director, analyze seasonal surveys
● With the Network Engagement Director and farm teams, maintain accurate record-keeping of MM
leftovers to Nutrition Distribution Partners

Other (5%)
● Meet weekly with Network Engagement Director
● Attend Programs Team meetings and all-staff meetings
● Produce washing/sorting/packing, as assigned
● Other related assignments as necessary



QUALITIES
● Strong interest in food justice and/or nonprofit direct service work
● Commitment to anti-racism and equity
● Flexible, creative, and solutions-oriented
● Positive attitude, willing and able to work independently and within a team environment
● Ability to multitask

● Willingness to work in difficult weather conditions
● Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including under stressful and/or busy
conditions
● Ability to delegate tasks and manage volunteers
● Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills

Must Have
● Some nonprofit experience, farmers market sales experience, or combination of both
● Able to regularly and repeatedly lift 50 pounds
● Conversational Spanish language skills
● A clean driving record (for insurance purposes) and comfortable driving a box truck and sprinter van (training
provided).

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15-20/hr

Application instructions

Deadline

February 15, 2024