Company description

Montavilla Farmers Market is a year-round food and farm marketplace serving Southeast Portland.

The mission of the Montavilla Farmers Market is to provide a vibrant marketplace where our diverse community has access to high quality, local, healthy food. We create opportunities for our vendors and customers to support and learn from each other, which strengthens our local economy.

Job description

Reports to: Market Manager

Location: Portland, OR

Compensation: $19/hr

• Jan-April: 7 hrs Every Other Sunday [8am–3pm]
• May–December: 7 hrs Every Sunday [8am–3pm]

Benefits:

• 14 hours of PTO
• $10 wellness benefit at each market

Position summary

This position is responsible for market operations support. Job duties involve working outside in varying weather conditions on market days [ranging from cold and wet to hot] and requires the ability to: perform some heavy lifting, squatting, reaching, and other physical tasks, in collaboration with Market Manager.

On-Site Market Day Duties

Sundays 7 hrs/market (every other week Jan–Apr; every week May–Dec 22)

• Attend each market day, onsite two hours prior to market opening and up to two hours after (or until usual market duties are complete)
• Set-up/tear-down of market site:
  • Info booth and merchandise display
  • Additional seating tents (tents/weights/tables/chairs/water station/hand wash station)
  • Portable bathrooms - handwash station
• Distribute currency collection packets to vendors and coordinate packet recollection
• Take customer counts hourly at the market
• Work the point of sale to distribute tokens and EBT matching currency
• Keep the market clean by regularly checking for and picking up waste not disposed of properly during the market day
• Ensure market safety and access, trouble shoot to solve problems and resolve issues
• Build and maintain positive vendor relationships. Accurately answer customer questions by being knowledgeable about vendor attendance, current weekly offerings, products, growing practices, and market currency
• Be welcoming to community members, customers, volunteers, vendors, potential vendors, etc. and respond to their inquiries by providing information or direct to other staff if needed
• Assist with vendor vehicle traffic control before and after market

Qualifications and Experience

• Works well with a diverse group of people
• Demonstrated experience/interest in farmers markets/local food system
• Excited to work outside in all weather conditions
• Enjoys physical labor and customer service
• High attention to detail, ability to remember & initiate tasks, openness to receiving feedback
• Previous farmers market experience is a plus

Availability Requirements

The Market Crew must be available for all Sunday markets (two Sundays may be taken off per year). Work hours are 8am–3pm.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

This position involves working outside, year-round in varying winter weather conditions (cold, wet, windy, hot) and requires the ability to perform lifting of 50 lbs, squatting, reaching and other physical tasks.

Workflow and Pay Schedule

Hours per week vary depending on the market schedule (every other week/every week). This position is hourly and paid once a month on the 10th the following month.

Compensation

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

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline