Company description

The University of San Francisco is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a 55-acre setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hilltop" and is split into two sections within a block of each other.

Job description

Garden Manager

University of San Francisco

R0008593

USF Hilltop Campus

Job Title:

Garden Manager

Job Summary:

Garden Manager is a 16-hour/week job that is integral to the USF Community Garden and the courses taught therein. The Garden Manager works directly with the Director of the Urban Agriculture Program and under the supervision of the Associate Dean for Social Sciences.

Full Job Description:

Duties include:

• Prepares and maintains USF's Community Garden. This includes maintaining drip irrigation, soil amending, and crop/orchard management (both short-term and long-term)

• Facilitates USF Community Work Days; maintains outdoor gathering space, greenhouse, potting area, storage sheds and tools, rain catchment system, and compost operations.

• Organizes, prepares, and leads workshops and tours in the USF Community Garden, which includes hands-on planting/harvesting activities and a respite from the classroom/computer life.

• Communicates with the Biology Department, Facilities, and other community members regarding shared garden use.

• Works with garden research assistants who help to steward the garden.

• Builds and sustains community partnerships with agricultural and food organizations for community-engaged learning courses and collaborations with a particular focus on connections with BIPOC-led farms and food justice organizations in the area as learning sites for community collaboration and organizing, and pathways to diversifying participation in the Urban Agriculture program.

• Other related assignments as necessary.

Compensation: $32-35/hour

Please note, for candidates with a terminal degree and teaching experience, there is the possibility of teaching Community Garden Outreach, a 4-unit hands-on service-learning course that engages students from all majors in the creation of community through the cultivation, harvesting, preparation, and serving of food. The class is taught in the USF Community Garden, with access to an industrial kitchen for food preparation. The class also engages in the Bay Area urban agriculture community through visits to local gardens and volunteering at these sites. If selected to teach the course, compensation is currently $2185/unit.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent (permaculture teaching certificate, for example)

• Several years of teaching experience in a garden, cooking/preserving food

• Several years managing a garden (preferably an educational garden)

• Commitment to support the mission of the University of San Francisco

• Desire and excitement to work in a culturally diverse environment, including engaging with and uplifting BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ students.

Full-Time/Part-Time:

Part time

Pay Rate:

Salary

Salary Range :

$32-35/hour, commensurate with experience

The University of San Francisco is located in the heart of one of the world’s most innovative and diverse cities, and is home to a vibrant academic community of students and faculty who achieve excellence in their fields. Its diverse student body enjoys direct access to faculty, small classes and outstanding opportunities in the city itself. USF is San Francisco's first university, and its Jesuit Catholic mission helps ignite a student’s passion for social justice and a desire to “Change the World From Here.” For more information, visit http://www.usfca.edu.

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Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $32.00 - $35.00

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Deadline

no deadline