Company description

At The Food Project, we believe that everyone has the right to fresh, healthy, affordable food. Our goal is to transform the food system into a more just, community-engaged model that supports food security for all while connecting diverse communities to each other and to the land.

Since our founding in 1991, The Food Project has grown into a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that works at the intersection of youth, food, and community. Young people are the driving force of The Food Project and work on our farms and with community members to realize the right to food that nourishes our communities and the planet we share.

Each year, we employ 140 teenagers in this vital work on 70 acres of urban and suburban farmland across eastern Massachusetts where they grow 200,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables and use this food to enact innovative food system initiatives that increase access to fresh, healthy food for all.

We focus this work in the two communities we are most deeply connected to: Boston’s Dudley neighborhood and the City of Lynn.

Our Mission
The Food Project’s mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Our community produces healthy food for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own communities.

Our Vision

We envision a world where youth are active leaders, diverse communities feel connected to the land and each other, and everyone has access to fresh, local, healthy, affordable food.

Job description

What We Seek

We seek two individuals - One in each region (NS or GB) - with a strong desire for and full investment in maintaining excellence in all aspects of our summer youth programs: Seed and Root Crew.

Ideal candidates possess a strong work ethic, an eye for details, project management skills, and a flexible attitude. We seek candidates who are open to learning and engaging with The Food Project’s mission.

The Food Project strives to create and support culturally diverse leader teams and candidates from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Set up and prepare materials and food for workshops, meetings, events, and the operations of youth crews during the summer.
Set up daily logistics for programmatic elements to support Youth Development Managers.
Act as a crew leader when needed to support youth workers.
Support with the completion of youth employment paperwork at the start of the season.
Manage youth enrollment, attendance, and evaluation records throughout the Program.
Coordinate youth and staff transportation, including ordering and distributing transit passes, booking buses, managing use of TFP vehicles, and trouble-shooting youth transit issues.
Maintain inventory of program, safety, and crew worker supplies in farms and at the offices, and coordinate ordering, restocking, and distribution as needed.
Support the staff team in managing tasks, deadlines, and unanticipated situations.
Coordinate and manage partner organizations where youth work externally outside of The Food Project, COVID permitting.
Support leading youth in farm work and workshops as needed.
Participate in an end-of-summer evaluation of the Seed Crew Season

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience and success in detailed work planning and task management and in executing work within defined timeframes.
Comfort with G-Suite, Google (email, calendar, drive), and databases.
Interest in youth development in diverse settings; direct experience with youth preferred.
High School Diploma
Driver’s license in good standing to drive large passenger vehicles to transport youth and supplies between multiple sites. Access to a personal vehicle is required. Mileage will be paid when asked to travel from the initial work site if driving a personal vehicle.
21 years of age or older (to allow use of TFP vehicles).
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong capacity to work both independently and in teams, with ability to explain processes clearly and support co-workers’ successful participation in them.
Dependable, responsible, independent, and open to learning.
Team-oriented individual with a good sense of humor
Comfort and familiarity in talking about Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
Able to pass a CORI/SORI background check

Location & Schedule

This is a seasonal position. The operations coordinator must be available full-time from June 2nd, 2025, to August 17th, 2025. During the summer, the Operations Coordinator will work Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM. They will spend 4 days on the farm with the youth programs and one-day doing administrative work in the office.

Operations Coordinator for GB will work in both Boston and Lincoln.
West Cottage Farm - 40 W Cottage St, Dorchester, MA 02125
Baker Bridge Farm - The intersection of Baker Bridge and Concord Road, Lincoln, MA 01773

Operations Coordinator for NS will work in both Lynn and Wenham.
Ingalls School Farm - 1 Collins St. Terr, Lynn, MA 01902
Reynolds Farm - 78 Larch Row, Wenham, MA 01984

Compensation

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

Application instructions

Deadline

April 04, 2025