Company description
Heart of the City Farmers Market is a uniquely independent, farmer-operated, nonprofit farmers market located year round on Sundays and Wednesdays in San Francisco's Fulton Plaza. An iconic and beloved community resource, the market opened in 1981 with a mission to support and sustain small farmers and make fresh food accessible for low-income customers who struggle to afford adequate nutrition in a city with the highest cost of living in the nation.
We are the largest farmers’ market food assistance program in California. Our food access programs distribute over $4 million a year from our information tent, provide nutrition education and support, manage distribution and redemption for the largest farmers market EBT program in California, and make over $1.5 million per year in grant-funded incentives available to help low-income families purchase fruits and vegetables from local farms.
Job description
- Farmers’ market information tent customer service and line management in a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment for San Francisco’s iconic Heart of the City Farmers’ Market, an independent, non-profit, farmer-operated farmers’ market operating since 1981
- This position is expected to be on site 1 hr before opening to help with market setup.
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds to assist with breakdown and transportation of market equipment from Fulton Plaza to its storage site above the Orpheum Theater.
- Processing high-volume credit card and CalFresh EBT card payments to assist farmers’ market customers to purchase market tokens and vouchers to spend with vendors
- Assisting with critical food relief distribution to address rising food insecurity, supporting the nation’s largest farmers’ market food access program to distribute over $1.5 million in food assistance each year to San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents in the form of tokens and vouchers to buy additional produce from small farmers
- Providing orientations for new customers and answering customer questions about the market
- Alerting security guards and managers to security issues via radio to diffuse confrontations in a calm manner
- Must be able to remain neutral and calm in challenging interactions with customers
- Farmers market is open rain or shine including most holidays
- Requires working outside under a canopy tent in all weather conditions
- Consistent and reliable attendance is required
- Bilingual Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, Arabic, or Spanish preferred
Shift hours:
- Sundays: 8:00-4:30 (8 hours)
- Wednesdays: 8:00-4:30 (8 hours)
- Shifts include a ½ hour unpaid meal break and 2 paid 15-minute rest breaks
Pay: $336 a week ($21/hr)
Compensation
this position is: hourly, $20/hr +
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Deadline
April 30, 2026