Company description

Berkshire Grown supports and promotes local farms, creates community partnerships that connect people to local food and builds an equitable and resilient food system that strengthens local food security.

Job description

Berkshire Grown is hiring for the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market Site Manager and Assistant Site Manager!

The Site Manager is the on-site lead at the markets, coordinating the market logistics with site hosts, shoppers, market ambassadors and volunteers. This is a seasonal, 25 hours/ week position requiring 3 days/week, with on-site work at the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market sites during the market season (June through mid-October).

The Assistant Site Manager is on-site at the markets, helping to coordinate the market logistics with the Site Manager at each location. This is a seasonal, 20-24 hours/week position requiring 3 days/week, with on-site work at the market sites and storage facilities during the market season (June-mid-October).

The Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market (BMFM) is a collaborative food access program with the mission of bringing fresh, healthy local food to low-income and low-access communities across Berkshire County. We work with local farmers to offer a variety of locally grown seasonal produce, eggs, meat, dairy products and other food items.

This program has several objectives and stakeholders. The aim of the program is to:
- support local farmers and food producers by providing a wholesale revenue stream for their products,
- lessen food insecurity and improve equitable access to local, healthy food options (especially for those in remote and rural areas),
- mitigate the stigma of using EBT/SNAP benefits and food pantries.
- improve community resiliency by diminishing our reliance on long-distance food chains.

In 2025 we will operate the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market at six locations across the county weekly from mid-June through mid-October. This job description relates to the Southern Berkshire sites: Becket, Monterey and Wahconah Park in Pittsfield.

South County Market Days and Times:
Becket: Town Hall, 557 Main St., Tuesdays 3:30–5:30pm
Pittsfield: Wahconah Park, 105 Wahconah St., Wednesdays 11:30am–1:30pm
Monterey: Community Center, 468 Main Rd., Fridays 3:30–5:30pm

Skills and Qualifications:
- Must be based/able to commute to Southern Berkshire County
- Must have farmers market/grocery/retail experience
- Excellent communications skills;
- Demonstrated experience working at a farmers market (first-hand knowledge of Berkshire local food and farmers market producers a plus);
- Competency managing inventory and Point of Sale System (Square);
- Ability to take initiative while also working as a team player;
- Understanding of food insecurity in the community a plus;
- Bilingual Spanish speaker a plus.

Compensation:
Site Manager: This is a non-exempt hourly position, $22 - 24/hour, dependent on experience
Assistant Site Manager: This is a non-exempt hourly position, $21-22/hour dependent on experience

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

June 15, 2025