Company description

Bread & Butter Farm is a highly diversified, organic/regenerative, community farm located in South Burlington and Shelburne, Vermont. We manage 650 acres of largely conserved land employing 35 team members annually, offering 10,000 people food, events, and education each year. We operate three main farm business enterprises:

LAND - stewarding land through food production including veggies, fruit, cattle and pigs

EDUCATION - offering year round outdoor/land based curriculum/programs for toddlers to adults

MARKETS - selling our products about 5% wholesale to restaurants, farm stands and natural foods stores within 10 miles and 95% on-farm through farm store, membership programs, events, and a partner business cafe - Blank Page Cafe, which operates in our farm store and employs 6 people per year offering farm to table cafe and catering options

Job description

The Year Round Education Programs Manager is both an educator and manager position, co-managing our school year program (Village School) and summer program (Camp Bread & Butter), with individual program budgets ranging from $50-100k. This unique role allows a passionate farm/land based educator to work directly with kids on the farm while taking on management responsibilities including financial, operational, and personnel management.

As an educator, this position works directly with kids ages 5-12 and provides leadership training with teens ages 13-18 on the farm and in the forests. As a manager, this position is a member of the Educational Leadership team (Village School Manager, Camp Co-Managers, Land and Education Liaison, and Farm Owner/Education Director), guiding and executing the ongoing development of year-round programming.

The first and most important role is to be a passionate, land-based educator for the kids who engage with our farm, while being a collaborative team player with other farm educators and farmers. We will onboard this person by focusing on learning our philosophy, curriculum, and operations, while providing training and support in the managerial aspects over the first 6 months to 1 year.

Success in this role means: delivering high-quality educational experiences for students, managing to program budgets, leading collaborative and effective education teams, and advancing our educational mission and curriculum.

Qualifications

The most important qualifications are passion for farm/land-based education, strong organizational and communication skills, and collaborative leadership with a positive attitude.

5+ years outdoor and farm-based education experience with kids ages 5-18

Administrative experience including managing spreadsheets and organizational systems

Programmatic, operational, and personnel management experience

Passion for food, farming, the natural world, and building connections through teaching

Excellent communicator and team player

Open to giving and receiving constructive feedback; committed to creating a culture of learning and growth

A more detailed job description can be found on our website: https://breadandbutterfarm.com/now-hiring

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $35,568* - $50,000

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline