Company description

Founded in 1992, Homefields is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) in Millersville, Pennsylvania. We provide housing and meaningful work opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (IDD/ASD). Our certified-organic CSA farm serves 145 families annually and offers a model of community inclusion, sustainability, and empowerment. Learn more at www.homefields.org/jobs

Options: We create opportunities for people of all abilities. Respect: We recognize, respect, and support all abilities, histories, and identities. Integrity: We opt for goodness in our actions and legacy, toward our constituents and the land. Adaptability: We respond to our dynamic community and environment.

Job description

Type: Fulltime, year-round
Compensation: $20.00 - $23.00/hour, depending on experience

Benefits:

• Medical, Wellness benefit
• Retirement plan, 3% match
• Paid Time Off
• Boot reimbursement and uniform shirts
• Share in the bounty, CSA share included

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED, college degree preferred
• At least two years of experience managing a CSA or working in a position directly related to managing a CSA from seeding, to transplanting, to harvest to delivery
• Operates and maintains small farm tractors and related farm equipment
• Experience operating greenhouses year round
• Understands how to grow diverse varieties of crops, crop rotation to ensure multiple harvests, pest control, soil nutrient management
• Two years supervisory experience highly desirable
• Highly desire experience with, or understanding of, organic certification
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
• Basic knowledge of Google workspace (Gmail, Sheets, Docs) and related web-based software

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $20.00 - $23.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline