Foodlands Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Collingwood Neighbourhood House Full time

**Job Overview**:
RCFJ is seeking a critical and passionate individual to join the Food Justice team. This person will be responsible for supporting the organization, facilitation and promotion of Indigenous Foodlands, community gardens, and food sovereignty activities and celebratory events with RCFJ. The position will work primarily within the Norquay Community Food Forest, the Cheyenne Community Garden, and the Collingwood Community Garden with some time spent supporting other urban foodlands work, including the Rooftop Garden at CNH.

**Responsibilities**:

- Program Delivery_
- Steward the plants, lands, and buildings at the Norquay Community Food Forest
- Research, plan, and execute community gatherings celebrating Indigenous Foodlands and food sovereignty, including Indigenous Storytelling sessions, Healing Circles, Indigenous Plant Medicine Learning Workshops, Indigenous People’s Day Celebrations, and Still Creek Feast Day
- Promote and host volunteer drop-ins in the gardens and Foodlands spaces
- Monitor, coordinate, and support the community-led Cheyenne Community Garden and Collingwood Community Garden
- Support urban agriculture initiatives at the CNH Rooftop Garden
- Attend bi-monthly RCFJ Food Advisory Committee Meetings
- Build elements of Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Justice into all programming
- Communications_
- Network with other Food Justice Collaborations throughout the city, such as Ancestral FoodWays Collective Society
- Work collaboratively as part of a team and to connect with community members of Host Nations
- Connect with schools and local agencies for promotion and programming
- Outreach and recruit volunteers and encourage them to share their unique knowledge sets
- Prepare Foodlands program reviews and promotion materials for the bi-monthly e-newsletters
- Administrative & Internal Tasks_
- Attend weekly RCFJ team meetings and bi-weekly Community Development department meetings
- Keep up-to-date records on attendance of volunteers, participants, and programs delivered, as well as the equipment inventory
- Perform other tasks as assigned

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months

Pay: $23.58 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Front desk: 1 year (preferred)
- Administrative experience: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- Mandarin (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-05-28
Expected start date: 2024-06-18

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