Community Garden Assistant

2 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada Village Vancouver Transition Society Full time

In compliance with Canada Summer Jobs guidelines, applicants must:

- be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or have official refugee protection status, and be legally entitled to work in Canada
- be between the ages of 15 and 30

Qualifications:

- Interest in community development
- Ability to work well with management, board, staff, volunteers and others
- Ability to take direction well and to show initiative
- Experience working, studying, or collaborating with people from diverse cultures and economic backgrounds
- Gardening and/or permaculture experience an asset
- Familiarity with the Kitsilano neighbourhood and the Westside an asset
- Ability to occasionally lift moderately heavy to heavy items

Tasks and projects

Primary task: Helping maintain Village Vancouver collaborative community garden sites (i.e. general gardening tasks such as planting, watering, weeding, and mulching)

Tasks may also include
- Supervising garden volunteers
- Developing educational and promotional material for gardening efforts
- Writing seed, gardening, or other food related articles for the Village Vancouver (or a community partner) newsletter and blog
- Helping organize gardening workshops and activities Village Vancouver Summer Employment Opportunity
- Filling DIY planter kit orders
- Helping build raised beds
- Helping with Village Vancouver workshops and activities
- Tabling at Village Vancouver booths at street fairs, festivals, farmers markets, or other community gatherings
- Other seed, gardening, and general tasks as needed

Rate of pay: $17.70 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation

Job duration and hours: Approximately 31 hours/week for 9 weeks (280 hours total), from May 14, 2023 to July 15, 2023. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Saturdays and Sundays, as well as some weekdays.

Location: Field House McBride Park (Kitsilano, Vancouver), VV community gardens/garden spaces, and remotely.

Accessibility: The Field House is not wheelchair accessible. Gardens have uneven surfaces. Kits Village garden is terraced.

Village Vancouver Transition Society is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and social justice. We specifically encourage Indigenous youth, racialized youth, newcomers to Canada (arrived in Canada 5 years ago or less), youth with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, women and gender-diverse youth to apply

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 weeks

Pay: $17.70 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress

COVID-19 considerations:
Some of the work may be done remotely where feasible. In cases where work takes place on-site, appropriate physical distancing and/or safety/health measures will be in place for safety.

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-05-09
Expected start date: 2023-05-14



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