Community Garden Assistant

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada Village Vancouver Transition Society Full time

**Village Vancouver Summer Employment Opportunity**

Community Garden Assistant

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
- bebetweentheagesof15and30

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 is an asset
- Familiarity with the Kitsilano neighbourhood and the Westside is 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)

Other tasks may include:

- Supervising and coordinating garden volunteers
- Tabling at Village Vancouver booths at street fairs, festivals, farmers markets, or other community gatherings
- Developing educational and promotional material for gardening efforts
- Writing gardening, seed, or other food related articles for the Village Vancouver newsletter and blog
- Filling DIY planter kit orders
- Helping build raised beds and/or with other gardening projects - Helping with Village Vancouver workshops and activities
- Other gardening, seed, and general tasks as needed

Rate of pay: $19.00 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation.

Job duration and hours: Approximately 31 hours/week for 9 weeks (280 hours total), from May 26, 2024 to July 27th, 2024. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Saturdays and Sundays, as well as some weekdays.

Location: McBride Park Field House (Kitsilano, Vancouver), VV community gardens/garden spaces, elsewhere in the field (e.g. at our booths at community fairs and festivals, or at workshops),
and potentially remotely from home.

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

Deadline for Applications: May 18th at 11:59 pm, or until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter

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 Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months

Pay: $19.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6R 1N8

Application deadline: 2024-05-19


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