Community Garden Coordinator

4 days ago


Dartmouth, Canada Northwood Full time

Job Title: Community Garden Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Community Garden Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the community garden program. This includes ensuring that facilities and equipment are in place, program guidelines and policies are adhered to, and program and safety standards are met.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operation of the community garden program
  • Participate as a team member and communicate effectively with members, volunteers, and Northwood Bedford Campus staff
  • Create a program plan that includes plans for planting, procurement of seeds, plants, and supplies, maintaining garden beds, and identifying community partnerships
  • Contribute to a positive, supportive, and rewarding person-focused program aimed at improving mental and physical wellbeing
  • Support the hiring process of summer term garden and program staff
  • Record and maintain stats and data that reflect the program's markers of success
  • Train, coordinate, supervise, and mentor program volunteers and summer term staff who support program facilitation and garden maintenance duties

Qualifications:

  • Applicant must be entering full-time post-secondary studies in the fall semester immediately following the work term or continuing full-time post-secondary studies following the work term
  • Applicant must be a permanent resident of the province or live in Nova Scotia for at least six months prior to the work term
  • Experience facilitating educational and/or therapeutic programming
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or as a team
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Knowledge/experience with vegetable gardening and landscaping
  • Proficient using basic hand tools and gardening equipment
  • Experience working with older adults (an asset)
  • Experience providing supervision or mentoring (an asset)

Salary/Benefits: $18.30 per hour

Hours: 35 hours weekly - Days



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