Community Garden Assistant

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Village Vancouver Transition Society Full time

**Village Vancouver Temporary Employment Opportunity**

Community Garden Assistant (two positions available)

Village Vancouver is seeking two energetic and organized individuals with a passion for gardening and community well-being to assist in our inclusive and equitable, family-friendly, cross-cultural collaborative community garden programs, where all levels of gardening experience are welcome. Please visit our website at to learn more about us.

**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 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**:$19.35 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation.

**Job duration and hours**:
1. 30 hours/week for 9 weeks (270 hours total), from June 2nd, 2025 to July 27th, 2025. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Saturdays and Sundays, as well as some weekdays.

2. 37 hours/week for 13 weeks (480 hours total), from June 2nd, 2025 to August 30th, 2025. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Saturdays and Sundays, as well as some weekdays.

**Location**:VV community gardens/garden spaces primarily in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. Some work in other neighbourhoods, and potentially from home.

**Accessibility**: Gardens have uneven surfaces.

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, and gender-diverse youth to apply. Village Vancouver acknowledges that we operate on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlililwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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

Pay: $19.35 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6R 1K4

Application deadline: 2025-05-21

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