Job description

2023 Garden to Table Assistant

The Open Door

May through October

Flexible scheduling, in coordination with supervisor. Typically, weekdays 8:30-2:30. Occasional nights and weekends required. These dates are set up in advance.

Some work can be done from home.

Supervisor: Garden to Table Manager

The Open Door’s Mission: A fresh approach to ending local hunger through access to healthy food.

Background: The Open Door is a hunger relief agency that serves Dakota County, MN. Garden to Table is a sustainable approach to eliminating local hunger by empowering communities to learn and grow together. Over 335 garden plots are available at 12 sites across Dakota County for low-income families, and participation includes plants, seeds, tools, and training needed to grow healthy foods.

Garden to Table also organizes businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations to plant gardens and urban farms on their property and donate the produce to The Open Door’s food shelves.

Responsibilities:

Support Community and Educational Events

· Daily garden shifts at the community gardens. You will meet volunteers on site and work on garden tasks together. Procure and organize materials needed.

· Procure and organize materials needed for each event: food preservation, workshops/gardening classes/volunteer groups.

· Data Entry

· Assist in new Garden at Home program

Support Program Operations

· Coordinate weekly workdays and tasks at each garden including tracking fruit trees and harvest, compost pile, plot and path maintenance

· Follow up with gardeners: in-person, phone, and email

· Communicate needs to gardeners by emails and phone calls occasionally mail about upkeep up the garden plots and take appropriate steps to ensure family/volunteer commitment

Be an ambassador for The Open Door in the local gardening community

· Represent The Open Door’s mission and organizational values at all events and engagement activities as needed

· Supervise small (1-5) and/or large volunteer groups (6-12 volunteers) during the growing season.

Qualifications

· Vegetable gardening experience

· Experience effectively working with people from multiple cultures, races, and ethnicities.

· Computer skills include email, Microsoft, and data spreadsheets.

· Flexibility to work evenings/weekends

· Ability to work independently, and as a member of the team, and exercise good judgment and confidentiality

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong ability to communicate across cultures

· Bi-lingual in Spanish

Requirements

· The ability to work outdoors in all weather, including cold, hot, windy, rainy, as needed

· The ability to lift 40 pounds

· The ability to stand for hours at a time

· Possess a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance

· Travel with personal vehicle (mileage reimbursement provided)

· Pass successful background check

· Pass successful review of references

· Horticulture or gardening experience

Required Event Hours

· Garden Orientations (12) May TBD

· Plant Pick-up Day (12) May TBD

· Composting class May TBD

· Some evenings and weekends.

Preferred

· Bi-Lingual in Spanish or Russian

· Volunteer and event coordination

· Light carpentry skills

· Fruit tree experience

· Permaculture experience

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $15.00 per hour

Shift:

• Day shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Eagan, MN 55121: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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