IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
The Community Garden and Orchard Assistant will provide a broad range of support to Evergreen BC’s community development and food security programs.
Responsibilities:
• Work with the Community Development Coordinator to develop strategic food security programming around Evergreen BC’s two food growing sites – the City Hall Community Garden and the Great Northern Way Urban Orchard
• Assist in developing and strengthening community partnerships that support the goals of Evergreen BC’s food programming
• Develop communication materials to promote food security programming (e.g. brochures, blogs, etc)
• Coordinate workshops on gardening and food growing at the City Hall Community Garden
• Coordinate and implement regular ‘work parties’ at the City Hall Community Garden
• Assist the Community Development coordinator with administrative and operational tasks at the Community Garden and at the Urban Orchard
• Respond to community gardeners’ requests for maintenance, etc.
• Assist with maintaining the Urban Orchard trees and greenhouse seedlings – watering, fertilization, pest management, pruning, etc.
• Support the delivery of other community development and urban ecology programming around Metro Vancouver as required.
Skills and Qualifications:
• Strong event planning and coordination skills
• Experience in program development and coordination an asset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of sustainability, community development and urban agriculture
• Experience with food growing at asset
• Familiarity with social media tools an asset
• Positive, outgoing and not afraid to get your hands dirty!
To apply, you must:
• Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
• Have been registered as a full-time student in the previous academic year and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; and,
• Be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations.
Work terms:
This contract runs until September 1st of 2012, for 38 hours per week at $13.50 an hour.
Please submit your resume and cover letter by email with 2 references by 5 pm on Wednesday, May 17th to infobc@evergreen.ca.
By Mail: Evergreen, 107-555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1E2
Evergreen welcomes applications from persons of diverse backgrounds and is an equal opportunity employer.
We sincerely thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. No phone calls please.
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