Location: Sackville, New Brunswick
Duration of Employment: 12 weeks, starting as soon as possible
Hours per week: 30
Pay: $10.50/hour
About the Sackville Community Garden (SCG):
The community garden is a hub of activity during the summer months in Sackville, New Brunswick, located on Charles St. just past the train tracks. It is a place where community groups, families and individuals can learn about organic gardening, while growing their own food and socializing with fellow community members. In existence since 2003, this grass roots initiative has evolved into an organization that is an important local provider of food, education and fun.
Tasks and Responsibilities to include:
1) Media and communications:
• Weekly emailing of community garden members about upcoming events and information;
• Collecting, distributing and making additions to the garden activity catalogue, including the garden journal and planting guide;
• Maintaining the blog with frequent postings, as well as updating the community garden Facebook page and events;
• Partner with related local community groups such as the Tantramar Family Resource Centre, Community Forests International, The Food Bank, Daybreak Centre, ACORN, the “Me to We” Academy, Otesha Project, Nature’s Route Farm, Struts.
• Network by writing newspaper articles, participating in interviews with CHMA’s programming, and revise and/or develop a power-point presentation that can be used at future meetings and AGMs about the community garden.
2) Event/Workbee Coordination:
• Facilitate and organize “workbees”, inviting experienced gardeners to aid new gardeners with their plots and assist community garden members in general garden upkeep (weeding, harvesting. etc.)
• In collaboration with the garden steering committee, coordinate more formal workshops about garden topics, inviting guest speakers to offer a workshop on topics of interest to gardeners and community members.
• Organize special garden events and fundraisers, including: Summer Solstice Celebration; BBQ at Struts during Ok Quoi?!; music show to be hosted at the community garden during SappyFest.
3) Community Outreach:
• Coordinate and oversee the SCG weekly farmer’s market stall.
• Consumer Education – organize and facilitate public food awareness demonstrations including workshops at the Farmer’s Market on preparation of food in an environmentally sustainable way, distributing in-season crop recipes, and creating value-added food products for fundraising using community garden produce.
4) Administrative Tasks:
• Conduct basic organization/administration tasks in compliance with the Garden Steering Committee. This will include following our budget, collecting plot rental fees and developing/establishing an inventory of items required by the garden to facilitate a “Friends of the Community Garden” donation strategy.
Qualifications:
1) Self-motivated, capable of working independently but also with community groups and other garden members.
2) Enthusiastic about the environment and interested in community involvement/education.
3) Excellent communication skills.
4) Ability to prioritize tasks with the flexibility of researching resources when needed.
5) Creative and organized.
6) Prior gardening experiences, as well as the understanding of organic/local food philosophies, are an asset.
The Community Garden Admin & Outreach Coordinator will be supervised by both Renaissance Sackville and the Garden Steering Committee.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to sackvillecommunitygarden@gmail.com.
Application deadline is Monday, June 6th at 4:30 pm.
Community Gardens in Nova Scotia
http://www.nsen.ca/i_communitygardens.php
http://google.ca/search?q=nova+scotia+community+gardens
What is a Community Garden?
http://google.ca/search?q=community+garden
