FoodShare Toronto,Urban Agriculture Assistant Jobs in Canada

growing food, leading
workshops and working with volunteers.

• Support
  the creation and maintenance, which includes planting, weeding and
  watering, of fertile and beautiful food growing spaces for strong, healthy
  fruit and vegetable growing
• Participate
  in creating educational signage for all aspects of our food growing
• Support
  our weekly community garden evenings by creating garden-based crafts for
  our outdoor garden and greenhouse
• Support
  the facilitation of workshops
• Support
  the recruitment and retention of volunteers at FoodShare in the outdoor
  garden and greenhouse
• Track
  the food growing process in our garden and greenhouse and other related
  admin duties
• Participate
  in FoodShare staff and team meetings.
• Represent
  FoodShare and its mission in the community;

• Has
  experience and vision in organic food growing practices
• Able
  to lift heavy items, wield a shovel and has stamina
• Able
  and willing to work outdoors in all weather
• Demonstrated
  ability to take initiative and self manage
• Strong
  desire to learn
• Demonstrated
  ability in working with and managing volunteers
• Skills
  and experience in leading children and adults in activities
• Skills
  in computer word processing such as Microsoft Word, Excel and internet
  usage
• Commitment
  and desire to work in a diverse environment where diversity based on race,
  ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and
  expression, physical ability, family status and other characteristics is
  an important and practiced value;
• Second
  language an asset