Positions: Summer Staff, Garden
Education
Type:
summer jobs / summer student positions
Organization:
Green Thumbs Growing Kids
Location:
Toronto, Ontario
Here’s the deal:
(a) between 15 and
30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;
(b) registered as a full-time student during the preceding academic year;
(c) intending to return to school on a full-time basis during the next academic
year;
(d) a student in a secondary, post-secondary, CEGEP (Quebec only), vocational
or technical program;
(e) a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee
protection has been conferred under the Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act* and;
(f) legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial / territorial
legislation and regulations
*Foreign students are not eligible.
Jobs are 30
hours/wk. Pay is $11.75/hr. Jobs start June 13 and end August 27.
Job
Description: Garden and Food Program Leaders (English)
Garden and Food
Program Leaders design, develop, implement and evaluate programs for children,
youth and families on public lands throughout summer. They will be responsible
for running daily programs that engage about 1,500 individuals over the summer
months. They will learn skills and techniques in urban agriculture and transmit
this information by engaging to other members of the community in activities
designed as both recreational and educational. As their own skills and
experience grows over the summer, they are matched with youth volunteers as
mentors. They also participate in field trips to local farms for a greater
understanding of farming as a career. Drawing on their own studies, students
are encouraged to develop lesson plans and activities that deepen their
practical experience in their chosen fields.
Garden and
Food Program Leaders (Bilingual F&E)
Garden and Food
Program Leaders design, develop, implement and evaluate programs for children,
youth and families on public lands throughout summer. Bilingual staff are asked
to do outreach in French particularly in Regent Park where French-speaking
immigrants from Africa are experiencing a lack of programs and services. The
students will be responsible for running daily programs that engage about 1,500
individuals over the summer months. They will learn skills and techniques in
urban agriculture and transmit this information by engaging to other members of
the community in activities designed as both recreational and educational. As
their own skills and experience grows over the summer, they are matched with
youth volunteers as mentors. They also participate in field trips to local
farms for a greater understanding of farming as a career. Drawing on their own
studies, students are encouraged to develop lesson plans and activities that
deepen their practical experience in their chosen fields.
Send your resume and
cover letter in ONE PDF or WORD/OpenOffice file. Send it to:
jobs @greenthumbsto.org*
by Tuesday May 31, 5 pm.
Please, no phone
calls!
Youth who face
barriers to employment are encouraged to apply. We thank all candidates for
applying. We will contact you if we would like to interview you for the
position. Unfortunately we will not be able to contact you otherwise.
