Community Garden Coordinator
Community Garden Coordinator
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Job Posting (internal external)
Community Garden Coordinator
Contract: 1 year FullTime contract
This is a bargaining unit position
ABOUT THE STOP:
The Stop Community Food Centres mission is to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity builds community and challenges inequality. From its origins 40 years ago as one of Canadas first food banks The Stop has since grown into a vibrant community centre that uses food as a gateway to addressing many issues including poverty the environment social isolation and health in one of Torontos lowestincome neighbourhoods. The Stop is accredited by Imagine Canada for excellence in nonprofit accountability transparency and governance.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a candidate to coordinate and maintain multiple community gardens and growspaces. The successful candidate will also plan and facilitate several unique community garden and social enterprise programs including a yearround Farmers Market. The Coordinator will work under the supervision of the Green Barn Supervisor.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Garden & Program Coordination
- Coordinate and maintain community gardens (e.g. Mashkikiiakiing Garden Earlscourt Community Garden) and Green Barn grow spaces (e.g. Greenhouse)
- Coordinate and facilitate seasonal and yearround programming (e.g. DigIn Global Roots) and foodbased social enterprise programming (e.g. Farmers Market 10Metre Greens)
- Ensure gardens greenhouse kitchen and community spaces are wellmaintained and fully equipped.
- Maintain organic production in the greenhouse and gardens ensuring proper seed starting monitoring growth pest management watering and harvesting.
- Support greenhouse and garden planning including planting schedules seed orderingseedling production and crop rotation.
- Coordinate seedling giveaways including contacting community gardens and managing production/distribution.
- Maintain compost systems and ensure waste management aligns with sustainability goals.
- Facilitate involvement of other Stop programs (e.g. Healthy Beginnings Community Advocacy) as well as outside groups and organizations in community gardens.
- Collaborate with the Kitchen team to incorporate garden produce into programming and food security initiatives (i.e. Dropin).
- Other duties as assigned.
Volunteer & Community Support
- Facilitate volunteer engagement in gardening activities providing support and training.
- Support facilitation of community and gardenbased programs.
- Maintain collaborative communication with The Stop staff local agencies and community partners (e.g. CultureLink and NaMeRes)
- Connect volunteersand community members with external learning opportunities community events and resources.
- Work closely with the volunteer program to support and engage seasonal volunteers.
Event & Program Assistance
- Organize and facilitate workshops site visits and special events (e.g. Educational Workshops Program Open Houses Seedling Giveaways Good Food for All Festival).
- Coordinate educational programming with external groups and The Stops partners.
- Conduct garden and greenhouse tours for visitors and community members.
- Assist with staffing and animating dropin times in the Greenhouse and at the Farmers Market.
Administrative & Reporting
- Maintain accurate program records harvest logs evaluation and administrative data.
- Support outreach and program promotion (e.g. workshops social media newsletters).
- Participate in 11 meetings with GB supervisor team meetings staff meetings and planning sessions.
- Support the development of program reports funding proposals and identifying potential funding sources.
- Ensure compliance with The Stops policies (e.g. AntiRacism AntiOppression Health & Safety and Environmental Policies).
Qualifications
- 12 years of farming community gardening or urban agriculture experience especially in organic and sustainable methods.
- Strongproject coordination facilitation and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience coordinating and supporting diverse volunteers.
- Commitment to food justice antiracism and social equity principles.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse community (people of different ages abilities and cultural backgrounds)
- Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Office OneDrive).
- Food Handler Certificate and First Aid training (or willingness to obtain).
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Valid Ontario drivers license (G2 (asset).
- Ability to speak a language relevant to the community (asset).
Hours: 37.5 hours/week
Pay Rate: $27.22/hr
Start Date: Immediate
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
