School Gardens Spring Intern

Position Title: School Gardens Intern

Position Reports to: Director of School Gardens

Employment Status: Part-time non-exempt paid position

About Grow Pittsburgh: Grow Pittsburgh is an urban agriculture non-profit. Our mission is to teach people how to grow food and promote the benefits that gardens bring to our neighborhoods. We believe access to locally-grown chemical-free fruits and vegetables is a right not a privilege. We envision the day when everyone in our city and region grows and eats fresh local and healthy food.

Grow Pittsburgh was awarded Best Places to Work by Pittsburgh Business Times in 2019.

Summary of Position:

Grow Pittsburgh is seeking a Seasonal School Gardens Intern for the 2025 season. This is a part-time paid position focusing on supporting our School Gardens Network and curriculum development. The position will work both independently collaborate with the team and school partners and teach in school gardens.

Responsibilities include:

• Curriculum Development
• Updating and standardizing Grow Pittsburgh lesson plans
• Providing technical support to teachers and school partners
• Maintaining and potentially teaching in 1-3 school gardens
• Supporting the work of the school garden team in general - co-teaching with other educators attending teacher workshop series managing supplies coordinating soil moves
• Communicating and maintaining positive relationships with a wide range of diverse community partners
• Editing School Garden Network documents - Learning Garden Manual transition documents etc.
• Engaging with community members through various community outreach activities.
• Ability to work in all types of weather(hot cold rainy) - leftover from farm ed intern app but may be unnecessary for this role..

Timeline: mid-March - mid-June

Hours: 16-24 hours/ week. Also flexible depending on university internship requirements

• Flexible what days or half days are worked

Compensation: $17 / hour

Qualifications Skills & Requirements:

• Experience with gardening and working in schools preferred
• Self-motivated punctual and should enjoy working with people
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to work in all weather conditions
• Detail oriented ability to work efficiently and independently
• We are a public facing organization so we expect all staff to be courteous and professional when interacting with the public

Site Location: Hybrid work position split between remote work the Grow Pittsburgh office at 6587 Hamilton Ave 15206 and several regional schools.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Grow Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race color religion sex gender identity/expression sexual orientation national origin age disability or belief. We encourage a diversity of candidates to apply for the position.

Data shows that women and minority candidates more frequently do not apply to a job because they dont feel that they meet all of the qualifications listed. Our job descriptions are general overviews not a mandatory comprehensive list. If you feel passionate about our efforts and believe that you have the skills to contribute to the growth of our organization we want to hear from you!

To Apply: Interested applicants should submit this application by email to
or deliver to the address listed below.

Required Experience:

Junior IC