Garden Manager

Job Title: Garden Manager Job Summary: Garden Manager is a 16-hour/week job that is integral to the USF Community Garden and the courses taught therein. The Garden Manager works directly with the Director of the Urban Agriculture Program and under the supervision of the Associate Dean for Social Sciences. Full Job Description: Duties include: * Prepares and maintains USF's Community Garden. This includes maintaining drip irrigation, soil amending, and crop/orchard management (both short-term and long-term) * Facilitates USF Community Work Days; maintains outdoor gathering space, greenhouse, potting area, storage sheds and tools, rain catchment system, and compost operations. * Organizes, prepares, and leads workshops and tours in the USF Community Garden, which includes hands-on planting/harvesting activities and a respite from the classroom/computer life. * Communicates with the Biology Department, Facilities, and other community members regarding shared garden use. * Works with garden research assistants who help to steward the garden. * Builds and sustains community partnerships with agricultural and food organizations for community-engaged learning courses and collaborations with a particular focus on connections with BIPOC-led farms and food justice organizations in the area as learning sites for community collaboration and organizing, and pathways to diversifying participation in the Urban Agriculture program. * Other duties as assigned by a supervisor. Compensation: $32-35/hour Please note, for candidates with a terminal degree and teaching experience, there is the possibility of teaching Community Garden Outreach, a 4-unit hands-on service-learning course that engages students from all majors in the creation of community through the cultivation, harvesting, preparation, and serving of food. The class is taught in the USF Community Garden, with access to an industrial kitchen for food preparation. The class also engages in the Bay Area urban agriculture community through visits to local gardens and volunteering at these sites. If selected to teach the course, compensation is currently $2185/unit. Preferred Qualifications: * Master's degree or equivalent (permaculture teaching certificate, for example) * Several years of teaching experience in a garden, cooking/preserving food * Several years managing a garden (preferably an educational garden) * Commitment to support the mission of the University of San Francisco * Desire and excitement to work in a culturally diverse environment, including engaging with and uplifting BIPOC, women, and LGBTQ+ students. If interested, please submit a cover letter, resume and three references with their preferred contact information by October 18, 2024 to ensure full consideration. Full-Time/Part-Time: Part time Pay Rate: Salary Salary Range : $32-35/hour, commensurate with experience

Created: 2025-01-11