Environmental Marketing, Communications & Production

Wastenot Farms Inc. is hiring for a full-time Environmental Marketing, Communications & Production role in Mono, ON. The position involves 50% on-farm labor in compost operations and 50% in environmental communications, sales, and marketing. Responsibilities include maintaining social media, crafting newsletters, and developing promotional campaigns. Candidates should have a background in sales, marketing, and a passion for regenerative agriculture. Physical fitness and the ability to work outdoors are essential.
-Are you looking to use your sales, marketing & communication skills?

-Want to know more about healthy soil and growing nutrient-dense food?

-Keen to understand soil microbiology and how to transform dead dirt into carbon-sequestering soil?

-Interested in further developing your established expertise & experience in an environmental sales, marketing & communications role?

Ready to get growing? Working in our startup you will learn a variety of skills - from composting and food growing techniques through to advanced environmental marketing and communications skills - that will be widely applicable in whatever direction your career unfolds.

Work with a small team of leaders committed to furthering your leadership skills and capabilities while implementing solutions to the climate crisis.

We foster an inclusive work environment where employees are keen to contribute their best everyday. Wellness Wednesdays include on-the-job yoga (no experience necessary!) to ensure you stay limber for the physical requirements of this farm-based job. We also provide career coaching to help you grow into your best self!

Join our dynamic work team! Wastenot Farms is a regenerative agriculture company collecting food waste, recycling this material through worm composting, and retailing our Jocelyn’s Soil Booster brand of all-natural soil amendments. We are hiring a full-time contract employee to work as key operations and research team member.

Approximately 50% of this position will be on-farm labour supporting compost operations and manufacturing production. You'll be involved in all aspects of the composting process, from collecting food waste on farm, feeding inputs and monitoring the composting process using commercial equipment, logging input and output data, moving material through the production supply chain, and preparing product for sale through harvesting, drying, refining, bagging and labeling. You will further your knowledge around composting and worm farming techniques including the importance of soil microbiology.

The other 50% of the position will be focused on environmental communications, sales & marketing tasks. This will include maintaining social media accounts, crafting communications & newsletters to aid in our product sales goals, and developing promotional campaigns and materials.

This position is for a full time, salaried position ~32.5 hrs/week.

Skills & Abilities Required of Applicants:

-Physically fit and able to lift, carry, shovel and move 30 lbs repeatedly

-Transportation daily to/from farm, located in Mono, ON (Airport Rd & Highway 9) (no public transit is available to our location)

-Willingness to work outdoors, with food waste/compost/soil material, in all types of weather

-Stamina to work 7 hours shifts, performing physical labour and repetitive activities

-MUST SHOW demonstrated interest, passion & expertise in science/regenerative agriculture/organic growing or sustainable waste management

-Experience, expertise & education in communications, sales and marketing is mandatory

-Background in environmental studies, plant biology or soil health an asset

-Previous experience maintaining social media, developing and delivering sales & marketing campaigns an asset an asset

-Preferred software skills: Canva, Mailchimp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Shopify

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week

Additional pay:
• Overtime pay

Benefits:
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Flexible schedule
• Language training provided
• On-site parking
• Store discount
• Wellness program

Schedule:
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:
• Mono, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
• Are you a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or granted refugee status?

Language:
• English (required)

Shift availability:
• Day Shift (required)

Work Location: In person