Boston Composts Program Ambassador

Garbage To Garden is hiring a Boston Composts Program Ambassador to promote the City of Boston's composting program. Responsibilities include engaging with residents, distributing food waste bins, and educating the community. The position requires excellent communication skills, a valid MA driver's license, and the ability to work 10-30 hours weekly, including evenings and weekends. This is a part-time, in-person role based in Massachusetts with an hourly pay of $22.50.
Help the City of Boston go green!

Boston, MA launched its city-wide municipal composting service in August of 2022 and Garbage to Garden is looking for a green-living/compost enthusiast to join the Boston Street Team to promote Boston's City-wide Composting Program.

The Street Team is responsible for engaging with residents in the community while representing Garbage to Garden and the City of Boston’s Composting Program. This work includes knocking on doors and educating residents about the composting program, distributing curbside food waste bins, and driving around the city in a company vehicle.

For more information about Boston’s composting program: https://www.bostoncomposts.com/

For more information about Garbage to Garden: https://garbagetogarden.org/

Responsibilities include:
• Representing Garbage to Garden and the City of Boston’s composting program in the community
• Answering questions and educating residents about Boston’s new composting program
• Safely operating a company vehicle in the city (1 ton pickup or cargo van)
• Knocking on doors of eligible households
• Onboarding interested residents
• Distributing curbside food waste bins
• Accurately tracking and reporting progress and signup data

Qualifications:
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• A strong customer service mindset
• Comfortable engaging with strangers and diverse groups of people
• A results oriented approach
• Willingness to learn on the fly
• An interest in sustainability and recycling/composting

Requirements:
• Experience using technology such as tablets, Google suite, Excel, etc.
• Experience in sales/marketing, preferred
• Must be available 10-30 hours weekly including early evening and weekend hours
• Current MA class D license
• A motor vehicle record (MVR) that has no violations, accidents, or convictions for at least the past three years
• Ability to lift/handle 50 + lb objects
• Must be able to be on feet walking/standing for up to 8 hours
• Fluency in English
• Multilingual in English plus one of the following languages is a plus: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cantonese Chinese

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $22.50 per hour

Benefits:
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Compensation Package:
• Hourly pay

Schedule:
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:
• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Commute:
• Charlestown, MA 02129 (Required)

Work Location: In person