Boston Composts Program Ambassador

Garbage to Garden is seeking a Boston Composts Program Ambassador to promote the city’s composting initiative. Responsibilities include educating residents, canvassing neighborhoods, onboarding participants, and distributing compost bins using a company vehicle. The role requires strong communication skills, a customer service mindset, and an interest in sustainability. This part-time position pays $22.50 per hour and requires a valid MA driver's license. Work is in-person in Boston.
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.

You would be part of the Street Team who is responsible for engaging with residents in the community while representing Garbage to Garden and the City of Boston’s Composting Program. This canvassing work includes knocking on doors, educating residents about the composting program and distributing curbside food waste bins 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:
• Educating residents about Boston’s composting program
• Knocking on doors of eligible households
• Onboarding interested residents and providing them with a compost bin
• Accurately tracking and reporting progress and signup data
• Safely operating a company vehicle (1 ton pickup truck or a cargo van) in the city

Qualifications:
• Excellent communication skills
• A customer service mindset
• Time management and organizational skills
• Comfortable engaging with the public and diverse groups of people
• A results oriented approach
• An interest in sustainability, recycling, and composting

Requirements:
• Experience using technology such as tablets, Google suite, Excel, etc.
• Experience in sales/marketing, preferred
• Must be available 20 - 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 preferred; English plus one of the following languages: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cantonese Chinese

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $22.50 per hour

Benefits:
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Paid training

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