Urban Farmer

Green City Growers is seeking a part-time Urban Farmer in New York City, focusing on maintaining hydroponic vegetable production at two sites. The role requires independence, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. Responsibilities include crop management, customer service, and educational programming. Candidates should have experience in organic gardening or hydroponics. The position involves weekly communication with a Boston team and occasional travel for training.
Urban Farmer
Part Time, Year-Round: >8 Hours/Week

Wage Range $30
Location: New York City

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Green City Growers (GCG) is an employee owned (ESOP), Certified B Corporation and is the premier urban farming company based in Somerville, Massachusetts and people and culture come first. We transform unused space into thriving urban farms, providing schools, corporations, healthcare facilities and institutions, with immediate access to nutritious food, while revitalizing city landscapes and inspiring self-sufficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to join a hands-on team in a quickly growing company that is dedicated to developing onsite food production systems.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Green City Growers is expanding its presence in the New York City metropolitan area and is looking to hire an Urban Farmer. Currently, this position is part-time, one day a week (minimum of 8 hours) with the potential for growth. It focuses on maintaining hydroponic indoor vegetable growing at two different sites, with some additional work in raised bed gardens and educational pop-ups for corporate employees. This is a perfect position for someone who loves working with plants indoors by themselves and is a self-starter with the ability to see work through with a high degree of independence and is looking for an exciting new opportunity. This position is supported by a Boston-based team, with weekly phone calls and documentation on a company iPad. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, be transparent, and maintain a strong sense of pesonal responsibility.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Garden Management: Maintain crop production in hydroponic units and a pollinator garden, harvest, communicate with chefs, document visits, maintain and clean all onsite infrastructure and equipment, and manage the relationship with customers onsite. Attention to detail needed to maintain high standards for plant health, food safety and beautiful gardens.
• Education and Programming: Engage with members of the public and corporate employees onsite.
• Customer Service: Be the face of GCG onsite and handle communications with clients and participants. Can occasionally facilitate educational workshops and activities, with flexibility to move that week's working day.
• Communication: Will have weekly phone call with Boston, check schedule, check email weekly, update photos in Dropbox, and update maintenance logs in the GCG CRM. Proactively communicate additional site needs and customer feedback as needed for continual internal improvement.

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience as a self-starter, problem solver and bringing up issues. Experience working efficiently and prioritizing tasks.
• Has organic gardening and/or hydroponics experience and is phenomenal with engaging with people in the garden.
• Travel to Boston once or twice a year for in-house training and company get togethers.
• Experience with food service standards, such as work with a chef or cafeteria.
• Ability to work a longer day if additional site opportunities come up.
• A driver's license and clean driving record (a personal vehicle is not necessary). Following a conditional offer of employment, GCG may require a motor vehicle record check on all final candidates.
• Interest in site visits with potential clients in NYC area.

Benefits
• Paid Sick Leave
• Discretionary bonus program

Green City Growers does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $30.00 per hour

Benefits:
• Paid time off

Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:
• organic gardening and or hydroponics: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person