Community Network Facilitator

The Community Network Facilitator will enable the growth of two gardening networks.

This person will help to gather more accurate information about gardens in Toronto, and will organize events to bring gardeners together and to help them exchange knowledge.

The successful applicant will be well organized and skilled at bringing people together.

Detailed job description:

The job description for the Community Network Facilitator will include the following responsibilities:

• Organize three community garden bus tours
• Organize a city-wide school networking session
• Organize a project to map and survey all of the community gardens in Toronto, coordinating volunteers

  Qualifications:

• -       Very organized

• -       Event planning experience
• -       Volunteer coordination experience
• -       Excellent verbal and written communicator
• -       Adept at using Microsoft Excel
• -       Creative
• -       Interested in working on food security issues
• -       Extensive knowledge of the entire city of Toronto an asset
• -       Gardening experience an asset
• -       Experience working with diverse communities an asset

All applicants must be eligible for employment insurance or employment insurance or have reach-back status. If applicants are unsure about their current status, please check with your employment insurance counsellor.  

Hours and compensation:

37.5 hours per week; this is a Job Creation Partnership position with a pay rate of $423 a week or a higher rate based on the current employment insurance rates that the applicant is eligible for.

How to apply:

Please email, deliver or fax your resume and a cover letter explaining why you would like this job and why you would be good at it.

Send to attention of:

Ravenna Barker

Email: ravenna@foodshare.net

Fax: (416) 363-0474

Address:

FoodShare,

90 Croatia Street,

Toronto

Ontario

M6H 1K9

Deadline for all applications: Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5pm

Start Date: July 6, 2009

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