posted January 26, 2009

Greenest City

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Urban Agriculture Manager

Application deadline: Thursday February 12, 2009 @ 5:00 pm EST.

Start date: late-March

Location: Parkdale, Toronto, Canada

Greenest City is a community-based organization dedicated to solutions that inspire diverse communities to green Toronto. Our innovative programs connect people to local food, to each other, and to opportunity. In the past three years Greenest City has focussed on growing local food and local leaders as a key to healthy community development in Parkdale. In 2008, Greenest City was one of 10 organizations chosen to receive The Wellesley Institute's "10 in 10" Urban Health Award that recognizes the "unsung" heroes that have made a significant contribution to the health of urban communities in the GTA from 1998-2008.

Greenest City has four integrated program streams: urban agriculture, youth, healthy communities and jobs & skills. Programs focus on making Parkdale a more food secure & sovereign neighbourhood. The Urban Agriculture Manager will be responsible for the management and delivery of the urban agriculture program.

Urban Agriculture Program

The Greenest City urban agriculture program seeks to promote urban agriculture in Parkdale, engage volunteers, and connect people to each other and to food. Urban agriculture components include three community gardens, the H.O.P. E. (Healthy Organic Parkdale Edibles) garden (a plotted garden), the Milky Way (a market garden), and the Dunn Garden (a programmed garden for youth and public education). In addition, we also maintain several native plant gardens, work with the local high school to support their garden, run workshops, field trips, and an in-depth youth leadership program.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and evaluate existing and new urban agriculture programming
• Run existing gardens, including providing advice and education to gardeners
• Organize educational workshops, field trips, and community potlucks
• Help design and deliver agricultural workshops for the youth summer staff (the Youth Green Squad)
• Expand gardens and programs when appropriate
• Reach out to the community to involve people in the above programming
• Develop and maintain relationships with program partners
• Facilitate the HOPE Community Garden steering committee
• Involve and empower volunteers
• Assist in securing funds for the urban agriculture program, including grant writing
• Provide written content for the website and other communications materials
• Assist in hiring other staff
• Report to the Greenest City Director of Development
• Be available to work some evenings and weekends

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with organic agriculture and gardening
• Experience in the development and delivery of local food and environment projects
• Experience designing workshops and teaching experience
• Excellent facilitation and community development skills
• Highly motivated, resourceful and passionate – demonstrated commitment to issues of environmental, social and economic justice
• Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse community (people of different ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds)
• A positive and kind way with community volunteers and partners
• Self-starter that can work with minimal supervision when needed
• Excellent interpersonal and written skills
• Experience writing fundraising or grant proposals
• Experience working in an office environment
• Ability to speak a language relevant to the South Parkdale neighbourhood considered a strong asset

Salary: approximately $32,000 (pro-rated)

Hours: 40 hours/wk

Start date: late-March 2009

(full-time, 8-month contract, with possibility of extension. It is our intention to turn this into a year-round position)

Please submit your cover letter and résumé by Thursday February 12th at 5:00 p.m. to:

Graeme Hussey

Director of Development

Greenest City

c/o Masaryk Cowan CRC

220 Cowan Ave, Toronto ON, M6K 2N6

or e-mail Graeme Hussey at graeme@greenestcity.ca

We will not accept late applications.

Greenest City is committed to Employment Equity and encourages applicants from equity seeking groups. We regret that only those applicants being considered will be contacted.

website www.greenestcity.ca

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