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High Desert Food & Farm Alliance
Job Title: Grow & Give Coordinator
Employment Status: Seasonal (20 hours per week), non-exempt
Compensation: $20.00 per hour
Start date: June 10th, 2024
End date: September 27th, 2024
Location and Dates: HDFFA office is located in Bend, Oregon. Travel is required to farms, gardens, and farmers markets throughout Deschutes County and occasionally Crook and Jefferson counties. The Grow & Give Coordinator role runs through Central Oregon’s growing season (June - October)
About HDFFA: The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) is a non-profit whose mission is to support a healthy and thriving food and farm network in Central Oregon through education, collaboration and inclusion. We believe that everyone deserves good food. We define good food as affordable, nutritious and culturally desired food that is easily accessible and sustainably produced in Central Oregon.
We recognize that not all Central Oregonians have the same access to this food and are committed to improving equitable access for all through our programs. Our High Desert Food & Farm Directory is available to every resident online and in a phone app, called Get a Taste, and in print version, which is distributed to 25,000 households and over 150 businesses through The Source. Our food access programs (VeggieRx, Grow & Give and Fresh Harvest Kits) improve access to and education about eating good food from local producers and are available to Central Oregonians experiencing food insecurity. Our Agricultural Support program improves the vitality of small to mid-sized family farms in Central Oregon.
We also believe that individuals participating in our programs and community members interested in improving food security and farm and ranch viability should have the opportunity to provide feedback and become leaders in our work. With these values in mind, we invite community members to participate in our Agricultural and Food Security Advisory Committees and/or the board of directors to help inform our current work, and to build the leadership capacity for the future of farming, ranching, and food access in
Central Oregon.
Grow & Give is HDFFA’s fresh food donation program and operates in conjunction with local farmers markets, farmers, and the regional food bank to collect/harvest and distribute over 30,000 lbs. of produce throughout Central Oregon each year.
Position Summary: HDFFA seeks a qualified, enthusiastic individual to join our team for the 2024 growing season to assist in coordinating HDFFA’s Grow & Give program. The Grow & Give Coordinator will collect donated produce at farmers markets and gardens and will harvest excess produce from local farms with our Harvest Team volunteers and deliver produce donations to the NeighborImpact food bank and other local food receiving sites for distribution to 50 food pantries and hunger relief organizations.
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Compensation, Benefits, and Time Commitment
This position is seasonal, part-time (20/hour per week) at a rate of $20 per hour with no benefits. In this position the Grow & Give Coordinator is required to work on two established days: Wednesdays and Saturdays. This role’s schedule will vary based on farm gleans and farmers market pickups with a max of 20 hours per week. Mileage reimbursement is available if using your own vehicle. An HDFFA vehicle will be provided for gleans, farm, farmers market and garden pick-ups.
Candidates must possess a current, valid, Oregon driver's license. In addition, the candidate will need to provide a 5-year motor vehicle record obtained through DMV2U (oregon.gov) that includes no license suspensions or manor violations in the last five years.
HDFFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer that abides by federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or national origin; or their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
Part Time
$48k-65k (estimate)
03/11/2024
05/09/2024