Job Details
Job Location
Powisset Farm - Dover, MA
Position Type
Seasonal
Description
About The Organization:
The Trustees is an organization with a fascinating past and an exciting future. Our places are open to all and we thrive by involving as many people as possible in what we do. Founded in 1891, by a group of visionary volunteers, we preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts and work to protect special places across the state. We have helped protect more than 50,000 acres, including 25,000 acres on more than 100 reservations that are all open to the public. We are a nonprofit conservation organization funded and supported entirely by our visitors, supporters, volunteers, and more than 40,000 members.
Our seasonal staff plays an integral role in ensuring that our visitors enjoy our extraordinary places. With the change to warmer temperatures, we experience an influx of visitors of all ages and backgrounds who want to explore and be inspired by our properties. Sandy beaches, wooded trails, cultural gardens, historic homes, community supported agriculture-there are many ways for visitors to discover and explore The Trustees, and just as many opportunities for seasonal employees to make each visitor's experience special.
Position Summary:
Since 2017, our Mobile Market has provided under-resourced communities with a reliable source of healthy, local produce at an affordable price. The Mobile Market carries a wide variety of vegetables sourced primarily from our own farms, Powisset and Appleton. The Mobile Market Assistant works alongside the Mobile Market Manager to develop and maintain community partnerships and to facilitate and participate in the distribution of produce in Boston and Chelsea. Produce is distributed through a 60 member HIP CSA, 3 mobile market sites, and a 50 member fully subsidized produce share, and occasional pop-up markets. This is a high-energy position, with retail and community engagement components. We seek someone who is passionate about and has experience with food access initiatives, has excellent people skills, has some retail experience, and is comfortable multi-tasking and juggling multiple responsibilities. This position starts full-time in the beginning of June 2024.
Pay Rate: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour
In This Role You Will:
Essential Functions:

• Assist the Mobile Market Manager in:
• Receiving, storing and packing produce at Powisset Farm in Dover, MA.
• Regularly transporting produce from Powisset Farm in Dover, to CSA/market locations in Boston and Chelsea.
• Participate in all aspects of mobile market (farmer's market) sites in East Boston and Chelsea (organizing market supplies, facilitating sales and accepting coupons, participate in market set-up and take-down)
• Leading weekly volunteers in packing produce shares.
• Participate in maintaining a clean and organized packing space and cooler.
• Occasionally helping the farm crew with harvesting/weeding
• Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.

Qualifications
Qualifications:

• Ability to safely lift 50 pounds repeatedly.
• Language skills a plus (particularly Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole).
• Knowledge of Boston neighborhoods and communities a plus.
• Retail and/or customer service experience, including experience with inventory management and a POS system.
• Experience/comfort driving a mid-size van
• Knowledge of local food and farming in New England.
• Experience with community engagement and food access initiatives
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Other Requirements:

• Valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, and experience/comfort driving larger vans/trucks.
• Satisfactory CORI (criminal background check).
• DOT physical exam for driving
• This is a full-time, seasonal position. Saturday hours are required every other week throughout the market season, as are some additional weekend and evening hours.

Schedule:

• This position runs from June 3 - November 30, 15 hours/week
• Schedule alternates every other week between Wednesday/Thursday & Wednesday/Saturday

The Trustees offers competitive compensation and the opportunity to be part of a dedicated team across the Commonwealth who love the outdoors, who love the distinctive charms of New England, and who believe in celebrating and protecting our special places, for everyone, forever.
In addition to being an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trustees of Reservations aim to create a thriving, inclusive workplace that values each member of our team. We aspire to reflect and effectively serve the residents and communities of Massachusetts who are at the core of our mission.