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King County, WA · 9 hours ago

City Soil Farm Operations Coordinator

Renton, WA

Contract

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$43/hr - $55/hr

2+ years exp

King County is dedicated to environmental stewardship and community engagement, seeking a City Soil Farm Operations Coordinator to manage operations at the City Soil Farm and demonstration garden. This role involves overseeing farm operations, coordinating educational programs, and fostering community partnerships to promote sustainable farming and equity in service delivery.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage all operations at the City Soil Farm and South Plant demonstration garden; serve as primary laborer and lead for plant propagation, planting, harvest and maintenance of farm and demonstration garden

Coordinate with WTD education staff and partners for yearly farm planning, programs, purchasing needs and managing tasks for on-site visitors

Train and manage volunteers, interns and school groups completing farm labor tasks; manage communication for daily logistics with partners who are visiting site (harvest schedules, volunteer schedules, directing on the ground tasks, etc.)

Support expansion of community partnerships and programming focused on City Soil farm and demonstration garden. Educate visitors on waste to resource story (volunteers, event participants, partner staff, schools and interns)

Maintain records and data including expenses and equipment needs and purchasing. Provide quarterly reporting (participants, volunteers, food donated/harvest)

Qualification

Farming experienceGardening experienceTraining volunteersCustomer servicePublic speakingRacial equity focusCommunication skillsDecision makingCollaborationSelf-motivation

Required

Minimum of two years direct professional farming and/or gardening experience. Including developing of planting plans, greenhouse propagation and fruit and vegetable harvest

Experience training and mentoring volunteers and interns in outdoor physical work

Experience working with diverse and underserved students and adult groups

Experience in customer service and comfort with public speaking

Ability to work independently and be self-motivated

Washington State Driver's License

Preferred

Two years direct professional farming and/or gardening experience

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Training

Growth opportunities

Company

King County, WA

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King County is one of the best places to work in Washington and one of the state's largest employers with 14,000 dedicated employees.

Founded in 1852

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

http://kingcounty.gov/

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