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Montpelier Farmers Market Helper Pete's Greens

Pete's Greens

• Posted March 11, 2020 at 8:41pm
• Deadline April 27th, 2020
• Location Craftsbury, VT
• Type Part Time

Pete’s Greens is a certified organic, four-season vegetable farm located on the edge of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom in Craftsbury, VT. We believe whole-heartedly that as more Vermonters eat locally, we will become healthier as communities and as individuals. We grow about 200 varieties of vegetables on over 300 acres of land. Our selection of organic produce includes all your standards as well as interesting and unique specialty vegetables with an emphasis on baby greens, heirloom tomatoes, and root crops.

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to help with the Saturday Montpelier farmers market starting the beginning of May until the end of August from 7 am until 3 pm.

Desired Skills/Traits:

• Familiarity with produce
• Basic math skills to handle the register
• Neat handwriting & aesthetic flair (must be able to create a pleasing display and attractive easy to read freehand signage)
• Detail oriented and efficient
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to act as an ambassador for our farm
• Must be fit and capable of repeatedly lifting heavy crates of about 50 lbs.

Associate Dean for Marketing & Communications

Sterling College

• Posted March 11, 2020 at 9:25am
• Deadline Open until filled
• Location Craftsbury Common, VT
• Type Full Time

Overview

The Associate Dean for Marketing & Communications reports to the Dean of Advancement and is responsible for designing and implementing marketing and communication strategies that increase public knowledge and understanding of, and appreciation for, Sterling College so that it may further the reach of its ecological thinking and action mission.

Position Summary

The person in this role will be our “storyteller” through leadership of institutional brand, marketing and communications strategy, and priority setting and management. The Associate Dean will develop and implement marketing and public relations strategies for all of Sterling College’s programs including the Wendell Berry Farming Program and continuing education programs of the School of the New American Farmstead. This position requires significant hands-on engagement as well as collaborating with and empowering staff across the institution and the utilization and management of external consultants to get the work done.

The Associate Dean must have a personal interest in our mission of ecological thinking and action and support the College’s vision of being a community in which people of all backgrounds and identities feel at home, where differences are embraced and individuals take responsibility for furthering the dignity of all.

Position Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic resource to the President’s Council, providing expertise on branding, marketing, and internal and external communications. 
• Oversee the creation of effective and innovative strategies to enhance the College’s brand recognition regionally, nationally, and internationally.
• Align the College’s brand and key messaging with its long-term strategic plan.
• Develop and oversee branding, marketing, and communications processes/protocols that ensure effective and timely execution of message and distribution.
• Lead the development and implementation of the College’s electronic communications efforts, including website, search engine optimization, eNewsletters, social media strategy and implementation, and major print materials (eg. admission viewbook, magazine, brochures, advancement materials).
• Oversee the College’s earned media strategy.
• Align written and graphic stories, both printed and web-based communications, with overall marketing strategy and the College’s Strategic Initiative.
• Establish and support ongoing institutional assessment of marketing effectiveness and brand knowledge.
• Work closely with the Dean of Advancement, Vice President, Dean of Admission, and Dean of Professional Studies to ensure student recruitment and fundraising goals are achieved using an institutional brand and in line with the institutional marketing strategy.  
• Collaborate with the Vice President and the Dean of Academics in the use of institutional research to lead a data/metrics-driven approach to marketing strategy and measurement.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. 

5 or more years of progress growth in professional responsibility that demonstrates:

• Knowledge of areas related to the curriculum including agriculture, ecology, and education.
• Exceptional organization and ability to work under deadlines and at a fast pace.
• Acute awareness and attentiveness to detail on tasks, big and small.
• Adaptability to changing schedules or priorities.
• Care, concern, and congeniality in interactions with others.
• Empathetic approach to work and intuitive awareness of the needs of others.
• Humility and humor under pressure.
• Valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in higher education or environmental causes.
• Master’s Degree.

Position Details

This is a full-time, exempt, at-will position with frequent weekend and evening commitments. 

The finalist must be willing to submit to credit and criminal pre-employment screening.

Director of Media Relations

Sterling College

• Posted March 11, 2020 at 9:19am
• Deadline Open until filled
• Location Craftsbury Common, VT
• Type Full Time

The Director of Media Relations leads Sterling's efforts to generate a high level of media coverage, building the College's reputation and underscoring its thought leadership among a wide variety of audiences. Focusing on news, issues, and events that are of interest to local, national, international, and higher education media, the Director will increase the quantity and quality of coverage over time, reinforcing the College's key messages and thought leadership.

The Director of Media Relations is a full-time position reporting to the Dean of Advancement.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute earned media strategies to promote the institutional brand and enhance Sterling’s reputation and awareness of its mission, goals, objectives, programs, and accomplishments among stakeholders, the public, and the media.
• Cultivate and maintain close relationships with key local, national, and global news media representatives, higher education outlets, key social outlets with a focus on millennial and Gen Z media, bloggers, influencers, and magazine and feature editors.
• Oversee services/vendors that support earned media relations such as media monitoring services, media databases, public relations firms, etc.
• Work with contractors and consultants on execution of communications plan.
• Collect, edit, and review all Sterling publications content.
• Earn and maintain the confidence of Sterling faculty while proactively leveraging the expertise represented by the College's faculty. This includes promoting faculty accomplishments, pitching faculty as the experts they are, giving faculty a voice in letters to the editor and opinion pieces, and conducting media training for faculty members. 
• Monitor media tracking efforts to ensure goals are met and produce quarterly reports for inclusion in reports to the Board of Trustees.
• Write and edit copy for news releases, publications, blog, external updates (Expeditioner), and weekly (eNews)  internal communications. Issue media alerts, solicit alumni interviews and profiles, and collect and edit content for other publications as necessary.
• Maintain the Newsroom on Sterling’s website, ensuring that it is updated with meaningful content, including news releases, media coverage, and multimedia with an eye toward building media traffic to the pages.
• Take a leadership role in institutional resiliency and succession planning.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned and necessary to meet the evolving needs of the College.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. 

5 or more years of progress growth in professional responsibility that demonstrates:

• Exceptional organization and ability to work under deadlines and at a fast pace.
• Acute awareness and attentiveness to detail on tasks, big and small.
• Adaptability to changing schedules or priorities.
• Care, concern, and congeniality in interactions with others.
• Empathetic approach to work and intuitive awareness of the needs of others.
• Humility and humor under pressure.
• Valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in higher education or environmental causes.

Position Details

This is a full-time, exempt, at-will position with occasional weekend and evening commitments.

The finalist must be willing to submit to credit and criminal pre-employment screening.

Staff Accountant

Center for an Agricultural Economy

• Posted March 10, 2020 at 2:11pm
• Deadline Open until filled
• Location Hardwick, VT
• Type Full Time

To Apply: Send resume, cover letter, and 3 references to kristin@hardwickagriculture.org. Reference “Staff Accountant” in subject line. Position open until filled.

Reports to: Director of Operations

The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) is a not-for-profit organization, which works to build a local, healthy, regenerative food system in the greater Hardwick area and beyond. Through education, outreach, infrastructure, and technical services, CAE uses partnership and collaboration to achieve a food system that supports working lands and working people. CAE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, genetics, or veteran status.

Summary of Position:

The Staff Accountant is responsible for all daily accounting tasks, including preparing tax documents and financial reports, posting general ledger transactions and journal entries, processing payroll, and the overall maintenance of operational management accounts. Working in close coordination with CAE’s Bookkeeper and Director of Operations, the Staff Accountant will handle the organization’s accounting and financial administration activities while helping to expand CAE’s financial management tools and systems. The Staff Accountant is charged with maintaining CAE’s accounting procedures and healthy organizational financial profile by ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal policies and GAAP principles.

For more information and a complete job description, please visit our website: www.hardwickagriculture.org

Farm and Forest Community Coordinator - VHCB AmeriCorps

Montpelier Parks & Trees Department

• Posted March 10, 2020 at 10:58am
• Deadline Open until filled
• Location Montpelier, Vermont
• Type Internship/Apprentice/Other

Help Montpelier become a more accessible and vibrant place to live with better access to healthy food and outdoor recreation! Spend your summer serving in AmeriCorps by leading volunteer groups in performing trail work, growing food for our local Senior Center, and maintaining our 400+ acres of forested parks. You'll learn about trail maintenance, tree care, sustainable community-based agriculture, and how we can strengthen our interdependence through service and volunteerism. Experience is a plus, but not required in any of the above fields - only a willingness to learn and serve outdoors with others. 

This position will lead volunteers of all ages and abilities - our volunteers range from highly motivated adults to court-ordered teenagers serving community service hours to young children with behavioral challenges. You will be expected to be a leader and a mentor and to represent AmeriCorps and the City of Montpelier with integrity under potentially challenging circumstances. If you're looking for challenge, personal growth, and the opportunity to serve the community in a meaningful way, you may be a good fit.

Position begins when filled (ideally mid-April) and ends September 18, 2020.

Local Food Sales Associate

Food Connects

• Posted March 6, 2020 at 4:07pm
• Deadline April 1st, 2020
• Location Brattleboro, VT
• Type Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

Local Food Sales Associate

Salaried Full Time, 40 hours per week

Start Date: Flexible, ideally prior to April 1

About Food Connects 

Food Connects is a dynamic and growing nonprofit organization based in Brattleboro, VT that delivers locally produced food as well as educational and consulting services aimed at transforming local food systems. Founded in 2013, Food Connects (FC) is a catalyst for food systems change by connecting the next generation with their food, local farmers with new markets, and school chefs with local food.

The Food Connects Food Hub delivers source-identified local food from over 60 farms and value-added producers to over 130 wholesale customers located in Vermont, Western New Hampshire, and Western Massachusetts. Currently, we offer up to four weekly deliveries and conduct sales through our online platform. The Food Hub is experiencing rapid growth, 40% over the past year, and will be expanding our operations, infrastructure, and delivery schedule over the coming year.

Food Connects is looking for a passionate, experienced Sales Associate to guide food hub sales through an exciting and dynamic growth period and support Food Connects' vision to provide innovative and transformative solutions to New England's local food system.

Job Summary 

The Local Food Sales Associate (LFSA) is responsible for growing Food Connects Food Hub sales. The LFSA coordinates the Food Hub weekly sales cycles and aims to spend a large portion of each week on the road visiting existing customers to build relationships and promote purchasing of local products, as well as developing new customer leads to drive FC’s expansion goals.

The LFSA aims to provide Food Hub customers with industry-beating, exceptional service. This requires excellent communication skills, both written and verbal: in person, over the phone, email, and text. Responsibilities include collection and compilation of twice-weekly orders, following up with customers regarding product satisfaction, and pursuing upsell opportunities to the benefit of both customer and producer. The LFSA must develop and maintain knowledge of all Food Hub products and be able to assess and tailor products to specific customers and customer types. This includes understanding the differing needs and purchasing requirements for schools, institutions, hospitals, retail outlets, restaurants, and more.

The LFSA works with the Food Hub team to continuously evolve and develop sales strategies and plans throughout the changing seasons. This includes promotions on seasonal crops, integrating the Harvest of the Month program into sales strategy, prioritizing product sales flow based on current inventory, and promoting new products and producers. Sales plans are developed in coordination with the Food Hub General Manager (FHGM), Operations Manager (FHOM), and Communications Manager (FCCM). Sales planning meetings will also include setting sales goals and reporting and reviewing ongoing and prior goals and promotions.

The LFSA maintains and updates detailed notes on customer sales progress, personnel changes, and feedback. To manage this, the LFSA must have consistently exceptional organizational skills, record-keeping skills, and attention to detail. The LFSA will ideally have experience in using customer relationship management (CRM) software.

The LFSA is based at the Food Connects office in Brattleboro, VT but will involve regular travel for sales calls, mostly within a 50-mile radius. Additional travel may be required as Food Connects grows its customer base.

Collaboration 

• The LFSA will work closely with the Executive Director, Food Hub General Manager, Operations Manager, and Communications Manager. 
• The LFSA will participate, as needed, in decision making on business development and the direction of the food hub as a whole.
• All Food Hub employees ultimately report to the Food Hub General Manager.

Schedule 

• This position is full-time, exempt salary. 
• Schedule has some flexibility, but general availability required on weekdays approximately 9AM-5PM. Some federal holidays, that fall on Mondays, will require at least part-time work. Holiday hours will be compensated at a later date. Adequate advance notice will be provided.
• The LFSA will be mostly free to set their own communication expectations with customers, but as the sales rep for a varied set of customers they may feel the need to field occasional evening/weekend calls.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures the accurate and timely compilation of Food Hub orders on a twice-weekly basis for submission to our producers.
• Provides order reports to the FH operations team and ensures clarity in ongoing supply needs based on projected sales.
• Promotes growth of local food deliveries by enhancing existing relationships with customers and developing new relationships with potential customers.  
• Coordinates with producers and customers on promotions and helping to organize in-store demonstrations.
• Maintains positive relationships and communications between producers and customers. 
• Accurately tracks and communicates mileage, hours, and other relevant travel information.
• Assists FCCM in development of regular marketing and promotional materials. 
• Maintains database of customer notes and developments in a clear, concise and consistent fashion.  
• Coordinates with FH operations team regarding inventory management and product samples. 
• Supports the food hub’s general operations needs when required.  

Required Qualifications

• Previous sales experience, preferably outside sales and/or local food sales.
• Strong knowledge of veggies, fruits, dairy, meats, value-added products and other locally-produced foods. 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal: in person, over the phone, email, text. 
• Excellent customer service skills. 
• Strong organizational skills and natural proclivity for keeping detailed records. 
• Interest in and ability to adapt to changes in evolving business, be creative, and jump in where needed to optimize operations.
• Cheerful, professional presence.
• General technical skills with common workplace tools such as: G-suite, Excel, Slack, Asana, and customer relationship management software (CRM).
• Ability to learn and incorporate new tools and technology into work plan. 
• Reliable private vehicle. Mileage tracked and reimbursed at the federal rate. The LFSA will have access to a FC company vehicle for sales trips, but availability is not always guaranteed.
• Valid driver’s license.  
• Reliable cell phone. Monthly cell phone reimbursement is rolled into salary.
• At least 3 professional references. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Existing relationships with/knowledge of food producers in SE VT, SW NH, and Western Mass.
• General knowledge of the sustainable food and agriculture sector. 
• General knowledge of purchasing regulations for schools, institutions, and restaurants. 
• Experience in small business management and/or business development, especially in the food sector.
• Familiarity with the geographical area of our delivery services (Windham County, VT; Windsor County, VT; Upper Valley, VT + NH; Cheshire County, NH; Western Massachusetts). 
• Experience with E-commerce and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for food sales and distribution.
• Experience driving diesel box/reefer trucks.
• Experience operating a pallet jack and forklift. 
• Knowledge of food safety regulations.
• ServSafe Certified.

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to lift and move product (cases up to 50 lbs) throughout the workday. 
• Ability to drive continuously for a full workday. 
• Ability to work in various weather conditions.

Event Staff Weekends and Evenings

Intervale Center

• Posted March 5, 2020 at 12:15pm
• Deadline Open until filled
• Location Burlington, VT
• Type Part Time

Position: Event Staff

Reports to: Community Relations Manager

Part-time, seasonal:  8 – 20 hours/week from May 1 – October 15

Summary of Position: As Event Staff, he/she will provide minimal support to external events like weddings, parties and business meetings using Intervale Center facilities by answering questions, troubleshooting, and being a main contact in case of emergencies. Events take place during weekends and evenings.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Staff the Intervale Center farmhouse office building and respond to any questions or emergencies that come up during events.
• Troubleshoot questions and problems, which may include restocking supplies, helping with a sound system, etc.
• Ensure buildings are properly secured and that events end on time.
• Be courteous and helpful, providing excellent customer service to guests and event attendees.

Qualifications:

• Trustworthy and responsible.
• Some customer service experience preferred.
• Weekend and evening hours required.

For more information, visit our website at intervale.org

Full Season Farm Crew

Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center

• Posted February 28, 2020 at 1:43pm
• Deadline June 1st, 2020
• Location East Thetford, Vermont
• Type Full Time

FULL SEASON PRODUCTION CREW

April-October
35-45 hrs/wk

Cedar Circle Farm and Education Center is a certified organic vegetable and berry farm with a farmstand and education center. We have retail greenhouses, a farm kitchen, a coffee shop, and a unique CSA program. 

We are looking for dependable, motivated, and high energy team players who aren’t afraid to get dirty. Every day is different here, and we hope that you enjoy the ever-changing nature of working on a farm. It is important that you get satisfaction from a hard day’s work.

Duties may include:

• Seeding
• Transplanting
• Harvesting
• Occasionally assisting with farmers markets
• Irrigation
• Processing and packing produce
• Pruning and maintaining perennial crops
• Weeding and hoeing

Applicants should be willing to learn, work hard, and enjoy being outside in diverse weather conditions. Must be able to work well both in groups and independently. Farm work is very physical, so you must be able to lift 65 lbs and remain standing or kneeling for 8 hours. This position requires working five days a week – 4 weekdays and one weekend day. Must have a valid driver’s license.