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The Center for Land-Based Learning provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
About the Center for Land-Based Learning
The Mission of the Center for Land-Based Learning is to inspire, educate, and cultivate future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders and natural resource stewards. We achieve this mission by providing experiential education programs for high school students (the SLEWS, Caring for our Watersheds, and FARMS Leadership Programs) and a beginning farmer training and development program for adults (the California Farm Academy). These model programs provide hands-on experiences through which participants develop leadership skills and create connections to environmental, agricultural, and food system careers. Our programs span more than 30 California counties and reach over 2,000 people each year.
Community Food Program Coordinator
The Position
The Community Food Program Coordinator is a full-time position based at Center for Land based Learning's (CLBL) headquarters in Woodland and reports to the Community Food Program Manager. The primary role is to assist in the planning, coordination, execution, and marketing of the Woodland Mobile Farmers Market. The other duties will include implementing a marketing plan for mobile market; facilitating community partnerships; outreaching to constituents and stakeholders in the community; and assisting the Program Manager in program administration including grant reporting and managing grant deliverables.
Key Job Responsibilities
Mobile Market Duties (75%):
- Onboard training for Mobile Farmers Market in West Sacramento with the Community Food Program Assistant Manager (Summer 2023).
- Operate mobile farmers market in Woodland, est. 3-4 stops (May-Oct. 2024).
- Plan and coordinate interns and volunteers for the mobile farmer’s market in Woodland.
- Assist Program Manager in marketing and outreach strategy for the mobile farmer’s market in the Woodland area.
- Assist Program Manager in developing relationships with community partners to grow the program and establish new opportunities that address food access and food justice in the Woodland community and surrounding areas (Esparto, Knights Landing, Winters, Madison and Yolo).
- Plan and coordinate produce orders with CLBL incubator farms, local farms and food hubs.
- Collaborate and coordinate with West Sacramento Community Food Program Assistant Manager on produce orders, access to the West Sac hub and other program details.
- Strategize with Program Manager and Assistant Manager on goals and objectives for the community food program and its mobile farmer's market.
- Establish a Community Food Ambassador program in Woodland targeting the demographic the mobile farmers market aims to serve.
- During the off-season, Nov-April, work on program development to expand the program and its community impact.
Grant and Administrative Duties (25%):
- Assist Program Manager in grant related activities and administrative work.
- Assist Program Manager in general program related administrative work.
- Assist Program Manager in managing and executing grant deliverables.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and/or years of experience.
- Passionate about community food systems and equity.
- Detail oriented, organized and enjoys problem solving.
- Moderate to advanced computer skills, especially with Microsoft Office suite and Google Workplaces.
- Driver's license and reliable transportation to and from work.
- Proof of good driving record for CLBL auto insurance to drive mobile farmers market truck.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Detail oriented with the ability to work outdoors during the mobile market season (May-Oct).
- Friendly, enthusiastic, enjoys engaging with the public, and has a positive attitude.
- Ability to work within a team or independently as the situation demands.
- Able to work outside in hot weather and rainy weather.
- Able to lift 40 lbs plus.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of or strong interest in local food systems
- Outreach and marketing skills
- An ability and willingness to be flexible with tasks assigned
- Ability to speak Spanish
Hours, Benefits, & Compensation
This is a full-time, hourly, non-exempt position. The wage range is $23 to $26 per hour. This position includes medical, vision, and dental benefits, vacation, sick days and 12 paid holidays. CLBL also provides the opportunity to enroll in Flexible Health Spending Accounts, supplemental insurance through Colonial Insurance, and 401(K)/Roth IRA options. Benefits also include one floating holiday for a total of 13 paid federal holidays in a calendar year. Position comes with cell phone reimbursement and expense/mileage reimbursement plus company credit card for CLBL related expenses.
To Apply
Send cover letter and resume to:
Susie Sutphin
Center for Land Based Learning
Community Food Program Manager
susie@landbasedlearning.org
805-889-3587
This position is open until filled. The Center for Land-Based Learning is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Central Valley FARMS Manager
The FARMS Program
The FARMS (Farming, Agriculture and Resource Management for Sustainability) Program introduces, trains, and recruits high school students for college and career opportunities in agriculture and environmental sciences. For the past 30 years, the FARMS Leadership Program has been expanding opportunities for high school students who have a passion for agriculture. A second year program, FARMS Advanced, was added in 2015 and, for the first time in 2017, paid internships were offered to graduates of the Advanced program. Currently the FARMS program has 16 different cohorts and over 200 participating students from Red Bluff to Bakersfield, and Sonoma to Salinas.
Job Summary
The Center for Land-Based Learning is seeking a Central Valley FARMS Manager to operate programming in Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kings Counties. This position is full time, management-level exempt, remote with flexible work hours, and requires travel extensively throughout the region (incurred expenses will be reimbursed). The expectation is to work 40 hours a week, although running multiple programs throughout the region may require more hours in one week than others, and some weeks with less than 40. As the position is exempt, overtime pay is not paid, but rather as a Manager, the position requires the work to be done when it is needed.
Core Responsibilities
Job duties include, but are not limited to planning, coordinating, and facilitating both the FARMS Leadership and FARMS Advanced Programs for the Central Valley region:
- Recruit, train, and facilitate industry partner participation in FARMS field days.
- Communicate with and make yourself available to all FARMS Program partners toensure that program goals and objectives are achieved at each field day and throughout the program.
- Provide materials and supplies, including relevant supplementary reading materials prior to events.
- Procure donations for field days when possible--food, transportation, supplies.
- Provide healthy food choices for the field day. Use mealtime to talk about nutrition and healthy eating as it relates to our food system and agriculture.
- Perform evaluation of every field day and overall program outcomes (Note: Pre-and-post surveys provided by CLBL office, and are to be filled out at first field day and last field day of the year).
- Develop, foster and maintain good relationships with local farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, food-system advocates and organizations, environmental groups, etc. to design field days, come up with new topics and locations for field days, and identify opportunities for FARMS students such as summer internships and/or jobs, and college scholarships.
- Serve as a team member to the statewide FARMS Program coordination team.
- Act as an advocate for the FARMS Program at the local level. This includes giving presentations at local Farm Bureaus, service clubs and other organizational meetings, assisting with fundraising and grant writing, working closely with local college campus partners, etc.
- Submit bi-weekly updates to Supervisor that include program updates, partner updates, and other important notes.
- Complete and share program updates regularly with partners and participants.
- Provide program information needed to the CLBL Development Team to support grant/funding proposals and reports.
- Travel and attend two FARMS retreats per year, normally held at the main CLBL office in Woodland, CA.
- Maintain and update Bloomerang (CRM) database.
- Keep multiple Excel sheets and Word documents current with planned expenses, current partners, field day dates/locations/commodities, etc.
FARMS Leadership Program (1st year students):
- Recruit and maintain the three established cohorts: North (Madera & Merced Counties), Central (Fresno County), South (Tulare & Kings Counties). Each cohort shallconsist of 4-5 different schools.
- Recruit student participants annually. The goal is 5-7 students per school for a total of 25-30 students per program cohort:
- Conduct school presentations
- Coordinate student recruitment and selection
- Ensure school applications, administrator agreements, and other paperwork are completed and on file with CLBL main office/Administrative Manager and FARMS Program Director.
- Work with partners and schools/teachers to create an annual field day calendar; this includes collaborating on best dates/days of the week for field days, locations, themes, and ensuring a broad cross-section of agriculture, food, and natural resource topics and locations are utilized throughout the year. The goal is one field day per month, 6-7 field days per school year (October - May), this is 18 field days total.
- Plan and implement all aspects of a FARMS Leadership Field Day; individual field day agendas and educational goals, securing site hosts and speakers/presenters, facilitate the learning and experiences of the day, provide logistics such as food (breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages) and supplies needed, and coordinate transportation and directions to events.
- Coordinate with site hosts and speakers/presenters to provide hands-on learning experiences for FARMS students.
- Integrate and facilitate youth development and leadership activities during each field day. Work with partners to provide opportunities for students to connect with many different careers at their business, including understanding basic requirements and career pathways.
- Provide support to teachers and mentors in coordinating and implementing the Community Action Project (CAP).
- At each of each Program year, recruit students for the FARMS Advanced Program, and assist the Alumni and Internship Coordinator in identifying potential students who can apply for the Senior Scholarship.
FARMS Advanced Program (2nd year students):
- The goal of the Advanced Program is to prepare students to move into job shadows and paid internships when they complete their 2nd year of programming. Work with students to learn what their goals and aspirations for careers are, and connect them with the Alumni and Internship Manager to assist with next steps.
- Recruit student participants annually.
- Conduct student recruitment and selection, ideally at the end of the FARMS Leadership Program year, but could be as late as the fall of the Advanced Program year.
- Select up to 12 students for the Program.
- Plan and implement all aspects of a FARMS Advanced Program year based on two main goals: an identified industry issue, and 21st Century Workforce skill-building:
- Annual field day calendar (dates, locations, themes)
- Individual field day agendas
- Securing site hosts and speakers/presenters, food (breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages)
- Coordinator is responsible for the transportation of student participants to each field day, and is able to utilize a rental van for this purpose.
- Coordinate one field day per month from October through May, at least 6 total.
- Ensure each Field Day focuses on workforce development skills creation and practice, leadership development opportunities and experiential learning activities. Work with partners to provide opportunities for students to connect with many different careers at their business, including understanding basic requirements and career pathways.
- Maintain consistent communication with all FARMS Advanced students, teachers, and program partners to ensure as much support as possible throughout their experience.
Qualifications & Experience
- Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
- A desire to assist in the advancement of CLBL’s mission and work including that conducted by its youth programs.
- Minimum of a 2-year Post-Secondary (AA) Degree in Agriculture, Education, Environmental Science or related field.
- Minimum of 4 years experience working with middle school/high school youth in a formal (classroom) or informal (camp, program) setting, including developing curriculum, evaluation and classroom management in an outdoor setting.
- Knowledge of, and experience with environmental education, service learning, project-based learning and/or other hands-on educational models.
- Program management:
- Communication
- Meeting facilitation
- Agenda planning
- Maintaining records
- Reporting
- Community outreach
- Grant writing experience desired
- Partnership development:
- Developing new partnerships
- Fostering and maintaining existing relationships
Skills Required
- Strong written, oral and electronic communication skills
- Self-motivated, ability to work independently
- Knowledge of Agricultural/Environmental Sciences, issues, trends, and content.
- Experience with youth development/workforce development.
- Knowledge of the local area and community; resources, locations of possible field days and organizational partners, local farmers/ranchers/ag businesses.
Expectations
This is a remote position so it is expected that you provide your own home office space and travel (rental vehicle accessible for longer trips) to all field days, partner meetings, and other required events or training. As there is not a day-to-day oversight it is expected that this management position has a high level of self motivation, professionalism, ethics, and the interest in working independently while managing their time effectively. As this position represents the entire Center for Land-Based Learning organization in the greater Fresno area, and as such the employee is expected to be a positive and friendly ambassador of our organization for the Central Valley region.
Hours, Benefits & Compensation
The Central Valley FARMS Program Manager position is a full time, exempt position. The salary range is $65,000 - $75,000 yearly depending on experience. This position includes medical, vision, and dental benefits, vacation, sick days, 12 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday. CLBL also provides the opportunity to enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts, supplemental insurance through Colonial Life, and 401(K)/Roth IRA options.
To Apply
Review of applications will begin on March 31st, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Send a resume and cover letter to:
- Mary Kimball, CEO - mary@landbasedlearning.org
- Mindy Cunha, Central Valley FARMS Manager - mindy@landbasedlearning.org
