[Community_garden] Providence Job Posting

[Betsy Johnson]

Community Gardens Coordinator

Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT)

Providence, RI 

www.southsideclt.org

 


Seeking: Community Gardens Coordinator


 

DESCRIPTION

The community gardens coordinator will be responsible for coordinating
programming at SCLT's 10 community gardens and in the immediate surrounding
neighborhoods. 

 

This will involve 

*        Working with volunteer garden leaders to increase their leadership
capacity to:  strengthen a sense of community in the garden and surrounding
neighborhood; oversee 3 garden workdays each year so they run smoothly and
are well attended, and ensure that the gardens are well maintained and
fairly administered. 

*        Outreaching to and working with neighbors and gardeners to plan and
implement ways of maintaining and improving gardens and neighborhoods.

*        Teaching and promoting safe urban gardening practices, such as
testing soil for lead and using chemical free garden products.

*        Helping neighbors and other community groups who want to grow food
learn how to start community and backyard gardens.

*        Sharing information about how to make small "market gardens"

*        Monitoring grant-funded project objectives and budgets

 

QUALIFICATIONS

*        Experience as a community organizer

*        Friendly and good at building relationships

*        Excellent communication skills. 

*        Experience working with people of diverse cultures

*        Well organized, team player, self-starter, problem solver, and
leader.

*        Computer competency for data and grants management

*        Able to make a 3-year commitment to SCLT

 

COMPENSATION

Salary; Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance; and paid vacation

 

IF INTERESTED, email gardens at southsideclt.org; and attach:

            Resume

            Cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications

            

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Jessica Brown  401-273-9419 x25

 


Southside Community Land Trust


 


"We help people grow food"


 

MISSION

The mission of the Southside Community Land Trust is to provide access to
land, education and other resources necessary for people in the Greater
Providence area to grow food in environmentally sustainable ways as a means
to creating a food system where locally produced, affordable and nutritious
food is available to all.

 

PURPOSE

The purpose of our organization is to increase urban food production in five
ways:

1. Teaching people how to grow food;

2. Locating, securing in trust, and managing land;

3. Increasing access to resources, skills, and markets;

4. Creating spaces where community members share tools, skills and
inspiration; 

5. Modeling replicable and financially viable programs and practices.

 

VALUES

Access to Land

We believe that social justice, economic security, and community political
participation are strengthened when community members have access to land
held in trust for the purpose of growing food.

 

Sustainable small-scale agriculture

We believe that bountiful amounts of affordable, healthy food can and should
be grown in and around the city using simple, appropriate technology and
renewable resources. We value sustainable growing practices as essential to
our responsible participation in the restoration and preservation of our
ecosystem. 

 

Education

We value learning through growing food, a process rooted in observation,
reflection, and action, that deepens our understanding of the world around
us and strengthens our capacity for problem solving.

 

Governance

We value operating and self-governance structures and processes that are
guided by transparency, honesty, diversity, mutual respect, openness,
on-going evaluation, celebration, and a commitment to stakeholder
participation.

 

Community

We believe that when people work together to grow food and re-connect with
the land, communities and families grow strong, hopeful, confident and
healthy.

 

Collaboration

We value local knowledge and experience, and community dialogue. We believe
that through collaboration we will overcome barriers to sharing power and
resources with community members and partner organizations to nurture
healthy, powerful communities.

 

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