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Now Hiring: Farmers Market Coordinator
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reports to: Market Manager, St. Johns Center for Opportunity
Status: Part-time, non-exempt, temporary
Compensation: $18.00 per hour
Hours: 8 hours per market day worked; other hours may be available as needed by Market Manager
Work address: We will meet in the morning at our office at 8160 N Jersey St., Portland, OR 97203 and walk together to the market site at the intersection of N Charleston Ave & N Central St (approximately 1/4 mile walk each way), picking up market equipment from storage along the way. We will walk back to the office together at the end of the day.
Work Dates: The selected candidate should expect to work Saturdays as needed, 7:00am - 3:00pm, May 6 through October 28. This is not a weekly position. The majority of hours will be in May, June, September, and October with additional hours on an as-needed basis during July and August.
To apply:
Applications will be accepted through Thursday, April 13. No phone calls please.
St. Johns Farmers Market (SJFM) is preparing for its sixteenth season operating as a mid-sized (35+ vendors), locally run farmers market. The mission of the market is to support a local, sustainable food supply while providing opportunity for emerging farmers, contributing to the health of all local residents, encouraging cross-cultural connections and dialogue, and enhancing the community and business vitality of St. Johns. SJFM is a program of St. Johns Center for Opportunity (SJCO).
Job Responsibilities:
Pre-Season:
Help prepare the market for the season by doing projects such as moving equipment, cleaning the site, hanging market flyers, etc.
Market Day Logistics:
Build and maintain positive relationships with community members, customers, volunteers, vendors, and potential vendors; accurately answer questions.
Assist Market Manager in communicating with vendors who have past due booth fees, helping them update their information in the payment software.
Assist vendors with token and voucher processes.
Help set-up market canopies, tables, signs, traffic control, and other market day items.
Help maintain a clean market site, including trash removal.
Communicate space assignments to vendors: help mark the stall spaces with spray chalk before the vendors arrive and help resolve any disputes over space that may arise.
Enforce market rules, state, county, and federal food safety guidelines, and other pertinent laws and regulations.
Handle emergencies, complaints, and customer requests with patience and diplomacy.
Help conduct customer counts each market day and administer periodic customer surveys.
Ensure that all facilities, equipment, and utilities are in working order; communicate issues to the Market Manager.
Help Market Manager supervise the Farmers Market high school intern(s) and market volunteers who work with us over the course of the summer.
Support the market's EBT program and cash transactions that occur in the Farmers Market Information Booth.
Learn about SNAP, WIC, and other supplemental nutrition programs.
Learn and grow confidence in daily market operations with the goal of serving in a leadership role when the Market Manager is away from the market from time to time.
Other duties as assigned by the Market Manager.
Qualifications & Expectations:
Understanding or lived experience of the diverse communities here in St Johns.
Proven experience in applying anti-racist approaches to work practices.
Experience working at events or in busy environments.
Excellent verbal communications and customer service skills.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively.
Excellent arithmetic skills; aptitude and proficiency for making change, petty cash reconciliation, and basic math functions.
Comfort and experience with technology, particularly POS systems and Google Forms.
Enjoy working with and serving people of diverse economic backgrounds, ages, cultures, races, genders, sexualities, and experiences.
Commitment to social justice, food security and/or community development.
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, squatting, reaching, walk up to one mile, and move market equipment; comfort and preparation for working outdoors in varying weather conditions.
Has a working phone.
Bilingual/multilingual is strongly preferred, particularly in Spanish, but not required.
St. Johns Center for Opportunity encourages applications from people of diverse economic backgrounds, people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people.