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Job Posting: ACGA Programs Manager (Betsy Johnson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:05:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Kirk _ Subject: [Community_garden] Job Posting Community Garden Coordinator To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org Message-ID: <20061004220534.20595.qmail at web50602.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo Community Garden Coordinator Job Description Grass Roots Gardens is a non-for profit agency dedicated to the planning, creation and sustainability of community and public gardens through strategic partnerships. We are currently looking to fill a Community Garden Coordinator position within the agency. The Community Garden Coordinator will serve as a liaison with the community and civic leaders to reinforce our current programs and develop new avenues for service. He or she will be responsible for making sure that the organization is on strong fiscal grounds as well as overseeing other staff members. We are looking for applicants that possess good character as well as the following skills: O Strong organizational and management skills, including excellent follow-through. O Desire and ability to work both as part of a team and individually. O Experience in coordinating and leading teams. O Ability to have open lines of communication with the board. O Willingness to see projects through from developing, implementing and evaluating. O Ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously O Comfort in use of computers and technology on a daily basis O Willingness to adapt to changing organizational conditions and extremely limited resources. O Creativity, flexibility, resourcefulness and positive thinking. O Ability to represent the organization to community groups, other organizations, & businesses O Proven ability to write, and receive grant funding, O Ability to develop and implement a fund raising strategy O Develop marketing materials to aid in fund raising and general outreach O A good understanding of gardening in an urban setting. O Ability to work with city officials to develop policy proposals and follow through with the Legislative process. Hours: 40 hours/week, flexible schedule, typically Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm and some evenings during growing season. Position starts as soon as possible and goes for one year, with the option to renew for a second year. Qualifications: ? U.S. Citizen ? Must be 17 years of age or older ? Access to transportation ? Willing and able to participate in physical labor Full-Time (1700 hours in a 12 month period) Part-Time (900 hours in a 6 month period) ** GED training provided for members without High School diploma** Benefits: ? Bi-weekly living stipend ? Education Award of $4,725 after completion of 1700 hour terms ? Health insurance (if needed) ? Loan Forbearance during term of service, provided they are not in default ? May apply for child care allowance (if necessary) To Apply: This position is open until filled. Send cover letter; resume; names, titles and phone numbers of three professional references to Jim Pavel , 1808 City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202 or jpavel at city-buffalo.com --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20061004/52e073c0/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:12:35 -0400 From: "Betsy Johnson" Subject: [Community_garden] Job Posting: ACGA Programs Manager To: "ACGA listserv" Message-ID: <00cd01c6e81b$57fd0ac0$6401a8c0 at IBMLaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" American Community Gardening Association Programs Manager Job Description October 2006 Purpose of Position: Full-time position located at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio. The Programs Manager is responsible to the Executive Director and has implementation responsibility for the ACGA's programs, including regional training workshops, mentoring, teleconference workshops, Garden Mosaics, bi-national community garden database, and website educational materials. Duties and Responsibilities: * Manage scheduling, promotion, and holding of monthly teleconference workshops * Provide leadership for and coordinate the overall Garden Mosaics program, including customer service and program promotion * Schedule, working with local partners, oversee the logistics for regional workshops, including but not limited to Growing Communities and Garden Mosaics workshops. Determine the needs of the local communities to understand the type of training desired. Work with board, past trainers, and executive director to implement regional trainings * Work with board of directors and executive director to design an effective menu of future regional trainings * Oversee distribution of Garden Mosaics materials * Manage the collection of information for a national database * Work with board of directors, executive director, and website consultants to determine the type of database and function for use by members and general public and then oversee the creation of the database * Work with board of directors, executive director, and consultants to develop Youth Garden Wizard web-based education materials. Qualifications and Desired Skills: * Previous program management experience in the areas of education and training, community outreach and development, survey implementation, and youth programming * Experience with diverse communities; age, religion, cultural, ethnicity, sexual orientation * Experience with database and website systems * Demonstrated leadership ability and experience coordinating project development and implementation, involving multiple partners and/or participants. * Demonstrated ability to communicate in writing and orally. Multiple languages a plus. * Computer and website literacy with multiple software programs * Successful record of working within a team environment as well as independent thinking and self motivated * Commitment to environmental, garden based learning and practice * Passion for community gardening preferred. Application Procedure: Please submit cover letter and resume by October 26, 2006 to: Betsy Johnson, American Community Gardening Association, c/o FPC, 1777 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH or by email to betsyjohnson at communitygarden.org. Inquiries should be directed to Betsy Johnson: betsyjohnson at communitygarden.org or 877-275-2242 (877-ASK-ACGA) About the American Community Gardening Association The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national non-profit membership organization of professional volunteers and supporters of community gardening and greening serving both the United States and Canada. Founded in 1979, ACGA serves a membership of over 1000 individuals and organizations and addresses issues that impact over 10,000 community gardens and over one-half-million community gardeners across North America. ACGA builds the capacity of community gardening programs to address social, environmental, health and economic issues. ACGA provides direct services, conferences, workshops, web services and publications. Highlights include an internationally recognized and attended annual conference, regular print and electronic publications, a dynamic listserv, youth/young adult programming, hands-on garden/community building mentorships, and a community organizing/organizational capacity-building curriculum and workshop program. Until 2005, ACGA was entirely managed by an active board of directors with limited administrative staff support. Currently ACGA has an interim Executive Director located in Boston, Massachusetts and an Operations Administrator located at ACGA's new home at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio. ACGA is an equal opportunity employer. The American Community Gardening Association does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, or age. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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