Hiring: CSA Shareroom Manager- Next Barn Over
Next Barn Over is a 50 acre, certified organic, mixed vegetable farm, in Hadley, MA.
We grow vegetables for 600 CSA sharemembers as well as several local and regional wholesale accounts.
We are currently hiring a CSA Shareroom Manager. This position oversees weekly CSA distribution to our 400 on-farm sharemembers.
This position also involves managing our small farm store, upick field, and farm beautification projects.
Responsibilities include: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Setting up, staffing, and breaking down our CSA farm share distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Assisting in washing and packing produce before each distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Offering welcoming, friendly, and helpful customer service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Coordinating the packing of our walk in coolers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Keeping the CSA/farm store clean, well stocked, organized, well labeled, beautiful and welcoming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Keeping a detailed inventory of daily crop usage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Communicating between sharemembers and farm manager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Ordering and tracking sales of farm store items | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– Managing upick field: setting upick share volumes based on availability; regular tidying of paths and playground; updating farm signage; etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
– The ideal candidate would also help to organize farm events such as food preservation workshops, farm tours, volunteer work hours, and so on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
It is essential that this be a person who loves food and people, and is organized, creative, and self-motivated. We are seeking someone that wants to actively participate in improving the design, systems, and beauty of the shareroom to make it feel even more like a community gathering space. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule is about 30 hours per week, with opportunities for more hours: Monday and Wednesday from 10:30 a.m-7:30 p.m, and Saturday from 7:30 a.m-2 p.m, an additional 2-4 hrs/wk for tidying and beautifying (exact hrs/days to be determined by you). Can be combined with other part-time positions.
Starting wage is competitive and commensurate with experience. Please send inquiries to Ray: ryoung@nextbarnover.com |