Hiring: Farm Educator Abundance Farm

Abundance Farm is hiring a full-time, year-round Farm Educator. The Farm Educator (FE) is responsible for manifesting the mission and vision of Abundance Farm and in a variety of educational, farming, and administrative roles. These include serving as an educator for a wide diversity of Farm-based programming for multiple campus schools and demographics. The Farm Educator serves as the lead educator for our campus educational programming as well as the lead staffer for our Shefa Teen Internship. The FE also plays important roles in supporting the Farm Manager with Farm production and stewardship, as well as providing support for Farm events and programs.

About Abundance Farm and CBI: 

Abundance Farm is a Jewish food justice farm, outdoor classroom, and community building space located in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Farm is a unique collaboration at CBI Northampton, a vibrant and growing progressive Jewish community, together with the Northampton Survival Center and Lander-Grinspoon Academy, to support local food security and to create a unique outdoor learning environment. Abundance Farm is a beautiful urban oasis where people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds are drawn for nourishment, community, and learning.

Abundance Farm works to build a more generous, just, and sustainable world. We do this by offering earth-based, community building experiences that integrate Jewish tradition, regenerative agriculture, and food justice. The Farm is managed using no-till practices. Our land management practices prioritize soil health, biological diversity, pollinators, climate resilience and carbon sequestration. We use permanent no-till beds, cover cropping, fallow cycles, heavy mulching and occultation as elements of our holistic approach.

Abundance Farm is a national leader in the field of Jewish Community Farming. The Farm serves thousands of people of all ages annually through a variety of educational, justice, and community-oriented programs. The Farm serves as an outdoor classroom for our campus’ three schools (Gan Keshet preschool, ALMA Youth and Family Program, and Lander-Grinspoon Academy, our neighboring K-6 Jewish day school).

Objectives: 

1. Implement inspired farm-based, Jewish educational opportunities for youth and young adults.
2. Develop and implement lessons that support the educational goals and curricula of our three partner schools and that are in alignment with Abundance Farm’s mission and vision.
3. Work in close collaboration with the Farm Manager to ensure that the Farm’s production and educational efforts are in sync and support one another.
4. Help make the Farm a radically welcoming place for people of all ages and backgrounds.
5. Create strong connections with campus students, teachers, and staff.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Develop and implement farm-based lessons for our three partner schools.
2. Serve as the lead facilitator and administrator for our Shefa Teen Internship.
3. Provide support with Farm production and stewardship.
4. Provide support with other Farm events and programs.

Skills and Qualifications: 

• Commitment to Abundance Farm’s mission, vision and goals
• Commitment to sustainable, regenerative farming practices
• Commitment to ongoing learning around Jewish heritage and wisdom
• 3+ years proven track record of success as experiential educator with youth in outdoor and/or farm settings
• 3+ years of experience working in Jewish education
• Experience with, and a passion for, working with teens
• Experience working successfully with people of diverse ages and cultural backgrounds in outdoor and/or farm settings
• Ability to lift 50+ pounds regularly
• Ability to do physical labor up to 6 hours daily outdoors
• Excellent MA DMV record
• Experience and ability to teach diverse audiences at varying skill levels
• Demonstrated communications and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and self-managing
• Excellent record-keeping
• Computer literate and proficient
• Flexible and understands unique challenges of teaching and farming in community and commitment to meeting those challenges on a daily basis
• Salary and Benefits: 

The salary range for this position is $45,000-47,000. We value the time you spend outside the office as much as we value the time you spend with us; our flexible scheduling and vacation policies are designed to encourage a healthy work/life balance. Benefits include: 10 days per year of paid vacation (increased to 15 days after 3 years and 20 days after 5 years), federal holidays off, time off or compensatory time off for religious Jewish holidays, professional development allowance, 2 personal days each year, 6 sick days each year, health insurance with 80% covered by CBI, participation in CBI’s 403(b) plan, free synagogue membership, and, if applicable, free religious school tuition.

Application Process: 

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. To apply please send your resume, a cover letter, and contact information for three professional references to info@abundancefarm.org. Please title the email “Farm Educator application.” Applications will not be considered without each of these pieces. The position is currently open and the ideal candidate is available to start by early March.

CBI/Abundance Farm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workplace diversity. We carefully consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Candidates who identify as LGBTQI, BIPOC, Sephardic, and/or Mizrahi are strongly encouraged to apply.

For the full job posting, please visit https://www.abundancefarm.org/jobs.”