Community Garden Assistants

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Position: Community Garden Assistants (3 Full-time, 12 week contracts)
Organization: The Stop Community Food Centre http://www.thestop.org
Location: Toronto, Ontario

The Stop Community Food Centre uses food and food access as
a tool for community development in the Davenport West and
Wychwood Heights neighbourhoods of Toronto. The Stop runs
an urban agriculture program at several sites, which include
vegetable gardens, a greenhouse, naturalized gardens, and an
outdoor bake oven. We are looking for people to assist our
Urban Agriculture staff in maintaining the gardens,
involving members of the community (volunteers, program
participants, vulnerable adults, seniors, children and
youths) and delivering educational programming.

* Note: These are HRSDC supported positions contingent
on funding. Applicants must be 30 years of age or under,
currently attending school full-time and returning to school
full-time in the fall. *

Responsibilities:

Assist the Urban Agriculture staff in the following tasks:
* Supporting volunteers in garden maintenance tasks
(planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, etc.)
* Additional garden maintenance as needed
* Operating a weekly pizza-making session at an outdoor
bake oven
* Conducting garden tours for visitors (individuals and groups)
* Organizing special community events, field trips and workshops
* Working with children and youth in garden-based
educational programming
* Designing and facilitating environmental education activities
* Promoting the garden project with neighbours, potential
volunteers and other members of the community

Qualifications:

* Experience working in gardens (through paid employment or
volunteer work)
* Commitment to social justice and knowledge of food system
issues
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Demonstrated ability to work with and show sensitivity to
those who experience poverty/discrimination
* Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse community
(people of different ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds)
* Ability to speak a language relevant to the neighbourhood
is an asset (e.g. Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese,
Tagalog, Turkish or other)

Salary: $13.00 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours/week for 12 weeks
Start date: June 7th, 2010

Please submit your résumé by Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. to:
Hiring Committee -- Community Garden Assistant, The Stop
Community Food Centre,
P.O. Box 69, Station E, Toronto, M6H 4E1
or kristin thestop.org*
We will not accept late or faxed résumés, or phone calls.

The Stop Community Food Centre is committed to Employment
Equity and encourages applications from equity seeking groups.
We regret that only those applicants being considered will
be contacted.

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