- 20 hours per week, Part-Time role on a 1-year contract
- Winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers 2022 and BC’s Top Employer 2022!
Who We Are
The GVFB is a proud winner of two prestigious awards: Canada’s Top100 Employers 2022 and BC’s Top Employers 2022! Recognized for our resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic and how our response was immediate, with the health and safety of our employees as the top priority. In addition to offering an exceptional workplace for our employees and providing the most progressive and forward-thinking programs.
The GVFB is a certified Living Wage Employer! This recognizes the GVFB’s commitment to paying fair wages, upholding good work standards for our employees and contributing to poverty reduction and a higher standard of living in our community.
Come and enjoy working in an award-winning workplace! We provide a modern and inclusive office environment, with excellent Skytrain accessibility and free parking. Our competitive benefit plans for this position include: extended healthcare and dental, 3 weeks accrued vacation leave, a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan where employees are match up to 7% of their contributions. Your birthday and two personal days are additional paid days off.
Position Overview
The Food and Garden Coordinator oversees daily food and garden activities including planting & harvesting garden produce, overseeing product distribution, volunteer coordination, food preservation, research, planning and leading new initiatives.
Employee Benefits
We believe in providing employees with flexibility and the resources & tools to excel in their role. We provide a hybrid work model where employees have the option to work from home two days per week after passing probation and working 3 days in an inclusive office environment with excellent Skytrain accessibility and free parking on-site. Our competitive benefit plan includes extended healthcare and dental, 3 weeks paid vacation to start, a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan where employees are matched up to 7% of their contributions. In addition, you also get your birthday and two personal days as additional paid days off. And you will work alongside people who are passionate about food insecurity and community.
Career and personal development are at the forefront of the culture here at the GVFB. After 6 months of employment, employees have access to $1,500 towards professional development, half of which can be utilized towards wellness initiatives!
Come and enjoy working in an inclusive, award-winning workplace!
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Agency Garden Project annual planning including budgeting with Agencies Manager support
- Complete daily garden maintenance such as watering, weeding, planting, etc as needed.
- Oversee weekly Garden Project product distribution to Agencies.
- Coordinate volunteer activities for Garden Project and food preservation initiatives.
- Coordinate tracking of Agency access to Garden product impact using surveys, emails and other methods.
- Provide regular updates to Agencies team and GVFB using Slack, email, and other communication methods.
- Lead food preservation activities such as dehydration, canning & freezing.
- Lead research for food preservation distribution activities and methods including licensed cost recovery models.
- Support Agencies with garden projects and food preservation activities.
- Support with town hall food prep and oversee kitchen inventory rotation and organization.
- Support the Manager of Community Agencies with research, program changes and projects.
- Communicate and meet with stakeholders as needed.
Personal Attributes and Core Skills
- Ability to work with a diverse community in a manner that meets the organizational values.
- Highly focused, detailed oriented with good organizational skills.
- Adept at time management and planning, with the ability to prioritize and multitask within a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment;
- Strong work ethic, able to exercise initiative and not afraid to “roll up your sleeves”!
- Deal constructively with challenges and consistently provide a solution-focused approach.
- Possess strong communication, interpersonal skills (both written and oral).
- Creative and passionate about cooking and food preservation.
- Ability to work along and lead groups of volunteers.
- Friendly, supportive, authentic and collaborative team player that demonstrates a thoughtful and positive attitude.
Qualifications and Experience
- Post-secondary education in the following areas: agriculture, gardening, cooking, food preservation or combination of relevant work experience.
- Food Safe certification.
- Experiential knowledge in food sales/distribution.
- Experience working with and leading volunteers.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Familiarity with non-profit organizations is ideal.
Physical Requirements
- Exposure to ambient temperatures and noisy conditions.
- The ability to walk and stand intermittently.
- Bending and lifting boxes up to 50 lbs intermittently.
- Some local travel to visit stakeholders and agency partners.
We are actively recruiting for this position and encourage you to apply now if you are keen on this opportunity!
Notes
Due to high volume applications, only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.
Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Applications will be treated in strict confidence.
A criminal record check for working with vulnerable sectors is required upon hiring.
