To: All Qualified Applicants
Job Title: Garden Coordinator
The Village School is a public charter school serving children in grades K-8th.
Description and Duties: The Village School seeks a part time Garden Coordinator to work 3 – 5 days per week. The Garden Coordinator manages educational and courtyard gardens including:
- Coordinate volunteer hours and service days, lead small groups of students in garden maintenance activities, and interface with partner organizations.
- Cultivate organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and perennials.
- Soil cultivation, weeding, pruning, watering, mulching, composting, cover cropping, harvesting, pathways maintenance, regularly engaging with community volunteer and on-site visitors, leading open-garden volunteer days
- Orderly maintain garden shed and its surroundings, tools, equipment, and materials.
- As time permits, support groundskeeping activities: grass mowing, weeding and beautification of grounds.
- Depending on organization priorities, care for chickens, provide educational opportunities for students, and maintain space per landscaping goals.
Qualifications
- Prior experience with gardening, landscaping and volunteer coordination
- Ability to communicate and interact with children and adults in a positive manner
- Strong child management skills preferred
- Knowledge of Waldorf Curriculum is helpful
- Willingness to get CPR training
- Fingerprinting/Background check required`
- Ability to lift and carry 35 pounds and up to 50 pounds on occasion
Wage: $20.20 - $22.74 Hourly (pay increases beyond $22.74 with additional service)
Work Year: Sept – Aug
Schedule: 10-14 hours/week - Flexible hours – Reduced hours in summer with volunteer help
Interested parties are asked to email or send a letter of interest, application (available at eugenevillageschool.org/jobs-volunteering), and three references (resume optional) to
office@eugenevillageschool.org, or
Village School – Garden Coordinator, 3411 Willamette St, Eugene OR 97405
The Village School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. The Village School is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to workforce diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
