JOB OPPORTUNITY FORM

 

Job Title – Harvest Coordinator

 

Agency – Food Forward (www.foodforward.org)

 

Location – 7412 Fulton Ave. #3, North Hollywood, CA 91605 

 

Pay Rate – $17,500 Part - Time  (full time starts in April 2012)

 

Responsibilities – Food Forward is growing by leaps and bounds and is at an exciting point in our development. To keep up with the increasing opportunities and demands coming to our organization, we are looking for an individual who will maintain our Harvesting and Property database, working closely with fruit donors, Property Scouts and recipient agencies. This person will work with property owners who have fruit to donate by gathering essential harvesting and logistical information for our database to organize and coordinate picks. They will also work with the Volunteer Coordinator to ensure that all scheduled picks are filled with an adequate number of volunteers and will oversee the produce delivery to assigned recipient agencies. This person will oversee a growing corps of volunteer Property Scouts and work with our larger properties to schedule ‘Big Picks’ and coordinate the logistics of our Private Picks (for local corporate clients, faith-based organizations, school groups and non-profits).

 

The Harvest Coordinator will report to the Managing Director and will be responsible for the following:

- Maintaining relationships with 300+ fruit donors and with 25+ recipient agencies (food pantries or donation centers)

- Managing and improving a database of over 350 properties and over 2500 volunteers.

- Scheduling 2 – 4 picks a week and working directly with the Volunteer Coordinator to ensure that each pick has enough support for its size and quantity of trees

- Training and overseeing our Property Scouts to ensure that they are gathering and reporting property/tree information correctly

- Working with our Executive Director to identify properties that are suitable for Private Picks, then coordinating the logistics for each of these events with property owners

- Frequent written and verbal communication with property owners and recipient agencies

- Updating our Wordpress site and database

- Act as a Food Forward liaison with outside agencies such as CA Dept. of Agriculture, Dept of Water & Power and LA City, regarding important information on public orchards and potential fruit quarantines.

- Recording harvest notes, pounds and property details and recipient agency

- Responsible for upkeep and management of harvest equipment

- Additional projects and responsibilities to be defined as position grows to full-time in spring 2012.

 

Required Skills –

Ideally, candidate will have a strong interest in hunger and food justice issues. We are looking for an extremely detail-oriented person who enjoys organizing and collecting data and can work efficiently and comfortably on a website to manage information. Candidate should be personable and able follow up with property owners of various personalities and temperaments. Candidate must have a strong knowledge of local fruit tree varietals and fruit tree care. Candidate should be highly versed in Los Angeles and SFV geography.

 

Other qualifications include:

- Bachelors Degree in a related field

- Knowledge of locally grown tree varieties, including harvest season, tree size and shape, fruit qualities (You will be tested)

-Strong knowledge and comfort with Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook and other social media.

- Strong knowledge of LA and the SFV geography, neighborhoods and streets (You will be tested)

- Proven effective data management skills

- Strong people and public speaking skills

- Flexible, a team player, able to work well under pressure

- A valid drivers license and ability to easily navigate the SFV

- Willingness to work some weekends

 

Desired Skills –

- Experience in food justice work desired

 

- Experience working in a fast paced environment, start up or non-profit desired

 

- Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred

 

Other Information – 20-25 hours per week (M, W, F) at our North Hollywood office. The position starts as part – time, becoming full–time, projected Spring 2012

 

Application Mode – Email a letter of interest in the body of the email and attach a PDF of your resume

 

Application Deadline – Oct 14

 

Contact for Further Information – MG Meg Glasser, meg@foodforward.org