[Lapg] Fw: Job Op: Harvest Coordinator, Food Forward, North Hollywood

[Joan Stevens]

Another one from Yvonne Savio!  Hope this works for somebody. 
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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 at foodforward.org
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