Job Description
Launched in 2014, the Florence Fang Community Farm has become San Francisco's largest and most diverse community farm, and the city’s first farm operation certified by the USDA. We are now looking for a Farm Coordinator & Executive Assistant to help our farm succeed in our next phase of growth.
www.ffcommunityfarm.org
To apply, read entire announcement, then send cover letter and resume to tfang@asianweek.com
Qualifications:
- Must be very organized, efficient, hardworking
- Must be adept at working with volunteers, virtual teams and outdoors on the farm and able to manage multiple programs simultaneously
- Experience dealing with diverse and BIPOC stakeholders of all ages, ethnicities and language preferences
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Dropbox, Microsoft Suite
- Experience with Salesforce, ChatGPT, Squarespace preferred
- Bilingual in Chinese is helpful, but not required
- This is a hybrid position. You must have a car, and be at the farm site 2-4 times a week
Candidates with limited experience in above areas will still be considered. We are also willing to offer some training to the right candidate.
Roles and Responsibilities
Manage volunteers
- Coordinate volunteers Saturday morning and track volunteer hours via Salesforce
- Track crop harvests from volunteer farmers weekly
Youth and Intern Program
- Once or twice a week, teach students grades 2-6 gardening and real-life STEM
- Manage high school and college interns in their assignments
- Do invoicing monthly for program with Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Executive Assistant
- Coordinate meetings for the Executive Director and take notes
- Attend meetings, community events, networking events
- Fill out administrative forms and grant submissions
- Support recruitment of volunteers, interns, donors and partners, including records on Salesforce, MailChimp
- Maintain and organize files including Google Drive, Dropbox
Farm Coordinator
- Manage Saturday Food pantry in partnership with the SF Marin Food Bank
- Recruit speakers for monthly presentation at farm (i.e. voter education, public health, safety)
- Email volunteer reminders and thank-you emails, and cultivate relationships
- Assist communication & development (i.e. newsletters, coordinating events)
- Take photos for social media, and host social media meetings
- Other duties as assigned
Existing Staff
- Farm Manager – Cantonese speaking, staff
- Resident Farmer – Staff
- Crop Manager - Staff
- Interns (high school youth, college students, and young professionals)
- Video Production Team – volunteer
- Social Media Team – volunteer
- Grant Writing Team, as needed – volunteer
- Executive Director – volunteer
Existing Farm Volunteers
- 50 regular volunteers, many of them Chinese elders and local Black farmers
- Occasional farm volunteers, many of them young corporate professionals (up to 500/year; 5-20/weekend)
Existing Farm Programs:
- Growing up to 9,000 pounds of produce per year
- Black Organic Farmers Program
- After-School and Summer Youth STEM Program (4th - 6th graders)
- Hosting community events at the Farm
- Establishing farming enterprise as sustainable business model
Since 2014, the Florence Fang Community Farm (FFCF) has been making milestones from an abandoned acre of blighted land to an all-inclusive community farm that produces 9,000 pounds of fresh produce per year. Located in the heart of Bayview Hunters Point, San Francisco's most diverse and most underserved neighborhood, FFCF is the largest volunteer-based community farm in the city. Beyond harvesting produce, FFCF hosts programs for public school kids to learn about farming and healthy eating; for senior Chinese farmers grow traditional vegetables and celebrate cultural festivities together, and our Black Organic Farmers program utilizes half the land parcel to increase food security in District 10, identified as a food desert by the USDA. Two of our long-term goals are creating a more just local food system and to make the farm a more community centric venue. With these new ideas, the farm is seeking a Communications and Development manager to join us in realizing our vision for a healthier Bayview. The ideal candidate is a self-motivator who is able to work independently and to work well with others, manage volunteers as individuals and in teams, enjoys working outdoors, and can be present at the farm on a daily or frequent basis to provide feedback/guidance that supports the farm’s growth.