Jobs

Gardener 

Historic Fair Hill is looking for an energetic, responsible, friendly individual with an interest in gardening/farming, teaching children, and working to care for and share green spaces in our community. Our Garden team works maintaining our teaching garden in the burial ground, our production-based community farm across the street, our arboretum, and our school gardens.

Start Date: June 1, 2024

Time: This part-time position requires up to 20 hours per week, reduced hours in the winter but year-round, flexible scheduling, including Saturdays.

Hourly Rate: $19/hour

Responsibilities

• ●  Care for gardens: planting, watering, weeding, harvesting

• ●  Harvest for and help lead our weekly farm stand

• ●  Help volunteers on our Saturday Community Gardening & Family Fun Days

• ●  Welcome visitors and neighbors

• ●  Work with team to implement garden plan and scheduling

  Qualifications

• ●  Some experience and skills working in gardens or farms

• ●  Spanish language preferred

• ●  Ability to work independently

• ●  Ability to create and build positive relationships with a wide variety of people, including children

• ●  Passion for and knowledge of community development, healthy eating, sustainable agriculture, community food systems and food security

• ●  Respectful towards and have an understanding of historically underserved communities, structural injustices, and systemic racism

• ●  Ability to lift 50 pounds

To Apply: Historic Fairhill is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe and supportive work environment. Please submit a cover letter and resume to Tito Caba, Green Space Director, at tito@historicfairhill.com.