Week of March 1, 2010 Update!
Happy day!
Check out our year in review! http://cskdetroit.org/EWG/docs/Earthworks%20Year%20in%20Review%202009.pdf
Did you know?
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings. -Masanobu Fukuoka
I. Volunteer Opportunities:
Tuesday, 5-7pm: Youth Farm Stand. For information on volunteering with our YFS, please email cdobey@cskdetroit.org.
Wednesday 9am-12:30pm Regular Volunteer Hours: Please join us after working in the gardens for lunch in the soup kitchen.
Thursday 5-7pm: Growing Healthy Kids. For more information on volunteering with GHK, please email cdobey@cskdetroit.org.
II. Announcements:
1. Believe all people should have access to good healthy safe food? Want to build community across race and class lines? March 10, 5-7pm will be a Food Justice Potluck. We will cook together something yummy in community!
2. City Bees Detroit presents All About Bees conference for March 6, 2010! Conference will run from 9am-4pm at the Waldorf School. Check out their website: www.citybeesdetroit.com or contact at citybeesdetroit@gmail.com
3. . Gleaner’s Job Posting: Fresh Food Share (please see below for more information). Email rbonelli@gcfb.org for more information.
4. US Social Forum Urban Ag Potluck! Tuesday 7-8:30 at Central United Methodist!
III. Update from Patrick
and now for the update
The collards and the onions we sowed the other week are up. Leeks, kale, and some oddball veggies sowed this week. We also sowed more onions and leeks for the Garden Resource Program.
Youth Farm Stand and Growing Healthy Kids both worked on there garden plans, GHK's plans are now hanging on the wall in the dinning room of the kitchen. Youth Farm Stand has plans for some cold weather crops, looks like they will be starting seeds soon. In order for them to get started early, it looks like they are going to try to construct some simple cold frames.
It would be nice if we got some snow melt to start getting the place cleaned up and ready to go. Some compost sifted, the brush piled cut down and hauled away and some of the beds prepped for those collards I mentioned before. The weather is not looking like it is going to get warm anytime soon. Perhaps next week.
Welcome back Lisa hope your time away was great.
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan
Job Description
Job Title: Fresh Food Share Coordinator
Reports To: Director of Program Services
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Department: Program Services
Program Overview:
The Green Ribbon Collaborative (GRC) is a collaborative between The Greening of Detroit, Gleaners Food Bank, the Fair food Network and The Eastern Market Corporation. The GRC fosters innovation and sustainable solutions to improve the community based food system of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan through joint action of its member organizations and by working with other key stakeholders on a program or project basis. The fresh food share is a program of the Green ribbon Collaborative. The Fresh Food Share Program (FFS) is a community based food distribution system serving the near east side of Detroit. We aim to increase access to culturally acceptable and nutritionally adequate food among residents for Detroit’s east side through a fresh fruit and vegetable distribution system, agricultural tourism, rewarding volunteer experiences and education programs. The Program Coordinator works with a team of a wholesale Market Expeditor, a local agriculture Retail Manger, and Urban agriculture staff member and contractual staffing for marketing and evaluation efforts. Only the Program Coordinator is a Gleaners Community food Bank staffer. All other positions are staffed by collaboration partners, (except contractual staff).
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Manager of Program Services, the Program Coordinator will recruit and communicate with distribution sites and manage the process of packing food boxes with the assistance of a volunteer workforce. The Program Coordinator will also be responsible for managing team activities: food sourcing, food delivery, newsletter content, productions and distribution, and urban agriculture tours with program partners. Marketing and evaluation efforts will be managed by the Program Coordinator with support from 2 contractual consultants.
Scope of Position:
Budgetary Responsibility: High
Personnel Responsibility: Moderate
Access to Confidential Info: Low
Supervisory responsibility: High (2 consultants reporting directly to this position)
Community contact: Board: Low; Donors: Low; Volunteers: High; Food Partners: Moderate, Other community reps: High
Part-Time, 15hours per week
Primary Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
· Coordinate documentation submitted by collaborative to program funder
· Coordinate collaborative meetings
· Implement budget
· Manage program
· Recruit and communicate with distribution sites
· Coordinate volunteer process
· Manage box production
· Coordinate delivery logistics
· Oversee Marketing and Evaluation Contractors
· Oversee marketing efforts for food box, agriculture tours and all programming related to the Fresh Food Share Collaborative
· Process quarterly staffing and vendor invoices from collaboration partners
· Outreach to continue to grow program
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum:
· Bachelor’s Degree
· Program development and evaluation experience
· Highly self-guided and self motivated
· Highly organized: must have the ability to coordinate personal work activities as well as work plans in coordination with other program partners
· Excellent oral and written communication and facilitation skills
· Excellent interpersonal skills and willingness to represent the Green Ribbon Collaborative with a variety of audiences
Desirable:
· Strong background in nutrition and health education, and materials development
· Knowledge of regional / seasonal eating and grasp of overall food issues
· Knowledge of Spanish
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree
Language Ability:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Strong interpersonal skills with all customers and contacts, internal and external, are required.
Math Ability:
Basic bookkeeping experience.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have a thorough proficiency of the Microsoft Office suite of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Certificates and Licenses:
Valid driver's license and proof of insurance
Equipment: The position requires operation of standard office equipment including but not limited to: personal computer, printer, fax machine and telephone.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The standard work environment is an office setting with fluorescent lighting and temperature and humidity controlled by air conditioning and heating. The noise level in the work environment is usually low. The employee will occasionally be required to perform duties in a wide variety of settings (i.e. Warehouse or industrial environments, outdoors, other corporate settings.) Occasionally the job will require six to ten hours of off-site work, primarily standing or walking carrying loads from place to place.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to speak, hear and use hands. Moderate amounts of walking as well as long periods of sitting or standing are occasionally required. The position will also require intra and interstate travel by automobile, airplane, etc.
The above job description has been reviewed and approved by:
_____________________________ ___________________________
Department Manager/Date Human Resources/Date
I have read, understand and will comply with the job description for the position of Green Ribbon Program Coordinator. I further understand I may be required to perform job-related duties not outlined in the above job description as it is intended only as a summary to describe general nature and essential job functions. It is not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties, knowledge, skills, experience, abilities or qualifications associated with this position and it may be changed at any time at the discretion of Gleaners Community Food Bank of SE MI management. I also understand that the most recently dated job description on file in the Human Resources Department will be considered the official job description.
_____________________________
Employee/Date