The Old Fort at Hesperus is hiring an education garden manager. The education garden manager tends a ½ acre garden and two high tunnels using hand tools and small equipment and manages summer interns from Fort Lewis College. A key part of the Sustainable Agriculture program, the education garden manager is responsible for managing year-round vegetable production and educational programming, along with other staff.
Minimum qualifications include: four or more seasons of vegetable growing experience, experience growing at high elevations or in short seasons, experience in leadership or teaching roles, especially in a farming context, experience supervising and working independently, experience working collaboratively and basic computer and office skills, including the use of Microsoft Office programs, email and Dropbox.
Preferred qualifications include: college degree in agriculture or related field and experience in or desire for fostering program growth.
Major responsibilities include: managing small-scale vegetable production in the education garden, including meeting production targets, crop planning, crop counting, harvesting, controlling weed pressure, scheduling irrigation and succession planting; supervising, training, and providing instruction to four to eight Fort Lewis College interns and regular groups of volunteers; setting the tone, speed, and energy for work done in the education garden; implementing food safety practices, including training interns and volunteers; coordinating care of the propagation house in the spring months; keeping and improving basic garden records and planning crop rotations.
