Farmhand - Member Services Attendant

Job Title: Farmhand - Member Services Attendant
Location: Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills, NY
Supervisor: Director of Member Services & Events (for respective Member Service Attendant duties); Field and Greenhouse Manager (for respective Farmhand duties)
Employment Classification: Full-time/Salaried, Non-exempt
Frequency of Pay: Bi-weekly
Salary: From $42,000 per year
Benefits: 401k with employer match; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; and generous paid time off
Schedule: 5 days (Wed-Sun), may include some evenings.

Be part of a team working on exciting projects and learn about the intersection between food and farming through a variety of programs and events. In a Member Services Attendant capacity, the ideal candidate will assist in the areas of events, communications & marketing, ensuring a positive and welcoming guest experience.

In a Farmhand capacity, they will be a part of the field and greenhouse operations in collaboration with the crops team. The Farmhand will work within an integrated team of farmers, researchers, and other experts to further the development of a resilient agro-ecological system, explore symbiotic relationships between animals, plant-base, and soil ecology, and contribute to farm innovation and experimentation.

Responsibilities:

Farmhand

• Support the crops team in harvest and production activities associated with the field and greenhouse production systems
• Safely use, operate power equipment and hand tools
• Assist with education, including but limited to: weekly tours, lab programming, public interpretation, and fundraising events

Member Services Attendant

• Be a resource for visitors to the Center and give general information by phone and in person
• Engage visitors and encourage membership and program participation
• Assist visitors with farm share pick ups
• Host visitors on field tours
• Answer inquiries about and processing sales for:
• Memberships and gift memberships
• Programs, classes and events
• Restock and maintain farm stand and welcome desk

Preferred Skills/Knowledge:

• Passionate about the work and mission of Stone Barns
• Excellent with communication skills, have a positive and friendly attitude, able to multitask, and be comfortable working with the public
• Applicants must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Docs, and the Internet
• Willing to learn vegetable and flower growing at a production scale
• Interested in understanding agroecology and soil health
• Organized, able to take initiative, and be proactive
• Willing to learn and use new technologies in the field
• Willing to keep an open mind to ideas and inputs
• Able to work independently and as a member of a team
• Willing to work in a variety of weather conditions and able to lift 50 pounds when needed

About Stone Barns Center:

For 15 years, Stone Barns Center and Blue Hill have demonstrated the power of farmer-chef collaborations to inspire change in the food system. We are now poised to deepen our impact and address some of the greatest environmental, health, and economic challenges of our time. We have a bold vision to catalyze an ecological food culture that supports a thriving regenerative food and farm economy.

We will build on our long standing work at the intersection of farmers and chefs to activate critical areas with the potential for exponential impact on ecological and human health, farm viability, and other elements of thriving food systems. In service of this vision, we will reimagine how we use our Lower Hudson Valley campus to serve as the R&D lab for the ecological food culture we seek.

Stone Barns Center For Food And Agriculture (SBCFA) is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative-action employer. SBCFA provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected active military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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