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Super Jardineros Program Coordinator

691 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA, USA

Job Type

Full-time

Hours

5 days/40 hours per week

About Valley Verde

Valley Verde is a non-profit 501(3)(c) organization, which promotes healthy eating and provides food access and micro-entrepreneurship training to low-income families of San José and Gilroy. 

Job Description

Essential job functions: With support, facilitate Super Jardineros (SJ) workshops and activities and provide support with sales and marketing.


Tasks include, but are not limited to: 

  • In collaboration with the Shared Garden Program(SGP), recruit participants for the Super Jardineros Program

  • Communicate via email, phone calls, text messages, or in person, on a monthly basis with SJ Program participants

  • Schedule and facilitate workshops for SJ participants 

  • Schedule and conduct monthly check-ins, and quarterly garden visits with participants 

  • Create and upload training videos to online learning platforms, as needed

  • In collaboration with the Executive Director, review and update curriculum, lesson plans, and programming  

  • Coordinate seedling production with SJ participants following the planting schedule developed for all Valley Verde programs 

  • Provide technical support for Super Jardineros (Planning, Best Practices, IPM, etc)

  • Coordinate distribution of growing supplies (growing medium, planters, trays, etc) 

  • Track and input program data

  • Evaluate quality seedlings and coordinate sales

  • In collaboration with the Greenhouse Coordinator plant, transplant, water and organize seedlings for SGP, Sales and other VV events 

  • Provide support with seedling sales (online and in person), subscriptions, and marketing material

  • Represent Valley Verde and develop partnerships within the community 

  • Create social media content for the Super Jardineros and Greenhouse programs

  • Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications:  

  • Professional written and verbal skills in Spanish or Vietnamese required.  

  • Knowledge of greenhouse growing techniques of organic vegetables.

  • Must have regular/reliable access to a vehicle with appropriate insurance for transportation. 

  • Must be detail oriented and accurately report program attendance and other participant statistics.

  • Experience working in a multiethnic community environment and having multicultural literacy.

  • Ability to develop professional relationships with program participants regardless of language barriers, cultural differences, or physical/mental abilities.

  • Must be extremely organized and have the ability to prioritize projects to meet deadlines consistently 

  • Must be able to work independently and collaboratively in a team, show creativity, and ability to initiate and complete projects with limited supervision 

  • At least 2 years of teaching or group facilitation required  

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills required

  • Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite, Mailchimp, Google Classroom, Zoom, Google Meet, YouTube, editing videos software, and Canva. 

  • Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift 30-50 lbs, bend, and twist to complete garden projects and activities.

  • Experience operating power tools, building, and assembling irrigation systems is a plus.

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