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About the Role

The Program Lead for Genesis Gardens is responsible for hosting volunteers and neighbors who work together in the gardens and at the weekly farmer's market. This role requires a hospitable, creative, and adaptable team player who is energized by building meaningful relationships.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a hospitable presence where volunteers and neighbor contractors feel welcomed and valued.
• Welcome volunteers, providing a clear overview of the program, its purpose, and the volunteer shift structure.
• Recruit, orient, and lead neighbor contractors, serving as their primary day-to-day supervisor.
• Design and lead volunteer activities accessible to all ages and abilities.
• Connect with volunteers during their shift to foster meaningful connections with contractors, and ensure they are having a meaningful experience.
• Train neighbor contractors, volunteers, and staff on safe food handling and tools safety policies.
• Monitor the team's performance and find ways to optimize their efficiency.
• Build lasting relationships with volunteers and neighbor contractors that inspire them to return working in the garden.
• Collaborate with our Volunteer Team to ensure volunteers have a meaningful experience and are inspired to continue engaging with our community.
• Maintain a space that inspires abundance, connects people human to human, heart to heart, and transforms the stereotypes about homelessness.
• Coordinate the seasonal planting for the vegetable garden, fruiting trees, vines, and greenhouse.
• Oversee quality control and record keeping for the farmer's market.
• Manage the proper care of garden animals including chickens, guardian dogs, and barn cat.
• Lead space repurposing initiatives to optimize the use of garden resources and infrastructure.
• Drive Genesis Gardens forward as a model program in the Community First! Village.
• Own the purchasing process from planning to submission.
• Submit support and work order forms when equipment, infrastructure, or resources are not functioning.
• Coordinate contract signing for contractors working in the garden.
• Own the creation and maintenance of all policies and procedures specific to the garden.
• Identify and coordinate opportunities to establish external partnerships that support the Genesis Gardens program.
• Represent Genesis Gardens and MLF in outward facing presentations and relationship building.
• Collaborate with the MLF Team to fulfill the program goals and create new opportunities within Genesis Gardens.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as necessary.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in coordinating people, schedules, and projects.
• Demonstrated experience in gardening, landscaping, hospitality, nonprofits, or related fields is preferred.
• Have a driver's license.
• Able to work outdoors for extended periods in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to frequently lift, move, and transport up to 50 lbs. throughout the day.
• Ability to move about all phases of Community First! Village properties freely and comfortably.
• Must wear attire that is presentable but suitable for messy, outdoor, hands-on work; close-toed shoes required for safety.
• Ability to learn how to operate a golf cart, ATV, and heavy machinery.

Skills

• Relationship building with diverse populations.
• Leading, motivating, and managing a team.
• Emotional intelligence.
• Teaching and guidance.
• Conflict management and de-escalation.
• Organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Poised under pressure.
• Self-motivated.
• Team player.
• Email and spreadsheet proficiency.
• Microsoft Suite proficiency preferred.
• Asana proficiency preferred.

Location

• 9301 Hog Eye Road, Austin, TX 78724

Work Type

• Full-time
• Tuesday-Saturday schedule
• Some nights and weekends may be required

Experience Level

• 4+ years of experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree is a plus
• PMP Certification is a plus

About the Company

• Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) is a faith-based organization whose ideals and philosophy come directly from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
• MLF empowers communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.
• MLF provides food and clothing, cultivates community, and promotes dignity to our homeless brothers and sisters in need.
• MLF's goals include transforming the stereotype of homelessness, reconnecting the homeless to self, family, and community, helping the chronically homeless rediscover and utilize their talents, connecting people human to human, heart to heart through food and hospitality, and inspiring people into a lifestyle of abundance.
• MLF's belief statements center on the belief that homelessness is the result of a profound, catastrophic loss of family.
• MLF is committed to fostering a culture that prioritizes relational connection, believing that transactions are means to relational ends.
• MLF's core values are Faith, Humility, Generous Spirit, and Integrity.

Equal Opportunity

• MLF is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• Personnel are chosen based on ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in accordance with federal and state law.