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Jobs & Internships

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We're currently accepting resumes for multiple positions at the farm! Won't you join us? Click on the positions below for a full job description and how to apply.

Part-time Farm-Based Youth Education Instructor

Join a dynamic and growing team! Massaro Community Farm is seeking farm educators, primarily for our growing list of youth programs. Instructors will lead or assist farm-based field trips and outreach programs for the K-12 age group. Explore the fields and woods of the farm, interact with our farm chickens and goats and take part in the Learning Garden. This is the perfect role for someone looking for a flexible schedule!

Background: Massaro Community Farm (MCF) is a nonprofit certified organic farm in Woodbridge, CT. Our mission is to Keep Farming, Feed People and Build Community. We fulfill this mission by offering the sale of produce to seasonal subscribers, to restaurants and at farmer’s markets. MCF offers farm-based education for youth and adults, and holds community building events each year. We donate at least 10% of our harvest to hunger relief agencies, which averages ~6,500 pounds of produce annually.

Educational programming includes our weekend explorer series, school vacation day programs, scout groups, farm field trips and a summer camp in July August. Depending on the program, teaching hours can be weekdays, weekends, mornings or afternoons. We strive to provide quality farm-based education for students from Greater New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

All farm staff are required to fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 Virus. We follow the latest health department guidelines with respect to all farm programs; however the majority of program take place outside.

Primary Responsibilities: As an instructor, you will lead or assist with hands-on activities around agriculture, food and the environment. Lesson plans and materials are provided, but instructors are welcome to contribute ideas for programming. Trips are planned well in advance and all teachers will be given a schedule of teaching opportunities.

The ideal instructor will:

Have some experience leading children in educational activities, preferably in an outdoor setting (scout leader, part-time teacher, outdoor educator, camp instructor, day care provider, etc)
Be comfortable working in a variety of weather conditions year-round on the farm (24 hours advance notice will be given in the event of a weather cancellation)
Be willing to lead lessons based on outlines and materials provided
Work with groups of up to 15 students from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds
Be comfortable receiving educational materials in electronic format, and navigating Google applications (gmail, docs, drive, sheets)
Be willing to lift up to 25 pounds for the set-up/break-down of materials/supplies for lessons in the garden
Be willing to pass a background check
First aid and CPR training are a plus, but not required
The farm is an equal opportunity employer; We observe Federal holidays.
Reports to the Farm Education Leader

Teachers will be paid s at the rate of $16/hr. Interested candidates should send their resume (references welcome) and a cover letter DIRECTLY to Caty Poole at caty@massarofarm.org. The subject line MUST specify PER DIEM TEACHER. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

Summer Youth Employment

Summer Youth Employee

July and August 2022

Massaro Community Farm, Woodbridge, CT

Join a dynamic and growing team! Massaro Community Farm seeks rising high school freshman, sophomores and juniors for its annual summer youth employment program. The youth crew works side by side with the rest of the farm crew to grow vegetables and tend to our chickens.

Position: The Summer Youth Employees (SYE) will work as a team to perform all sorts of farm tasks including but not limited to field work, sorting and packing of produce, land management, etc. There is potential to attend farmer’s markets and/or work with hunger relief partners. The youth crew supervisor will work with the crew to learn job skills helpful to first-time employees.

Primary Responsibilities:

Field work, including planting, harvesting, watering and weeding of organic vegetable crops
Tend to our u-pick field
Clean, sort and bunch produce for CSA pickup, markets and donations

Qualifications:

- Interest in and excitement about farming!
- Ability to work autonomously with some direction but also as part of a team

Ability and willingness to work outside in varying weather conditions

Some lifting up to 25 lbs is involved

First aid a plus
It is the policy of the farm that all staff must be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 Virus.

Work Commitment:

This is an hourly position with a pay rate of $14/hr. The program runs Monday-Thursday from 8am-12pm for 8 weeks in July and August, totaling ~16 hours per week.Youth crew reports to the Summer Youth Crew Leader.

How To Apply: Interested candidates should send their resume (references welcome) and a cover letter describing why they are interested in the position DIRECTLY to MC Whelan at mcw240@gmail.com. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The subject line MUST specify SUMMER YOUTH CREW. Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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Massaro Farm is an "equal opportunity employer." Massaro Farm will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

FIELD STAFF

Seasonal Farm Staff positions may still be available for 2022. Email steve@massarofarm.org to inquire.

SEASONAL INTERNSHIP POSITIONS

Massaro Community Farm welcomes interns to work with staff and board members on projects that allow you to grow and learn, while working to fulfill the mission of the farm: Keep Farming; Feed People; Build Community. Some interns have the potential to receive a stipend depending on the scope and length of their engagement with the farm. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter/email to ED Caty Poole (caty@massarofarm.org). Please be specific about what you are interested in and how you and we can mutually benefit from your internship. See the descriptions below for details.

EDUCATION/PROGRAM INTERN

Description: Massaro Community Farm is building its roster of farm-based programming, which currently includes farm field trips, a summer program, and farm workshops for youth and adults. The education intern would work closely with the farm’s education director to develop and organize educational materials and assist with programs. Interns will also be invited to meetings and to participate in farm events. This is a 10-12 week internship, start and end times are flexible, and can run during Spring, Summer or Fall. Education interns have the added potential to be hired on a part-time basis to work leading field trips and other activities.

Amity High School seniors can join Farm Manager Steve Munno for a month on the farm each May

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