Educational Programs & Farm Associate
Application Deadline: March 11, 2025
Application Deadline:
March 11, 2025
March 11, 2025
Urban Adamah is an educational farm and community center in Berkeley, California that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social justice to build loving, just, and sustainable communities. We provide training programs, educational workshops, and community celebrations for more than 10,000 visitors annually.
About The Role
The Educational Programs & Farm Associate is responsible for supporting our educational programs, volunteer groups, and the Urban Adamah Farm Team. This role primarily supports our Education Team and also provides secondary support to our Farm Team, with overlap and collaboration between the two departments.
The Educational Programs & Farm Associate will support the planning and implementation of farm-based educational programs, including administrative and logistical tasks, as well as program facilitation, and more. This role will also support our Farm Team by performing physical farm tasks, such as weeding, planting, pest management, animal husbandry and more.
The Educational Programs & Farm Associate has a strong commitment to sustainable agriculture and food justice and a strong interest in experiential education, community engagement, and earth-based Judaism.
General tasks may include, but are not limited to:
General tasks may include, but are not limited to:
The Educational Programs & Farm Associate will support the planning and implementation of farm-based educational programs, including administrative and logistical tasks, as well as program facilitation, and more. This role will also support our Farm Team by performing physical farm tasks, such as weeding, planting, pest management, animal husbandry and more.
The Educational Programs & Farm Associate has a strong commitment to sustainable agriculture and food justice and a strong interest in experiential education, community engagement, and earth-based Judaism.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SUPPORT
General tasks may include, but are not limited to:
- Facilitating educational content
- Welcoming new volunteers and visiting groups, providing farm and safety orientations, ensuring participants and volunteers are supported and engaged
- Leading opening and closing circles
- Inventorying, purchasing, organizing, and preparing materials
- Guiding groups and creating a safe and welcoming environment
- Keeping time and sending reminders to educators
- Managing when educators are out sick and filling in when necessary
- Ensuring educational and farm spaces are clean, organized, and accessible
- Setting up and breaking down of the site; opening and closing the site
- Signing participants in/out, tracking participant needs, and handling late and early drop offs
- Assisting with the recruitment, hiring, and training of educators
- Assisting with volunteer management and scheduling
- Assisting with training and supervising volunteers and program participants in farm tasks
- Supporting marketing and recruitment efforts
- Additional tasks that support the education team and programs
FARM OPERATIONS
General tasks may include, but are not limited to:
- Supporting Farm Manager with crop production, including seeding, planting, weeding, irrigation, harvesting, and post-harvest processing
- Weeding, pruning, fertilizing, and maintaining perennial beds maintenance
- Assisting with greenhouse operations, including propagation and plant care
- Performing animal husbandry tasks, including feeding, cleaning, and general care for goats, chickens
- Maintaining irrigation schedules and perform watering and irrigation maintenance
- Supporting pest and weed management using sustainable farming practices
- Helping monitor soil health through composting, vermiculture, and crop rotations
- Tracking farm activities, such as seeding dates, harvest yields, and animal care schedules, in coordination with the Farm Manager
- Additional tasks that support the farm team
About You
Competencies and strengths that will make you a good fit for this role include those listed below. We are open to applicants with varying levels and types of experience, provided that the applicant displays the skills required to successfully execute the job described above. You might be a good fit if you possess/demonstrate the following:
Background & Interests
Communication & Collaboration
Motivation & Organization & Growth
Strategy & Problem Solving
Growth
EXPERIENCES THAT COULD LEAD TO YOUR SUCCESS
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE POSITION
The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by an employee in this position. Some accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the role:
Background & Interests
- Have experience in and love working with youth and their families
- Have knowledge and experience in experiential, play-based education
- Are interested in farm and outdoor education and Jewish education
- Appreciate the natural world and are interested in facilitating others in having a deeper connection to the natural world
- Have experience working outdoors in a variety of weather conditions
Communication & Collaboration
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and can collaborate well with a range of colleagues and other stakeholders
- Are a people person at your core that loves connecting and building community around you; you would look forward to meeting new people (parents and youth)
- Are comfortable and effective working independently and as a member of a team, in both supporting and leading roles
Motivation & Organization & Growth
- Are a self-starter
- Are highly organized, able to track and execute on multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, and are detail oriented
- Are comfortable maintaining multiple channels of communication (text, email, phone, Slack) and independently managing your workflow to keep projects on track
Strategy & Problem Solving
- Enjoy problem solving, seeing it as an opportunity to connect with and support others and the organization
Growth
- Demonstrate a good balance of self-confidence and humility, can name and make the most of your strengths, and welcome feedback that will lead you to grow and develop as a professional
- Are excited to work with and learn from a supervisor who can help you grow as a professional and a person
- Appreciate a work environment where you are supported, encouraged, and sometimes pushed to learn new things or consider doing things differently
EXPERIENCES THAT COULD LEAD TO YOUR SUCCESS
- Demonstrated ability to create and manage well-functioning organizational systems
- Have experience in and love working with youth and their families
- Interest in creating warm, welcoming and inclusive environments for a ride range of people
- Have experience and interest in experiential play-based education and outdoor education
- Appreciate the natural world and are interested in facilitating others in having a deeper connection to the natural world
- Familiarity with Jewish calendar, customs, and rituals, and if not, a willingness and interest to learn
- 1+ years working on a farm, garden, or similar outdoor setting
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE POSITION
The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by an employee in this position. Some accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the role:
- Typing, writing, reading, hearing, and speaking
- Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and crouching for extended periods.
- Lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs.
- Working outdoors in varying weather conditions (rain, heat, cold, etc.).
- Performing repetitive tasks, including planting, weeding, and harvesting.
- Operating hand tools, wheelbarrows, and small farm equipment.
Additional Details
Compensation
This is a full-time, benefitted position that includes healthcare, holidays, and paid time off. The salary range for this position is $60,000 – $66,000 per year.
Schedule
While general hours of employment are 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday – Friday, the Educational Programs and Farm Associate will need to work on evenings, weekends, and Holidays as needed and assigned.
Supervision
This position is supervised by a member of the Education Department. For certain farming tasks and programs, the Educational Programs and Farm Associate may work under the direction of other program leads, including the Farm & Facilities Director and/or the Farm and Educational Programs Manager.
This is a full-time, benefitted position that includes healthcare, holidays, and paid time off. The salary range for this position is $60,000 – $66,000 per year.
Schedule
While general hours of employment are 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday – Friday, the Educational Programs and Farm Associate will need to work on evenings, weekends, and Holidays as needed and assigned.
Supervision
This position is supervised by a member of the Education Department. For certain farming tasks and programs, the Educational Programs and Farm Associate may work under the direction of other program leads, including the Farm & Facilities Director and/or the Farm and Educational Programs Manager.
Application Details
We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from diverse backgrounds. This includes Black, Indigenous, Latino, and Asian people, LGBTQ, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds. We affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION:
Please include a complete resume, two professional references with how you know them, and a cover letter that briefly addresses:
We will be evaluating applications on a rolling basis, and will keep this job posting up until the role is filled. If you have any questions about applying, please contact the Educational Programs Director, Rivka Weinstock, at Rivka@urbanadamah.org or the Farm & Facilities Director, Jonah Tabb, at Jonah@urbanadamah.org.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION:
Please include a complete resume, two professional references with how you know them, and a cover letter that briefly addresses:
- What part of the job, based on the job description, is most compelling to you
- Examples of skills you have that will help you be successful in this position. Please be sure to speak to both the skills you have in farming and in Jewish and/or outdoor education specifically
- Relevant skills you have not yet mastered, but are actively growing
We will be evaluating applications on a rolling basis, and will keep this job posting up until the role is filled. If you have any questions about applying, please contact the Educational Programs Director, Rivka Weinstock, at Rivka@urbanadamah.org or the Farm & Facilities Director, Jonah Tabb, at Jonah@urbanadamah.org.