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Grantham Community Garden Worker (Summer) - $8.00/hour
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Position Title Grantham Community Garden Worker (Summer) - $8.00/hour Position Type Student Number of Open Positions 2 Department Sustainability (2714) Campus Main Campus (Grantham) Supervisor Katelyn Galyen Work Period Summer 2025 Hours Per Week 8 hours/week Duration of Appointment Summer Work Schedule
Summer garden workers are required to work 40 hours per week. Most of these are daytime hours, Monday through Friday with occasional weekend work.
Position Description
Position Summary
This is one of three full-time positions responsible for running all aspects of the garden during the summer. This includes cultivating a variety of crops on both garden plots (a total of 1.25 acres), harvesting fruits and vegetables, running a Community Supported Agriculture program, chicken care, beekeeping, marketing produce, selling produce, and keeping careful records.
Major Preferred
Students of all majors are encouraged to apply, but students in biology, business, marketing, entrepreneurship, environmental science, and engineering are desired.
Experience Required
No experience is required.
Experience Preferred
Students who have any experience in gardening, landscaping, horticulture, farming, or business are preferred.
Skills, Characteristics Required For Position
Above all, applicants must be hard-working and dedicated to the mission of the garden. The success of the garden in the summer and fall is a direct reflection of the work put into it by summer managers. Applicants must be:
able to work 8 hours/day outside in all weather conditions.
be independent and self-motivated, able to prioritize, plan, and set goals.
enjoy physical labor, as this job requires a great deal of lifting and working the ground with garden and farm tools.
possess great customer service skills in order to provide our customers with excellent service.
be able to work as part of a team, showing patience and respect to other team members.
possess understanding that they are caring for living things. As such, minimal after-hours or weekend work may be required for watering thirsty plants or feeding chickens.
Dress Code Requirements
Sturdy shoes and work clothes that are appropriate for gardening work.
Special Working Conditions
Garden managers work outside. This means they are exposed to sun, rain, and insects (including mosquitos, ticks, and bees)
Must have valid driver’s license and be approved to drive Messiah vehicles. Managers will need to be able to drive Messiah gators and trucks.
Physical labor, including bending, lifting, kneeling, and standing for prolonged periods.
Required
Background Check Required No Primary Duties
Creating a schedule of when to plant and harvest summer crops and when to plant crops for the fall.
Harvesting all crops daily.
Delivering produce to Dining Service on occasion
Delivering produce to our CSA members
Running weekly farm stands on campus. This includes setting up and tearing down, recording sales, marketing farm stands, serving customers, etc.
Maintenance including regular weeding, pest and disease management, trellising, pruning, raised bed construction etc.
Regular watering. This may require managers to share responsibility to water crops on especially hot weekends.
Chicken keeping. This includes daily feeding and watering, egg collection, and coop repairs.
Maintain consistent and reliable attendance.
Secondary Duties
Track income and expenses.
Keep Sustainability Office tidy.
Organize fall farm stands.
Recruit volunteers for following academic year (through organizing for Student Involvement Fair).
Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None.
Open Until Filled Yes Application Deadline Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.messiah.edu/postings/28838
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
* Please describe what sustainable agriculture means to you. (Open Ended Question)
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Human Resources: One University Avenue Suite 3015 Mechanicsburg PA 17055; 717-796-5300
Student Employment: One University Avenue Suite 3015 Mechanicsburg PA 17055; 717-796-1800 x.2900
Seniority level Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Employment type Part-time
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