COMMUNITY EDUCATION INTERN bei Desert Botanical Garden

Description

 20hrs/week for 19 weeks 

PURPOSE OF POSITION: To support the Community Garden program in providing culture-based education for community members in South Phoenix. 

This is a part-time, temporary position – 20hrs/week, 19 weeks, $17.50/hour. It is a hybrid position, split between DBG’s Community Garden, located at Spaces of Opportunity (1200 W Vineyard Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85041), and working from home.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Vegetable Garden Education (35%) – 

• Assist with community classes led by Community Programs Coordinator, including seed saving course for BIPOC gardeners, vegetable gardening 101 class, etc.
• Facilitate children’s activities during tabling opportunities at the Desert Botanical Garden and off-site community events.
• Must have some schedule flexibility for weekday evening and Saturday events.

Community Garden maintenance (35%) – 

• Assist Community Programs Coordinator with weekly irrigation days.
• Help facilitate Community Garden volunteer workdays. 
• Must be available to be on-site at the Community Garden on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday mornings.

Event Coordination (10%) – 

• Assist with coordination of community building events, including chef demonstration at Spaces of Opportunity’s Farmers’ Market, Fund the Farm, volunteer potlucks, and DBG staff volunteer day.

Administrative tasks (20%) – 

• Update harvest/donation, volunteer attendance, and student attendance logs.
• Scan volunteer forms.
• Attend Community Garden monthly meetings.
• Social media promotion for Community Garden.
• Help draft Community Garden monthly newsletter.

Pay Rate:  17.50/Hr

Requirements

• Lived experience and/or experience working within BIPOC communities.
• Interest in culture-based, land-centered, and/or justice centered education.
• Familiarity with concepts of food sovereignty and food justice.
• Some vegetable gardening experience preferred, but not required.
• Ability to be open and flexible to new ways of working with diverse communities.  
• Familiarity with Zoom, Google suite, Canva, and Instagram.
• Ability to work outdoors, often in challenging terrain and extreme heat.

Equipment Used

Typical farm and garden equipment.

Internal Communication

Regular communication and interaction with Garden staff, volunteers, and Spaces of Opportunity partners. 

External Communication

Regular communication with volunteers, partner organizations, and the public.

Working Conditions

Physical demands include both those associated with outdoor work and a normal office environment, and which could be in the Garden, or at Spaces of Opportunity. Reasonable accommodations may be made, when necessary and feasible, to allow a qualified individual to perform essential job functions.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Desert Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.

The Garden fosters and supports workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion to honor the unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions of all, to celebrate successes, and to cultivate individual and institutional excellence.

All employees will help add to the Garden’s diversity and fully embrace it. 

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables of the role. This is not a contract and should not be viewed as such. Other duties may be assigned by supervisor and/or his/her/their designee.