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Community Garden Assistant

Crescent Valley Resource Cente - 2 Jobs
Saint John, NB
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Job Title: Community Garden Assistant

Company Name: Crescent Valley Resource Centre

Job Category: Agriculture and Forestry

About the Job:

The Growing Place is a community garden/greenhouse project located in Crescent Valley, Saint John. Operated by the Crescent Valley Resource Centre (CVRC), the Community Garden Assistant will provide essential support to the CVRC staff. Responsibilities include maintaining garden plots and common areas, harvesting produce for the food bank, organizing the tool shed, leading recreational activities for children in the garden, participating in garden workshops, and completing other necessary tasks.

Responsibilities:

  • Support volunteers in garden maintenance tasks (planting, watering, harvesting, composting, etc.)
  • Run weekly activities in the garden for neighborhood children

Qualifications/Assets:

  • Ability to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions
  • Ability to lift and carry heavy, bulky garden tools and supplies

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week at $16.50 per hour.

Workplace Essential Skills:

  • Reading
  • Document use
  • Writing
  • Numeracy
  • Oral communication
  • Working with others
  • Thinking skills
  • Computer use
  • Continuous learning

A candidate (student) must:

  • Be a resident of New Brunswick (must have lived in New Brunswick for at least 6 months) or a First Nation community in New Brunswick;
  • Be eligible to work in Canada (must have a valid SIN number);
  • NOT be an immediate family member (spouse, children, parent, brother or sister) of the employer;
  • Be a high school student entering grade 10, 11, or 12 in September 2024; OR
  • Be a full-time Grade 12, university or college student in the current academic year of 2023-2024 AND attending a post-secondary institution full-time in the fall of 2024.

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