Urban Agriculture Director - The People’s Farm: Student for Sustainable

Urban Agriculture Director; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

A university sustainable agriculture program seeks an Urban Agriculture Director to engage in various farming activities, collaborate with farm directors, and support interns. The position demands a commitment of 10 hours per week during the school year and summer, focusing on sustainable urban farming practices. Interested candidates must be enrolled at UW-Madison. This role also provides experience in community outreach and educational events, promoting sustainability and food systems awareness.

Qualifikationen

• Must be enrolled as a student at UW-Madison.
• No prior experience is necessary, but strong applicants have relevant farm experience.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with farm directors throughout the year.
• Conduct research and implement urban agriculture techniques.
• Guide and support interns on projects related to urban agriculture.

Kenntnisse

Previous farm experience

Knowledge of organic agriculture

Ausbildung

Enrolled as a student at UW-Madison

Jobbeschreibung

Department Overview

The People’s Farm for Sustainable Agriculture strives to educate the UW community about the relationship between people, land, and food. Through our garden workshops, educational events, and outreach programming, we aim to bring critical awareness about food systems, land use, and sustainability issues at UW.

Anticipated Start Date

February 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable)

One-year minimum commitment including the summer.

Remote Work Eligibility Detail

Partially Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week

10

Schedule

Build your own schedule with biweekly meeting with Board members.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum

$15.00

Number of Positions

1

Qualifications

Must be enrolled as a student at UW-Madison.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

No prior experience is necessary. Strong applicants have previous farm experience, are majoring in a related field, or have knowledge of organic agriculture.

Position Summary / Job Duties

10 hours/week during the school year, 10 hours/week during the summer.

Collaborate with farm directors throughout the year. Farm directors will offer extra support to Urban Agriculture directors during the winter. During summers, Urban Agriculture Directors will offer extra support to Farm directors.

Campus Growing Spaces

• Research, design, and implement new urban agriculture techniques and practices including but not limited to vertical planting, companion planting, container gardening, hydroponics, vermicompost, aquaponics, and succession planting in small spaces
• Collaborate with Farm Directors to propagate seeds in greenhouse in March
• Plan for spring planting during the winter season
• Grow, harvest, and transport vegetables to weekly harvest handouts
• Maintain Tower Gardens

Education

• Serve as a liaison between The People’s Farm and other urban agriculture resources or university organizations
• Plan and lead at least one 2 hour long public workday during the spring and summer semester
• Guide and support interns in projects related to urban agriculture
• Focus an emphasis on reusing salvaged materials in projects
• Ensure campus growing spaces have educational/explanatory signage

Urban Ag Program

• Develop ideas for research
• Create and lead events
• Organize workshop(s) with programing director

All members of the People’s Farm Board of Directors will support other Directors as requested, including assisting with running programming and events, volunteering on the farm, at other growing spaces, and more. All Directors will participate in Harvest Handouts and other key events essential to the functioning of the organization. All Directors will attend biweekly board meetings, and weekly subgroup meetings and office hours, as well as triannual Mission & Vision sessions, and participate in quarterly peer evaluations. All Directors will communicate consistently and effectively with the board, and keep detailed records of their tenure.

Physical Demands

Must be comfortable spending time outside in various weather conditions doing manual labor to assist Farm Directors as needed.

Institutional Statements

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Diversity Statement

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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Accommodation Statement

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/