Employment Opportunities
Assistant Outdoor Classroom Educator (part-time)
The Friends of Holly Hill Farm is the nonprofit educational organization that manages Holly Hill Farm, a certified organic vegetable, flower and herb farm in Cohasset, MA. The farm serves as the outdoor classroom for thousands of children, adults, and families who visit every year for school field trips, educational workshops, community events, farm to table dinners, field trips with scouts, church, or other community groups and much more.
Our mission is to provide healthy, organically grown food for the local community, and to foster good stewardship of the land by educating all ages about the practices of conservation and sustainable farming in a welcoming environment. An outgrowth of the mission to educate on the farm is a network of partnerships with 30 local schools where the Friends provide hands-on education programs in school garden settings for students.
About the Position
We are seeking a part-time Assistant Outdoor Classroom Educator who will assist the lead educators in facilitating on-farm programs, including weekly homeschool, toddler, and afterschool programs, as well as some field trips. This position can be seasonal or year-round.
Expectations and Responsibilities
General
- Maintain an up-to-date time sheet.
- Communicate with staff, partners, and community in a timely, professional manner.
- Adhere to schedule created for program on the farm.
- Help maintain all education materials and spaces.
- Help care for animals.
Seasonal & Summer Programs
- Provide a safe, happy, engaging and inclusive environment for youth to learn.
- Assist in teaching and facilitating new and existing curriculum during seasonal programs: homeschool, toddler, afterschool, and field trips.
- Work independently with small groups.
- Help prepare materials in advance as needed.
- Help care for the Educational garden areas.
- Document lessons and gardens via photos and formal reflections for marketing, educational feedback, and school communication.
Hours
- 15-25 hours per week (fall-spring)
- 20-30 hours per week (summer)
Skills Required
- Proficient at communicating ideas and goals, verbally and non-verbally
- Able to work with children of all ages
- Professional in communication with staff, schools, and community
- Takes initiative, is able to work independently, and is self-driven
- Exceptional at task management, reliable, and punctual
- Able to work outdoors in all types of weather
- Able to lift 50 pounds and push heavy wheelbarrows
Job Qualifications
- Interest and experience in organic farming, gardening, and other sustainable and regenerative practices preferred
- Access to reliable transportation.
- Ability to comfortably speak in front of large groups of people (especially young children)
- Ability to work as a team and appreciate the importance of outdoor education and positive and safe “visitor experience.”
- Comfortable working with farm animals
- Ability to walk and be on foot for up to 3 hours
- Good organizational skills
- Must pass CORI/SORI check
- Equipment, machinery, and tools used
Reports to: Education Director
Submit cover letter and resume to Bruce Frost, Education Director