Sustainable Agriculture, Training / Education

Position: Farm Coordinator - Department of Sustainable Agriculture team within the Faculty of Science
Employer: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Location: Richmond, Metro Vancouver BC

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Competition ID: 4433
External Closing Date: Open Until Filled
# of Openings: 1
*Salary Information: 15 - BCGEU Pay Grid - $35.76 to $39.96 per hour
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Workplace Type: On-Site

Travel Frequency: Occasional travel between campuses is required.
Employee Group: Support Staff (BC General Employees Union)
Days of Work (BCGEU): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Flex Hours Required
Hours of Work (BCGEU): 8-9 am 4-5 pm
Hours per Week (BCGEU): 35

We are currently seeking a Farm Coordinator to join the Department of Sustainable Agriculture team within the Faculty of Science.

Job Overview

The KPU Farm Coordinator works as an integral member of the Department of Sustainable Agriculture team within the Faculty of Science, collaborating with colleagues in the development and daily operations of the KPU Farm, a twenty-acre certified organic teaching and research farm. The KPU Farm Coordinator is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all aspects of KPU Farm’s day to day operations. These include crop planning, crop production, site maintenance, integration of educational programming into farm operations, assisting faculty and instructional associate with planning, executing and maintaining experiments, providing technical training and support for researchers, supervising seasonal farm staff, and mentoring student interns. The KPU Farm Coordinator represents the KPU Farm to outside key parties including, but not limited to, the City of Richmond,
farmers, customers, industry associations and media.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science (Masters in Science obtained or in process preferred) in appropriate research/ disciplinary areas related to sustainable agriculture.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Minimum three years’ experience managing diversified farm operations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide hands-on crop production training.
• Ability to use software appropriate to all farm management and reporting tasks (i.e. word processing, data base, spreadsheets, statistical, presentation, and specific equipment software).
• Demonstrated team leadership and training abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work with students and faculty in educational programming.
• Demonstrated ability to work with partner groups (i.e. agriculturists, grower associations, business, academic institutions) to conduct research and education programming.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written English language skills.
• Highly developed organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated understanding that agricultural research and production agriculture has busier growing seasons that requires some flexibility in scheduling

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Salary Information

Salary and wage increments are in accordance with the BCGEU Collective Agreement.

Total Rewards

As a part of our total rewards offerings, KPU also offers extended health and dental benefits, healthcare spending account, generous vacation package, defined pension plan, parenthood top-up, sick leave, long-term disability, life insurance, professional development days, tuition waiver, inhouse training & development, inter-campus transportation, and more!

Note: Eligibility requirements apply, benefits may vary depending on the employee group the position belongs to and whether the position offered is temporary or part-time.

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Note to Applicants

Kwantlen Polytechnic University welcomes and encourages applications from equity deserving groups and diverse experiences including, but not limited to, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, and members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community.

If there are any barriers that you are experiencing or an accommodation that we can provide to support you through the application process, please reach out to us at talentacquisition@kpu.ca .

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students, and the general public, and upholding the reputation and integrity of the University. For this reason, final applicants will be asked to undergo a background check.

We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.