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The Compost Education Centre is Hiring a Site Assistant
Position: Site Assistant
Organization: Compost Education Centre
Location: Victoria, BC
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) promotes composting, soil stewardship, local food production, and ecological conservation by providing information and resources on composting and waste reduction strategies, organic gardening, and conservation practices. Our vision is to cultivate resilient communities where all living beings thrive.
The majority of the CEC’s work is conducted throughout Lkwungen, Esquimalt, W̱SÁNEĆ, T’Sou-ke, and Scia’new Territories also known as the Capital Regional District. The CEC teaches a wide variety of educational workshops for children, youth and adults, in community spaces and at the CEC’s urban gardens in Victoria. The CEC integrates volunteer support into all aspects of its work, and we attend a wide variety of community events to share our educational resources broadly. The CEC offers a school's program, adult education workshop series, Healing City Soils program, free factsheets, and an information hotline. We are committed to supporting residents of the CRD with ecological knowledge of waste diversion, sustainability, composting, and soil health.
Job Title: Site Assistant
Work Week: Wednesday-Saturday, 9:00am – 4:30pm (28hrs per week; 56 hrs per pay period) with some evening and weekend work required.
Wage: $26-29 per hour starting wage commensurate with experience. Vacation starts at 3 weeks per year. Extended health and dental benefits begin upon employment.
Job Description: The Site Assistant reports to the Site Manager. The Site Assistant is responsible for the garden stewardship at the CEC’s demonstration gardens and various other urban gardens in the Victoria area in partnership with the CEC’s Site Manager as well as the coordination of the volunteer program across the organization.
Responsibilities:
Urban Garden Stewardship (40%)
Volunteer Coordination (35%)
Adult Education (15%)
Teach core adult workshop content (e.g. Composting, soil health & gardening workshops, depending on knowledge level).
General/Other Tasks (10%)
Minimum Requirements:
Desired, but not mandatory qualifications:
Application Process
Please email a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references as one single PDF document to info@compost.bc.ca using the file name format “Site Assistant – Last Name” and the email subject “Site Assistant – Last Name.” Please ensure that your application explicitly addresses all skills and requirements listed above as well as why you are interested in working with us here at the CEC. Please indicate you saw this posting at GoodWork.ca.
The CEC is interested in maintaining open communication with all applicants. If you have specific needs during the application process, please contact Claire at info@compost.bc.ca so that we can identify the practical and effective accommodations to ensure a fair, respectful, and supportive experience for every applicant.
Our hiring timeline is as follows:
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Current status: Open/apply now. Date posted: Apr 11 2024 ID: 70899