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Job title: Conservation & Rural Community Outreach Assistant
Company: Langford Conservancy
Job description: We are a small, not-for-profit organization just east of Brantford. We work to create a welcoming, inclusive rural community, and protect farmland and local ecosystems.
We operate the as an accessible community hub, with a certified kitchen. We focus on conservation, and on outreach to seniors and to migrant farm workers.
Job description
You’ll be helping us with:
- caring for the Langford Schoolhouse and the grounds, cleaning, and assisting with small scale renovations,
- our ecotourism work (nature and birding walks, research and preparation of interpretative signs for local trails),
- our conservation related work (restoration work on a forest trail, tree planting),
- outreach to migrant farm workers (including delivery of bikes, meals and food), and seniors in particular (pilot farmstay for seniors),
- research and outreach related to conservation and farmland protection,
- social media (postings, web site changes),
- salvaging, redistributing and preserving surplus food and preparing meals,
- bookkeeping
Skills Required:
We’re looking for someone who
- is collaborative and respectful of others;
- has good interpersonal skills, particularly with seniors and migrant farm workers;
- shows initiative;
- demonstrates an interest in working on issues such as farmland protection, conservation, ecotourism and/or nature related work, salvaging and redistributing food, and outreach to migrant farm workers
Assets:
- book-keeping (ideally Quickbooks),
- building and grounds maintenance skills (e.g. cleaning, painting, grounds work).
- social media skills
- Spanish speaking
- ESL skills
- bicycle repair
- small scale construction/renovation experience
Hours and Payment: $15.50/hr, 35 hours per week for 8 months
Must be 30 years old or younger and a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant (Federal grant requirement). Equal opportunity employer.
Covid Precautions: We welcome applicants who are double vaccinated and who comply with local COVID safety regulations.
Housing: optional rental accommodation on the farm is available. We are a smoke free workplace.
How to Apply:
Please send your resume and cover letter to:
; For more information call 226-802-2801
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Deadline: Immediate opening
Expected salary: $15.5 per hour
Location: Brantford, ON
Job date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:47:22 GMT
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