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Job title: Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant
Company: Ottawa Farm Fresh
Job description: WANTED: Organized and dedicated farm administrator to help carry our farm’s mission into the local community!
Position: Farm Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant
Organization:
Location: work from home in the Ottawa area / eastern Ontario
Are you passionately about local organic food and farming? Do you love solving the endless puzzles of running a dynamic small business? Do you love numbers, spreadsheets, and bookkeeping?
Well this just might be the job of a life-time!! Here’s why.
We’re a fast-growing local organic vegetable, mushroom, and cut-flower farm in the Ottawa Greenbelt and we’re looking for ambitious, like-minded, farmer superstars to add to our farm team. We are literally 12 minutes from downtown Ottawa.
- Our mission is to enrich people’s lives by grounding our community in human wholeness through direct connection with organic food and nature.
- Our vision is to offer a wide range of wellness activities, workshops, and services… all this in addition to growing the most delicious veggies you’ve ever tasted!
- Our strategy for getting there is to build a world class team of amazing people fully capable of running the farm without Jonathan’s daily involvement.
If you’ve ever dreamed about what it would be like to be a part of a movement that will change the way our community eats and feels, one delicious organic bite at a time, then reach out now.
This job is perfect for a semi-retired person looking to put their skills to use for a good cause, or a stay at home parent looking to gradually re-integrate the work force!
As Farm Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant, you will take charge of the following aspects of the farm:
Bookkeeping:
- Using Quickbooks Online to produce up to date accurate financial records.
- Entering bills and invoices.
- Generating weekly accounts payable reports
- Managing accounts receivable
- Administration:
- Managing the farm’s admin email account
- Generating payroll
- Filing quarterly government reports (HST, Deductions, etc)
- Interfacing with Organic Certification Agency
- Supporting Jonathan to stay on top of the diversity of administrative and research tasks that exist on a farm.
Required Superpowers:
- Organisation, attention to detail.
- Dynamism and the ability to work in a startup environment (ie.. building the airplane as we fly it…) You need to be comfortable with change and a certain degree of organized chaos.
- Positive, HIGH VIBE energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of humor!
- Clear and concise communication style.
- Equanimity and adaptability to thrive in a rapidly evolving, dynamic work environment.
- Curiosity and a desire to learn and continuously improve work methods.
- The discipline and organisation to work from home.
And… Here are a few of the crunchy details
- April to October: 10-20 hrs per week.
- December-April: 5-10 hrs per week.
- 16-18$/hr starting wage (depending on skills and experience).
- A weekly basket of farm-fresh vegetables!
- This is a fully bilingual work environment (French & English) though the ability to speak french is not a prerequisite.
To Apply:
If you want to be a part of an efficient, fast-paced environment that will bring out your best, you may be exactly who we’re looking for. To start the application process, send us a CV and a cover letter to letting us know why you’re the perfect person for this position!
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We’ll be reaching out to interesting candidates with the next steps to get to know each other including a zoom interview, a Myers-Briggs style personality test, and an on-farm working interview.
Expected salary: $16 – 18 per hour
Location: Ottawa, ON
Job date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:13:38 GMT
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