JOB: Field Organizer, Farmigo (Bay Area)
Julia Silbergeld
FIELD ORGANIZER, BAY AREA
DESCRIPTION
Farmigo is hiring Field Organizers to join our team! If you’re passionate about building a movement to change the food system through a grassroots, neighborhood-based approach, we want to hear from you.
Farmigo is a mission-driven startup with a simple, ambitious goal: we want to make local, sustainably produced food more accessible and affordable in every community. Farmigo empowers individuals and communities to create “virtual food co-ops”, where community members can order directly from local farmers and food makers on Farmigo.com, then pick up their orders at a pick-up site in their neighborhood.
The Role
As a Field Organizer, you will be working in our targeted geographic areas in the Bay Area to recruit and develop new leadership, and build new communities around that leadership. This is an extraordinary opportunity to take a leading role in a critically important movement, and to join a fast-growing, venture backed startup with a world-class team and great (and delicious!) perks. We are a hard-working, passionate group of organizers, designers, technologists, digital movement builders, and logistics gurus, working together to transform the food system one community at a time. This is a full-time, salaried position that reports to the Organizing Director, SF Bay Area. Our field team is just getting started, and there is ample opportunity for growth and leadership development.
REQUIREMENTS
Responsibilities
As a Field Organizer, you will be:
- a master storyteller spreading the word about healthy, tasty, local food.
- the community voice and face of a fast-growing startup.
- accountable to weekly goals for outreach and one-on-one meetings..
- a coach and cheerleader to people who want to make their community a better place.
- an internal customer advocate for the Farmigo product team.
- in on the ground floor of a community organizing program preparing to take regional efforts to a national level.
Requirements
- Passion for the local food movement.
- Prior experience with community organizing.
- Comfortable using digital/tech tools for organizing and outreach.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to tackle challenges with creative solutions.
BENEFITS
Full-time, salaried position. Full health benefits, great office perks!