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Job Title: Food Forest Gardener

Company Name: St. Mary’s Anglican Church

Job Category: Agriculture and Forestry

About the Job:

The St. Mary's Community Food Forest is an initiative of St. Mary's Anglican Church to address food security in Devon by growing perennial foods that are available to anyone to harvest according to their need. This 0.6-acre food forest is entering its fifth year and includes apple, pear, plum, cherry, mulberry, heartnut, serviceberry and buffaloberry trees along with many fruiting shrubs and perennial vegetables. The role of the Food Forest Gardener will be to engage visitors, create social media posts, maintain the food forest, and assist with food forest projects, events, and workshops. Typical activities may include planting, mulching, propagating, creating short educational videos, creating signage, hosting tours, engaging community members, building raised beds and propagation beds, lawn mowing, and helping with events. Ideal candidates will have experience with gardening and small building projects, excellent people skills, and enjoy working independently and being outdoors.

Requirements:

• Experience with gardening and small building projects
• Excellent people skills
• Enjoy working independently and being outdoors

Workplace Essential Skills:

• Reading
• Document use
• Writing
• Numeracy
• Oral communication
• Working with others
• Thinking skills
• Computer use
• Continuous learning

About the Company:

St. Mary’s Anglican Church is dedicated to serving the community of Devon through initiatives like the St. Mary's Community Food Forest. The church is committed to promoting food security and sustainability through the cultivation of perennial foods that are accessible to all.

A candidate (student) must:

• Be a resident of New Brunswick (must have lived in New Brunswick for at least 6 months) or a First Nation community in New Brunswick;
• Be eligible to work in Canada (must have a valid SIN number);
• NOT be an immediate family member (spouse, children, parent, brother or sister) of the employer;
• Be a high school student entering grade 10, 11, or 12 in September 2024; OR
• Be a full-time Grade 12, university or college student in the current academic year of 2023-2024 AND attending a post-secondary institution full-time in the fall of 2024.

Disclaimer: Please note that the job posting you are about to read has been automatically generated by OpenAI based on a brief description sourced from WorkingNB.