PART-TIME MARKET DRIVER
06/12/19 — Farm
Position Title: Part-Time Market Driver
Position Summary: Johnson’s Backyard Garden (JBG) is seeking an experienced candidate to join our team of farmers market drivers. We are looking for a part-time driver in the Austin area to help out our weekend farmers market crew.
This is a substitute part-time position and will be on an as-needed schedule. Shifts are Saturday and occasionally Sunday, and the typical weekly hours are 16-19 total hours.
Responsibilities
- Meet at Hergotz packing shed on Saturdays and/or Sundays early mornings
- Report to Hergotz or Market location in a punctual manner
- Help unload and load market trucks including product, tents, weights, and tables at the beginning and end of each market
- Drive market trucks in a safe and appropriate manner to market destinations, completing all tasks and procedures required to ensure proper use and maintenance
- Act as a JBG ambassador, welcoming community members to learn about the farm, our produce, and upcoming farm events
- Work a farmers market shift, including sales, stocking, and excellent customer service
Qualifications
- Ability and experience driving a variety of vehicles, including large trucks
- Valid TX driver’s license with a clean driving record
- Experience using a forklift and a pallet jack
- Able to work morning shifts as early as 5:00am
- Self-directed and independent worker
- Excellent customer service skills
- An interest in agriculture, cooking vegetables, and promotion of local and organic farming highly preferred
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift 60 pounds and mobility to ascend and descend the rear end of a box truck.
- Ability to load trucks in a timely manner to ensure earliest delivery possible
- Ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions
Compensation and Benefits
Pay starts at $12/hour. Employees also receive a weekly share of organic vegetables. To apply, please send a resume and letter of interest to fawn@jbgorganic.com with “Part-time Market Driver” in the subject line.
The responsibilities & duties listed above are intended to communicate general priorities of this position, but should not be understood as an exhaustive list of all work requirements to be completed at JBG Organic. Farms require flexibility! We are committed to training, developing, and promoting from within the company based on performance.
JBG Organic provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, or sexual orientation.