DATE POSTED 4/6/23 Down to Earth Farmers Markets has an opportunity for someone who is action-oriented and ready to step into a management role to get involved in the creation of a sustainable, local food system. Join a small, grassroots team to help guide the execution of our farmers markets and make sure we are meeting our mission and quality standards at the market sites. Down to Earth Markets is hiring an Assistant Operations Manager who will report to the Senior Operations Manager. You will be responsible for helping to ensure that Down to Earth\xe2\x80\x99s farmers markets run smoothly. This entails preparing staff, sites, supplies and equipment ahead of market days and helping to oversee market day operations by: managing the warehousing, maintenance, deployment, and recovery of market equipment and supplies, coordinating with the Marketing and Vendor Relations departments and community allies to make sure Site Managers are fully briefed for their market days, being in markets on market days to support and coach the Site Managers, assisting with the training of new Site Managers, overseeing in-market initiatives and programming, responding to situations that arise in the markets, and using in-market observations and Site Manager reporting to solve problems and improve operations. In support of the Senior Operations Manager, you may be asked to attend community meetings from time to time. This role is also responsible for filling in as a site manager as needed when a market is unstaffed or a team member needs to take time off. Your success will be measured by how smoothly our supply and equipment logistics system operates, the confidence our Site Managers have in their supplies and equipment, our Site Managers\xe2\x80\x99 understanding of what to expect on their market day and what is expected of them, and the satisfaction of our vendors, shoppers and site hosts in the quality and professionalism of our markets. We are a small but mighty team and execute successful farmers markets year-round due in part to our collaborative nature as a team and a business. You will be a good fit for our team if you are ready to learn everything about how to run farmers markets, think on your feet, lead by example, love working out in the field but are focused and skilled in handling office tasks too, thrive on connecting to colleagues and community, believe in the importance of communication and follow-through, and are completely comfortable with telling people what to do in order to get everyone working together to achieve the best possible results. We will train the right person, but you must bring:
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