GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BBF FOR CONTEXT:
Bread & Butter Farm is a highly diversified, organic/regenerative, community farm located in South Burlington and Shelburne, Vermont. We manage 650 acres of largely conserved land employing 35 team members annually, offering 10,000 people food, events, and education each year. We operate three main farm business enterprises:
LAND - stewarding land through food production including veggies, fruit, cattle and pigs
EDUCATION - offering year round outdoor/land based curriculum/programs for toddlers to adults
MARKETS - selling our products about 5% wholesale to restaurants, farm stands and natural foods stores within 10 miles and 95% on-farm through farm store, membership programs, events, and a partner business cafe - Blank Page Cafe, which operates in our farm store and employs 6 people per year offering farm to table cafe and catering options
Job Description
The Year Round Education Programs Manager is both an educator and manager position, co-managing our school year program (Village School) and summer program (Camp Bread & Butter), with individual program budgets ranging from $50-100k. This unique role allows a passionate farm/land based educator to work directly with kids on the farm while taking on management responsibilities including financial, operational, and personnel management.
As an educator, this position works directly with kids ages 5-12 and provides leadership training with teens ages 13-18 on the farm and in the forests. As a manager, this position is a member of the Educational Leadership team (Village School Manager, Camp Co-Managers, Land and Education Liaison, and Farm Owner/Education Director), guiding and executing the ongoing development of year-round programming.
The first and most important role is to be a passionate, land-based educator for the kids who engage with our farm, while being a collaborative team player with other farm educators and farmers. We will onboard this person by focusing on learning our philosophy, curriculum, and operations, while providing training and support in the managerial aspects over the first 6 months to 1 year.
A more detailed job description and application process can be found on our website: https://breadandbutterfarm.com/now-hiring