Seasonal Positions & Summer Jobs 2025

Position: Youth Program Coordinator / Farm Coordinator
Organization: Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society
Location: Millside Centre, Coquitlam, Metro Vancouver BC

Looking for a job? Check out our website to apply for our Fresh Roots 2025 seasonal positions! https://freshroots.ca/jobs/ Applications for seasonal positions on our Farm, Day Camp, and SOYL teams are open now, as well as extended season positions at Millside Centre in Coquitlam! Please indicate you saw these postings at FoodWork.ca.

Millside Centre Farm Coordinator

In partnership with School District 43 and the Indigenous Education Department, Fresh Roots (FR) has been developing and maintaining an outdoor education center that includes 7 acres of forest, a salmon bearing stream, an orchard, a native plant nursery, and a market garden.

In this Coordinator role, the Millside Centre Farm Coordinator (MCFC) will work closely with the Director of Farming and Operations (DFO) and the Millside Centre Youth Program Coordinator (MCYPC) to oversee maintenance and production on the site, while connecting various youth programs to the land. Learning and sharing about Indigenous Food Sovereignty and ways of relationship with the land is also an important aspect.

We are looking for a skilled gardener with experience working with youth, however will train less experienced applicants who are motivated to learn.

Millside Centre Youth Program Coordinator

Do you love working with kids and youth outside, sharing knowledge of plants, and helping build deep connections with place? Do you thrive in complexity and work well in a small team? Are you excited to learn and grow, and share what you’ve learned with others? You could be our new Millside Centre Youth Program Coordinator!

Under the supervision of the Director of Experiential Learning Programs, the Millside Centre (MC) Youth Program Coordinator will work closely with the MC Farm Coordinator to coordinate and facilitate programs for K-12 youth to build connections with the Millside site and Fresh Roots’ work growing and sharing food and medicine plants, and to maintain our food and medicine garden, orchard, and forest as engaging learning spaces.

In spring and fall, you will lead fun, hands-on educational programs for K-12 students from MC and field trips from other area schools. You’ll be teaching about sustainable farming/gardening, traditional Indigenous plant foods and medicines, food systems, and ecology. You’ll also support Vancouver field trips, especially April-mid May and October.

In the summer, you’ll be site coordinator for our summer programs, especially the SOYL (Sustainable Opportunities in Youth Leadership) program for youth in grades 9-12. You’ll work closely with the SOYL staff to plan and coordinate the SOYL program at Millside, and act as support staff for the SOYL team during the program. You’ll also run 10 weekly on-site markets with the MC Farm Coordinator and supervise SOYL youth at market in July and early August.

We are looking for a skilled facilitator with experience working in outdoor or garden-based education and with/in Indigenous communities, however we will train less experienced applicants who are motivated to learn.

Qualifications

We recognize that applicants from oppressed groups, including folks who are Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC) may be hesitant to apply for positions where they don’t perfectly meet the listed qualifications. If you are excited about the job description, believe you could learn to perform the essential responsibilities and can meet the essential qualifications, we encourage you to apply!

Key Details

• Location: Millside Centre in Coquitlam with occasional work in Vancouver.
• Dates: Mid-March to end of October.
• Hours: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week on average). Expect more hours July-August and less in spring and fall.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday. Hours typically fall between 8am-5:30 pm. Must be available to work until 7pm on Thursdays mid-June through August.
• Pay Rate: $21-24, DOE.
• Benefits: Benefits include supplemental medical, dental, and vision coverage (after 3 months), paid vacation and sick time, and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Funding Note: Position is funding dependent. Start and end dates may change depending on funding.

More details and how to apply: https://freshroots.ca/jobs/ . Please indicate you saw these postings at FoodWork.ca.