Farmers' Market Information Tent Support/Food Relief Distribution

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Responsibilities:

• Farmers’ market information tent customer service and line management in a fast-paced, high-volume retail environment for San Francisco’s iconic Heart of the City Farmers’ Market, an independent, non-profit, farmer-operated farmers’ market operating since 1981.
• This position is expected to be on site 1/2 hour after closing to help with market breakdown.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds to assist with breakdown and transportation of market equipment from Fulton Plaza to its storage site above the Orpheum Theater.
• Processing high-volume credit card and CalFresh EBT card payments to assist farmers’ market customers to purchase market tokens and vouchers to spend with vendors
• Assisting with critical food relief distribution to address rising food insecurity, supporting the nation’s largest farmers’ market food access program to distribute over $4 million in food assistance each year to San Francisco’s most vulnerable residents in the form of tokens and vouchers to buy additional produce from small farmers
• Providing orientations for new customers and answering customer questions about the market
• Alerting security guards and managers to security issues via radio to diffuse confrontations without anger or violence in a high-crime neighborhood
• Must be able to remain neutral and calm in challenging interactions with customers
• Farmers market is open rain or shine including most holidays
• Requires working outside under a canopy tent in all weather conditions
• Consistent and reliable attendance is required
• Bilingual Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, Arabic, or Spanish preferred

Shift hours:

• Wednesdays: 8am to 4:30pm (8 hours)
• Sundays: 8am to 4:30pm (8 hours)
• Shifts include a ½ hour unpaid meal break and 2 paid 15-minute rest breaks

Pay: $336 a week ($21/hr)

To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to steve@hotcfarmersmarket.org or apply on Indeed.com.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $21.00 per hour

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Customer Service: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person