Farm and Horticulture Lead Instructor

DEPARTMENT: Education- Build Trybe

Starting Salary: $22.00 - $24.00 per hour

(Starting salary depends on education and experience)

RESPONSIBILITIES: This position is to be a farming lead and vocational guide for Cornerstones of Care youth. Team member will be responsible for providing regular classes and workshops for the youth, will run pre-apprenticeships, and maintain a productive farm site and orchard. Through classes and workshops, they will teach life skills, vocational skills, and healthy living basics with a heavy emphasis on workforce development. Team member will be expected to successfully run an outdoor education site, manage apprentices, and create and execute farm plans.

This position exists to help youth learn valuable trade skills that can help them find employment and job opportunities while learning life skills and healthy living habits to be successful adults. This position will work with the rest of the program to train and equip the youth for future employment to the best of our abilities. They will also:

1. Teach classes, workshops, and run pre-apprenticeships
2. Maintain and run outdoor learning spaces.
3. Successfully grow, process, and deliver produce and product.
4. Assist with volunteers, mentors, and other community partners connecting with farm site and kitchens
5. Provide and execute farm plans

REQUIREMENTS:

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  • High School Diploma is required (preferred candidate would have a Bachelor's degree)
  • Two years of farm/horticulture experience or equivalent schooling
  • Two years of working in a youth guide, instructor, or teaching capacity or equivalent schooling
  
  
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified experience includes two years of trade experience, two years of working in a youth guide, instructor, or teaching capacity, experience managing or leading teams, and project managing. Must be at least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical and drug screening. This position also requires a valid driver's license, proof of current vehicle insurance and reliable transportation.

In addition to the above requirements, incumbent must:

• Complete Sanctuary training in a timely manner;
• Have a valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance;
• Follow all agency policies;
• Be able to pass State Abuse, Neglect and criminal background checks;
• Be able to carry out the essential functions of the position with, or without, accommodation.
• Perform all job duties in a manner which demonstrates a commitment to Sanctuary values and practices.
• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of cultural and ethnic diversity of clients, team members, and other community partners.

This is an active and physically demanding job. Applicant ideally has the ability to:

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  • Lift and move 30 lbs.
  • Able to perform repetitive tasks involving weight.
  • Able to work actively for 8-hour period.
  • Work in outside in extreme temperatures and conditions.
  • Work with various tools, products and chemicals used on the farm.
  • Physical agility to bend, stoop, lift, twist, and kneel.
  
  
  
  

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S BENEFITS:

Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes:

• 9 Paid Holidays, flexible Paid Time Off, and Paid Sick Leave
• Team members who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for
  
  
  
  • Health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision)
  • Cafeteria plans (Health Savings Account (HSA) and Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts)
  • Ancillary insurance benefits (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term disability insurance, voluntary life)
  • Cornerstones of Care provides long-term disability insurance and basic term life/AD&D insurance at no cost to the team member
  
  
  
  
• Retirement savings plan (401K) with employer match
• Pet Insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• To view more information on our benefits, please visit our Job Openings page at Join Our Team - Cornerstones of Care to download the current benefits guide.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

We believe in the creation of inclusive communities where children, families, and team members thrive in an environment characterized by safety, respect, and the freedom to authentically express their unique identities - a place where each individual experiences a profound sense of belonging. To ensure that this vision becomes a reality, we have engaged with our team members, clients, stakeholders, and volunteers to craft a diversity statement that defines our commitment to foster diversity, inclusion, and equality throughout all aspects of our organization.

• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
• We cultivate a culture in which children, families, team members, volunteers, donors, and community partners feel welcomed, safe, respected, empowered, and celebrated.
• We value diversity of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, geographical location, pregnancy, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic, and military status.
• We stand for anti-racism, equity, and inclusivity.
• We insist and affirm that discrimination and violence have no place in safe and healthy communities, including in our organization.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an

Equal Opportunity Employer