Vendor and Site Coordinator
Le Marché St. Norbert Farmers’ Market Coop
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Deadline: March 3, 2019

Start Date: March 15, 2019
Hours: Part time
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

We’re seeking a dynamic individual to join our market team as our Vendor and Site Coordinator. If you love to be organized, enjoy spread sheets and details, appreciate working with a wide variety of personalities, and like to coordinate lots of moving pieces, apply for this job now. All the details are in the job posting, but we’re seeking someone who loves Manitoba, appreciates the work our local producers do, and ideally has some experience working with a farmers’ market.

The Market and Site Coordinator is the “go¬ to” person for vendors, consumers, and the community during market hours, and is the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market (SNFM) representative on site. The job requires personal confidence and the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of people and personalities. A successful coordinator understands both the vendors’ and the consumers’ needs and under the direction of the Executive Director, implements strategies to meet these needs. The position requires the ability to organize and manage site materials, and identify site needs.

General Market Duties

• Coordinate all aspects of vendor activity, including: assigning vendor stalls, communicating market policies, activities, and rules to vendors, recruit new vendors, and resolve disputes that arise.
• Be visible and accessible to vendors and customers during the market day, and respond to needs as required • Oversee market supplies requirements; assess grounds needs for seasonal use; ensure the market site is clean, site inventory is organized and in good order, and materials are ordered and stored to meet market needs.
• Maintain communications with the health department, and city permits offices, and ensure regulations are being adhered to.
• Liaise with market inspectors to ensure regulations are met for produced items
• Annual opening and closing procedures
• Manage information booth
• Co¬ordinate volunteers and assign tasks as necessary to volunteers and seasonal staff; Assist with developing volunteer and seasonal staff roles.
• Prepare for and participate in exhibits, trade shows and other outreach events promoting the market; Assist with fundraiser events
• Other duties, as assigned by the Executive Director and approved by the Board.

The Market and Site Coordinator is integral to the market’s success. The market coordinator must be a leader who possesses a complex blend of skills that are both interpersonal and organizational. The qualities we are seeking for this position are:

• People person with skills in diplomacy
• Strong Organizational skills
• Dispute resolution skills; effective problem solver
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to think creatively
• Self -motivated, and able to work independently and in cooperation with the Executive Director, seasonal staff, and volunteers
• Passionate about the community, supporting local producers, and the cooperative model.
• Experience in client and customer service is an asset.
• Experience in farmers’ market management is an asset.
• Access to a vehicle and hold a Province of Manitoba drivers licence.
• Proficiency in Excel, Google Docs, and Word.

To learn more about this position, visit www.stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca

Remuneration based on experience. To apply, email a cover letter and resume by March 3, 2019 to: Marilyn Firth, Executive Director marilyn at stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Le Marché St. Norbert Farmers’ Market is a non¬-profit cooperative whose mandate is to provide a market place for small producers in a cooperative environment. The market provides Winnipeg and surrounding areas with locally grown foods, farm products, and other locally made products in a direct producer to consumer marketing venue. The market offers vendor space to local producers only, and is the only farmers’ market in Canada to inspect the vendors to confirm that they are making, baking, and growing their products themselves. To learn more about the St. Norbert Farmers Market, visit www.stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca/

Marilyn Firth, Executive Director
Le Marché St. Norbert Farmers’ Market Co-op
Making, baking, and growing locally since 1988
204 619 0500 www.stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca