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Job description

Market Manager

Soul Farm is looking for a market manager to lead at The Food Barn

Start Date: ASAP Duration: Summer Hours: Part time - 1 day a week with an hour in the week Rate of Pay: £12.60/per hour

We need dedicated staff to run our Saturday market stall.

The ideal person will be inspired by our aims to improve access to good, nutritious food that doesn’t cost the earth. Perhaps you are a bit of a foodie, or a nutrition nut, you will fit into a team that loves swapping recipes with customers, updating them on what’s happening at the farm, and seeing where our bought in produce comes from. We need people who are highly energised, self motivated, reliable, organised and efficient. 

You will need to dedicate most Saturdays to working on our market stall, with some availability in the week to come in and check the produce, organise the work space and update our signage. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a vibrant and thriving local food scene, and we hope to meet you and work with you soon!

Job Description:

The market manager will be responsible for setting up, packing down and running the market stall each week. You will be liaising with our produce manager and be involved with decisions about how far our bought in produce travels with a strong sense of seasonality and ethics. You will also keep abreast of what’s happening on the farm, and how we grow our own produce in order to best sell and spread the word about the work that we do. A well organised and efficient individual, you will not be phased by managing the till, maintaining a neat till system on square space, cashing up, keeping a regular stock take and staying on top of price changes. The work place needs to remain organised and clean, with the barn being re-set after every market and the signing being updated often.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in retail and comfortable delivering friendly customer service
• Some book keeping and stock management skills
• Knowledge of or keen to learn about organic farming practices
• Basic maths and English skills
• Excellent communicator
• Comfortable using computers, tablets and smartphones, communicating across platforms and navigating different apps including strong spreadsheet literacy
• Punctuality
• Open to attending other farm events, extra markets and being involved in the wider mission of the farm
• Some experience managing a team
• Physical ability to lift heavy crates, stack produce, and clean and arrange the work space

About Us: 

Soul Farm has been working for 6 years as a market garden and is a community cooperative company based in Flushing, Cornwall, dedicated to “soil, soul and society”. 

We tend the soil by farming using agroecological methods, which means we do our best for the environment and for the plants we work with. We avoid disturbing soil life by using no dig methods and practise intercropping to maximise space. 

We regard the food we grow as soul food - food that’s integral to health and that should be accessible to all. We tend the soul by making decisions guided by our values of authenticity, abundance, equality and equity.

We tend society by connecting our community with the land and with the people growing their food so we can build trust and recognise and nurture interdependency. This also involves working towards a more just and equitable food system. Our Community Supported Agriculture veg box scheme delivers partially funded low income shares and fully funded solidarity shares to people who need them.

The farm is located just over the water from the thriving town of Falmouth and a short walk from the sea. We sell to restaurants in Falmouth and the surrounding area in addition to our CSA veg box scheme, which is expanding to 120 members weekly this May 2021 to mid Feb 2022. We are also one of the founding producers for the Food Barn Tregew, a weekly Saturday market.

Find out more: 

www.soulfarm.co.uk

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Application information

Please send a CV and cover letter to alex.j.e.tyler@gmail.com by Friday 16th May

The successful candidate will be ready and available to start induction by 7th of June

Inclusivity Statement 

Soul Farm recognises that the farming and environmental sectors are amongst the least diverse employment sectors. We aim to be an inclusive employer and organisation. Studies have found that women and candidates from minoritised communities do not apply to roles unless they meet 100% of the criteria. We encourage candidates to apply even if they do not meet all the criteria in the person specifications.

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