UW FARM PRODUCTION MANAGER (LIMITED TERM APPOINTMENT)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The UW community has an outstanding opportunity for a full time, limited term appointment for an urban Farm Production Manager.

Although open until filled, priority application date is February 17, 2023.

UW Farm Production Manager

The position is a one-year temporary appointment with potential for extension and/or an open recruitment for a permanent position on the UW Farm team.  The UW Farm is managed by UW Botanic Gardens, a unit in the School for Environmental and Forest Sciences, part of the College of the Environment.

UW Farm Background

The University of Washington supports a culturally diverse student body and workforce. UW Farm works to create a dedicated team capable of enabling our students to explore and interpret the rich array of disciplines and perspectives that they will encounter.  We seek candidates whose mentorship and/or service have not only prepared them to fulfill our commitment to inclusion, but have also given them the confidence to engage and work with students and audiences from a wide spectrum of backgrounds.

The UW Farm is a student-staff-faculty organization currently working to create and sustain farming activity on the UW Seattle campus across 3 locations. The goals of the UW Farm Production Manager include: providing students with practical, hands-on urban farming experience, from plan to production to table; and creating a model of sustainable urban production at the UW, providing reliable, predictable and quality production for sales, including but not limited to the UW Farm’s CSA, UW Dining and, when possible, the UW Food Pantry.

The UW Farm celebrates and supports the peoples of the Pacific Northwest through maintenance of a Native Garden and links the practice of urban farming directly to academic programs in the study of food, including but not limited to: coursework, independent research, capstone and culminating experiences, and other experiential learning opportunities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Production Manager works under the general direction of the Farm Manager and directly with students, staff and faculty to help plan and implement farming activities across the Seattle campus.

Production and Field Training and Supervision (approx. 60% of time):