Industry: Not‐for‐Profit – Environmental Justice
Department: Urban Agriculture
Reports to: Director of Urban Agriculture
Date posted: January 27, 2025
Salary: $24.00/hr
Start date: March 18, 2025
End date: November 22, 2025
Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (some evenings and additional weekend work required)
Reporting Location: Northern Manhattan Sherman Creek Center Field Office (3725 10th Ave., New York, NY 10034)
Classification: Seasonal, Full Time, Non-Exempt
New York Restoration Project (NYRP) believes that access to nature is a fundamental human right. We work to ensure that all New Yorkers have equitable access to green space. For 30 years, NYRP has invested in and stewarded parks and gardens throughout the city’s five boroughs to strengthen communities.
In 2025, NYRP is seeking a Seasonal Urban Agriculture Coordinator (Coordinator), reporting to the Director of Urban Agriculture, to support its broad network of partner sites. The Coordinator will provide technical assistance and educational programming to community members of all ages and experience levels at partner sites (i.e. community gardens, school gardens, urban farms, and growing spaces affiliated with community based organizations) that the Urban Agriculture Program works with. They will organize and lead training sessions, deliver materials and supplies, and maintain open and regular communication with garden groups. They will also support general program operations, including work in the Urban Agriculture Demonstration Garden and assistance with public workshops. The position offers a unique chance to get to know NYC’s urban agriculture and food justice movements, while empowering communities across the five boroughs.
To be successful in this role, a candidate must have strong communication skills, some background in education or public speaking, and familiarity with gardening/farming. The work is relationship-centered and hands-on, so the Coordinator should be eager to get their hands dirty and to build meaningful connections with NYRP’s urban ag constituents. The Urban Ag team is small and highly collaborative, but the dispersed nature of the program means that the Coordinator will be called on to work independently, and will need to balance multiple projects at once. Candidates should be skilled time managers and excited about the chance to spread themselves across growing spaces and throughout the five boroughs. The Coordinator will often be called on to deliver materials and supplies to various garden sites using NYRP vehicles (including larger commercial vehicles), so a valid and clean driver’s license is an absolute must.
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit their resume, cover letter, and references by email to [email protected] or standard mail to the attention of Corey Blant, Director of Urban Agriculture, at 254 W. 31st Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001.
All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, and shall also follow the requirements of the Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.