DUG is seeking a full-time Director of Garden Leadership who is passionate about creating spaces of community impact around food forests, gardening, community-building, sustainability, food justice, and climate action.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

•  Garden Leader (GL) Coordination
  • Serve as point person for DUG’s garden leader network (350+) and maintain relationships
  • Recruit, outreach and train GLs for all DUG gardens
  • Compile communications and resources for monthly GL communication (electronic)
  • Maintain current GL information in Salesforce
  • Support GLs in conflict resolution strategies
  • Ensure GLs are represented in future strategic shifts
• Events
  • Support annual Signature Events including DUG Symposium and Harvest Happy Hour
  • Ensure all GLs are trained for success through facilitating Garden Leader Trainings and/or one-on-one trainings
  • Coordinate DUG’s Garden Leader Meetup events
  • Attend in-garden events, work days, opening meetings as needed
• Program Development and Evaluation
  • Oversee garden activation strategies with Garden Operations team
  • Keep Garden Leader resource page on website up-to-date
  • Administer GL and Gardener end of season surveys
  • Oversee Plot Registration process each spring in conjunction with Operations team to ensure plot registration from every DUG gardener
• Administration
  • Liaise with Finance team to process GL reimbursements to garden accounts
  • Oversee Garden Leader program budget including spend down
  • Grant alignment in conjunction with Development team including grant application review, tracking and reporting