Rye Farmers Market Manager

Description:

This is an ideal position for someone with retail, management, customer service, teaching, or other leadership experience, who is interested in learning about and contributing to the local food system. You should be friendly and happy to talk to all kinds of people, willing to do some physical work, able to communicate clearly and with confidence to both your Down to Earth colleagues and the vendors and customers in the market, organized and aware of the importance of good record keeping and reporting.

The Farmers Market Manager oversees day-of-market operations as Down to Earth Markets' on-site representative, working closely with the company's office team to help ensure the market's success and spearhead interactions with market vendors, shoppers and the community:

• Supervising and managing daily operations to assure a smooth- and safe-running market
• Enforcing market rules and regulations
• Proactively and consistently communicating with the office team
• Collecting and reporting market data and success metrics
• Setting up and breaking down the market manager tent and display, market signage, and any other Down to Earth equipment as needed
• Posting to Facebook/Instagram on behalf of the market on market days and work with the Digital Marketing Manager to provide information and images from the market for marketing purposes
• Selling farmers market branded items
• Taking initiative in providing customer service; serving as a market host to welcome and engage shoppers, promoting good relations between vendors, our company, and the shoppers
• Assisting shoppers and vendors with use of food access and nutrition programs (SNAP, FMNP)
• Reporting successes, concerns and opportunities to Down to Earth Markets; sharing feedback and ideas
• Occasionally representing the farmers market at community events and through flyer distributions
• Attending weekly conference calls with fellow managers and the Operations Manager
• Occasionally filling in for fellow site managers at other market locations