Site Administrator - Contracted

Basis: Contract (1099 basis)

Rate: $40/hour

Hours: Average of 15-20 hours per week, with fluctuations. Attendance at certain scheduled meetings is expected. Opportunities to increase hours over time, commensurate with performance.

Terms: Start date as soon as practicable, 1 year renewable

Reports to: Site Director

Location: Hybrid preferred. At least one day per week on campus.

Duties

• Clerical: Basic and advanced clerical tasks delegated by the Site Director, including note-taking, emailing, phone calls, research, billing, applications, payments, creation of reports and guides, visual documentation, scheduling, and document cross-referencing.
• Maintenance Administration: Scheduling and coordinating with subcontractors and site team staff who are responsible for facilities maintenance, landscaping, and housekeeping.
• New Construction Administration: Research, advising, and coordination for site and facilities construction projects, including but not limited to new buildings, renovations, roadways, landscaping, trade partner relationships, product sourcing, trail system, furnishings, design, and solar installation.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years administrative experience in construction or facilities management
• Experience managing subcontractors
• Refined aesthetic and experience advising on design decisions
• Fluency in google suites (gmail, google docs, google sheets)
• Proficiency in Google Sketchup or equivalent (preferred)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptionally organized and systems-minded
• Able to deduce details from high-level instruction and work independently
• Flexible and adaptable in workflow - can integrate emerging priorities as they arise
• Emotional maturity, interpersonal skills, and warm disposition
• Zest, efficiency, and diligence applied to work tasks

About Soul Fire Farm: Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. Our food sovereignty programs reach over 60,000 people each year, including farmer training for Black and Brown growers, reparations and land return initiatives for northeast farmers, food justice workshops for urban youth, home gardens for city-dwellers living under food apartheid, doorstep harvest delivery for food insecure households, and systems and policy education for public decision-makers. We are based on 80-acres of mountainside land in Mohican territory, Grafton NY. Learn more about our impacts by reading our

SFFI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Due to large email volumes, kindly do not send us application materials by email. Please apply on our website, Soulfirefarm.org. We will reach out to schedule your interview.

Applications submitted by April 5 will be prioritized.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 per hour

Experience:

• Construction administrative: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Petersburg, NY 12138 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Petersburg, NY 12138: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Petersburg, NY 12138