Community Fruit Harvesting are looking for a Volunteer coordinator in the Bays

Di Celliers from Community Fruit Harvesting

Job Title: Auckland Area Coordinator
Purpose:
To encourage and manage the picking, preserving and distribution of excess fruit in your area. The Area Coordinator is a volunteer representative of Community Fruit Harvesting and acts as their agent to support the mission of the organisation. Training, tools and support will be provided, to ensure success in the role.

Qualifications: This person should be:

• passionate about the prevention of food wastage and helping those less fortunate, in their community;

• have the ability to communicate effectively using email and the ability to create and edit documents in MSWord and MS Excel;

• have excellent communication skills with a pleasant manner;

• be responsible and responsive with problem-solving ability;

• have own transport and access to a mobile phone;

• be willing to learn about fruit harvesting in particular and at least some basic preserving knowledge in order to liaise with preservers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaise with all volunteers in their designated area by setting up a local networks of pickers and preservers

• Regular marketing and promotion of Community Fruit Harvesting in your area to source more fruit trees to pick and to generate new volunteers

• Communicate with donors and receivers to clarify their needs and satisfaction

• Assign all pickings in your area and distribute produce when received

• Ensure pickers have clear directions and necessary equipment

• Ensure pickers are clear on health and safety issues relevant to their task

• Ensure picking jobs are completed timeously

• Receive reports once pickings and distributions are completed

• Submit regular on-line reports on completion of picks, using the format provided.

• Submit regular on-line reports of fruit and preserves donated, using the format provided

• Attend training and seminar meetings when requested

• Abide by and support the philosophy, policies and guidelines of the organisation

• Form partnerships with community groups in your area

Time commitment: This varies per season and is dependant on how good the marketing is in the area. Usually Autumn (March, April) and Winter (July, August) are our busiest times, during which there could be one or two picks to organise per week. Very quiet Oct-Dec and May-June.

Please contact Di at pickfruit@xtra.co.nz if you would like to apply.