Current Job Opportunities
The Transylvania Farmers Market is currently accepting applications for a Market Manager.
Please read below for more information...
Transylvania Farmers Market
Market Manager Job Description
The Market Manager should possess excellent interpersonal skills, grant writing and reporting experience, a fluency with social media and computers, financial knowledge, management experience, excellent time-management skills, as well as the ability to self-direct and to lead a diverse organization. This sometimes challenging and physically demanding role requires a diverse skill set, flexibility, and a love for local agriculture.
Specific responsibilities include:
Location
Compensation:
Salary based upon experience and annual budget with a starting rate of $25/hour for approximately 15-20 hours per week.
Applicants should respond with a letter of intent, resume, and three references to transylvaniafarmersmarket@gmail.com.
Please read below for more information...
Transylvania Farmers Market
Market Manager Job Description
The Market Manager should possess excellent interpersonal skills, grant writing and reporting experience, a fluency with social media and computers, financial knowledge, management experience, excellent time-management skills, as well as the ability to self-direct and to lead a diverse organization. This sometimes challenging and physically demanding role requires a diverse skill set, flexibility, and a love for local agriculture.
Specific responsibilities include:
Location
- Update the market map each year and modify when needed.
- Regular market location management: property agreements, equipment, permits & insurance, regular maintenance and cleaning after the market each week, plans for future improvements.
- Prepare and distribute annual market policies and applications.
- Coordination of the annual vendor meeting.
- Weekly vendor communications, correspondence, and support.
- Weekly vendor layout on the market map and market day planning.
- Maintain the vendor list and ensure 75:25 balance.
- Promote vendors through market days and also through website, social media, and newsletter.
- Enforcement of market policies.
- Recruit vendors, answer questions from interested vendors, and verify potential vendor qualifications.
- Process new vendor applications and manage correspondence, handle inspections for new vendors, and manage the vendor waiting list.
- Report day-to-day market business to the Market Committee and keep the Board of Directors informed of overall market health, financials, and issues.
- Consult the Market Committee and Board of Directors on issues that arise.
- Keep both groups informed regularly on any pertinent issues.
- Coordinate meetings (virtual or via email) of the Market Committee and Board of Directors.
- Carry out the requests of the Market Committee and Board of Directors.
- Market day prep, coordination and management, and set up/tear down.
- Plan and coordinate a variety of events, music, promotions, and attractions.
- Management of finances through Quickbooks online software.
- Create an annual market budget (average annual budget of $50k) and ensure that the market is staying on track financially, with money in reserve and sufficient funds for future needs.
- Review all finances with the market accountant and consult the accountant for any market needs.
- Identify and secure funding to meet all market needs via a variety of grants, sponsorships, and donations.
- Grant writing and the management of all meetings, presentations, reports and outcomes (City of Brevard, Transylvania County, Pisgah Health Foundation, Dogwood Foundation, ASAP, MountainWise, NCDA, USDA, and others).
- Fundraising – newsletters, posts, and other outreach to raise money through customer and business donations.
- Maintain current Charitable License with NC State and ensure that all payroll taxes are paid, 990 is filed, PCI Compliance is maintained, W2 and 1099s are sent out, and that state and federal tax forms are filed.
- Plan and implement all market programming.
- Manage the SNAP/EBT and Double SNAP programs at the market each Saturday with the help of a staff member.
- Manage the SNAP/EBT program outside of the market, including weekly reconciliation of tokens/payouts, monthly grant reporting and reimbursement requests to grant funders for the Double SNAP program, as well as coordinate all outreach to the community and organizations with SNAP/EBT clientele.
- Manage all advertising, press releases, website, newsletter, social media, and online listings.
- Management includes sending weekly newsletter to customers, regular ads in the Transylvania Times, regular posts on social media, providing content for newspaper articles and other features on the market, and keeping the market website updated.
- Handle all graphic design work for the market including ads, programming promotions, social media posts, newsletter, and holiday gift guide. Also handle photography and copywriting.
- Maintain good community relations with various local organizations and entities and promote the market in outreach to those groups.
- Attend ASAP Farmers’ Market Summit and other relevant events.
- Represent the market in a long list of meetings and seminars (or zoom meetings) with: Heart of Brevard, Chamber of Commerce & Business After Hours, City of Brevard, Transylvania County, Get Set Transylvania, Blue Zones/Food & Nutrition Committee, ASAP, NC State, Blue Ridge Community College, Farmers Market Coalition, Extension Office, Sharing House, Think Local Transylvania, Family Place, TC Ag Advisory Board, RAFI, CFSA, NC Choices, Resourceful Communities, Faithful Families, TC Family Support Committee, Transylvania County Library, and State Farmers Market Managers Meetings.
- Management of employees and contractors including recruitment, interviews, and hiring.
- Manage schedules and activities for staff.
- Ensure that the market is adequately staffed and functioning well.
- Coordinate payment to all employees.
- Stayed apprised of any health issues, state mandates and announcements and how they would affect the market.
- Manage customer/public and press inquiries and requests.
- Administer and enforce policies and respond to any issues or grievances from customers, vendors, and employees during market hours and throughout the week.
- Track vendor attendance as required by the state along with other statistics that are beneficial to grant applications and reporting.
- Plan each market day, coordinate and implement any logistics, and ensure successful setup, operation, and tear down.
- Create, collect, and evaluate annual customer and vendor surveys.
Compensation:
Salary based upon experience and annual budget with a starting rate of $25/hour for approximately 15-20 hours per week.
Applicants should respond with a letter of intent, resume, and three references to transylvaniafarmersmarket@gmail.com.