Greenmarket Regional Manager

Description

Greenmarket Regional Manager 

Organization Information 

GrowNYC is a 54-year-old environmental nonprofit organization helping more than 3 million New Yorkers by providing essential services and taking action to make NYC a livable city, one where every person can enjoy a healthier, more sustainable life. GrowNYC Programs include: 

• Our network of Greenmarkets, Farmstands, and the work of GrowNYC Wholesale ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the freshest, healthiest local food. 
• We blanket the five boroughs with resources like food scrap and clothing collections to make waste reduction, recycling, and composting easy for all. 
• We build and support community and school gardens through volunteer days, technical assistance, training, grants, and more. 
• We provide 70,000 children each year with programs that provide meaningful interactions with the natural environment. 

GREENMARKET REGIONAL MANAGER (Full-Time)

Position Summary

Greenmarket Regional Managers ensure the successful operation of GrowNYC’s more than 46 farmers' markets throughout the five boroughs of New York City. With support from the larger Food Access and Agriculture Program team, each  Regional Manager oversees every aspect of 12-15 individual Greenmarkets, trains and supervises between 7-13 seasonal staff, and helps manage relationships with 80-120 individual Producers who are part of a community of more than 200 farmers, bakers, fishers, and other participants in the Greenmarket program.

Requirements

Greenmarket Regional Manager Responsibilities (Include but are not limited to):Market Operations and Administration

• Ensure that the Greenmarket sites within your assigned region operate safely, efficiently, and effectively for shoppers and Producers.
• Oversee day-to-day logistics and operations for the Greenmarket sites in your assigned region. 
• Visit Greenmarket sites regularly to review operations, address issues if they arise, and assess staff performance.
• Develop, adjust, and implement site layouts and operational plans for each  Greenmarket site in your assigned region.  
• Enforce consistent compliance with the Greenmarket rules at all markets in your assigned region. 
• Help oversee the safe operation, maintenance, and stocking of Greenmarket vehicles.  
• Work with GrowNYC’s Food Access Initiatives team to ensure smooth SNAP/EBT operations at market. 
• Coordinate, distribute, and maintain market equipment. Ensure all market equipment and site staffing needs are met. 
• Evaluate market product balance and customer demand at each of the markets within your assigned region. 
• Assist with market assignments for Greenmarket Producers in your assigned region. 
• Work with the Greenmarket Operations Manager to coordinate Greenmarket  Producers’ market reservations in your assigned region.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Greenmarket producers and send out operations-related communications.
• Mediate disputes, provide support for staff when conflicts arise, and review any issues with the Greenmarket operations Manager for follow-up.
• Be available to cover seasonal staff shifts at market sites in your assigned region.

Market Promotions and Partnerships 

• Create a market outreach and promotion plan and oversee its implementation with support from the Communications team.
• Help plan weekly activities at market sites in your assigned region, including cooking demonstrations and at-market programming. 
• Identify, develop, and maintain strategic relationships with community partners – including local businesses, like-minded organizations, and city agencies. 
• Represent GrowNYC while attending Community Board meetings, NYPD precinct meetings, and/or other community gatherings to promote individual Greenmarket sites and support Greenmarket’s relationships with local institutions and officials. 
• Oversee social media management at the market sites in your assigned region in coordination with GrowNYC’s Communications team.

Staff Management 

• Supervise 7-13 Site Leads who manage markets in your assigned region.  
• Provide training and ongoing feedback and conduct performance reviews for Site Leads
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with Site Leads and be available as a resource for your seasonal Site Leads 
• Collaborate Greenmarket Operations Manager, the Greenmarket Administrative Manager, and the Human Resources team to recruit, hire, and onboard new market staff.  
• Work with the Greenmarket Operations Manager and the Greenmarket Administrative Manager to monitor and modif