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New Earth Farm
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We’re hiring! COMPOST COLLECTIONS & OPERATIONS
$20/hr
8-24 hours/week
Start date: Immediately
We are looking for a contract worker excited about composting and sustainability! New Earth Farm/CompostSTL is part of the fast growing community composting movement that is spreading across the country. We offer residential and commercial composting services and maintain a small, experimental urban farm. We are in a learning/growing phase and looking for like-minded folks to help us grow a greener St. Louis!
Job Description:
New Earth Farm/CompostSTL is looking to add a contract worker that will have two primary responsibilities:
1. Material Collection: Collection of residential organic material from households in the Saint Louis metro area.
2. Operations: Emptying residential buckets into larger bins for composting and cleaning residential buckets.
Responsibilities
- Collect organic waste from residents throughout the Saint Louis metro area. Deliver coffee, biobags, finished compost, and other items ordered by subscribers.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs safely
- Record detailed collections data using an internal app
- Complete your collection route by 4pm each day. The compost collection route can take 5-6 hours to complete up to 60 stops
- Stay on top of inventory related to bins, bags, and other collection related items.
- Immediately alert supervisor of any problems with collection or processing that have the potential of harming/delaying daily operations
- Relay comments, kudos, and criticism from subscribers
- Leave workspace clean and tidy before ending for the day
Potential Growth into other Responsibilities:
- Event/Education outreach
- Commercial account relationships and networking
- Social media
- Gardening/farm responsibilities
- Physically processing/screening small batch compost
About You
- Must have clean driving record
- Must have own vehicle able to hold 60 buckets, must be van, truck, or large SUV
- Must use internal app for pickups and deliveries and additional communication app
- Willing and able to work outside in all of elements…rain, snow, cold, etc.
- Friendly and polite when interacting with subscribers
- Detail oriented, good problem solver, can work independently, good communicator
Job comes with free household compost subscription
APPLY AT WWW.COMPOSTSTL.COM/WEREHIRING
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