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Title: Growers Liaison

Duration: full time

Hours: Monday- Friday 8:30-4:30pm

Position Start Date: immediately

Location: Yellowknife (some community travel required)

Salary: $30hr to start

Purpose: The Territorial Agrifood Association (TAA) is a community-based agrifood sector organization serving the NWT and based in Yellowknife. The Growers Liaison position is funded through the Future Harvest Partnership and will work to carry out the following activities:

Connect individual growers, food producers’ communities and organizations throughout the Northwest Territories on food related initiatives

• Champion the TAA Farmer Led Research (FLR) initiative

• Collaborate with partners on related FLR initiatives

• Connect with other FLR groups in Canada to learn and share information

• Build relationships and develop positive connections with growers and food producers throughout the NWT

• Provide assistance (occasionally hands on) to growers and producers in relation to agrifood, food systems and growing initiatives throughout the NWT

• Work closely with growers and producers throughout the NWT to connect them with appropriate programs and resources

• Coordinate the TAA soil testing program

Knowledge sharing and mobilization, special projects, and travel

• Travel to meet with growers and producers throughout the NWT on behalf of the TAA and FHP

• Attend agrifood sector gatherings in the NWT to display and distribute informational and promotional materials

• Help growers and producers throughout the NWT who are preparing for, partnering with and/or undertaking food sector research

• Maintain the TAA community garden plot including conducting minor research trials

• Plant and maintain demo growing units in the TAA office

• Coordinate TAA and FHP summer students working on growing projects

Communications and training

• Share grower and producer perspectives to inform programming and projects

• Participate in regular meetings with the Executive Director to report on activities .

• Provide monthly written reports to the Executive Director with updates and evaluations of ongoing activities

• Organize and lead video conferencing with growers and producers as needed/directed

• Support event and activity promotion by carrying out a variety of activities including creating posters, ads and Facebook posts in collaboration with the TAA communications team; updating event information on the shared calendar; taking photographs during events; and uploading photos to the TAA share drive

• Take notes at meetings and file appropriately

• Support and back up other TAA staff

• Other duties as required

Qualifications

**Applicants do not have to have all the following qualifications before applying, but they should be interested in developing these skills as well as learning about and supporting community based and commercial food systems in the NWT.

• People person

• Food growing/northern food growing experience or knowledge an asset

• Knowledge of commercial food systems and the agrifood value chain

• Experience or interest in building and managing networks of people and organizations

• Interest in applied research

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with a diverse team

• Solution-oriented

• Excellent project organization, planning, and implementation skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to write for different audiences

• Experience with communication systems such as email, Facebook, and website management

• Skilled in Microsoft Word

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects

• Ability to meet deadlines