Southern Harvest is seeking a part-time admin assistant. This job has flexible hours and can be worked from home under the direction of the SHA Operations Manager and Committee.

Administrative tasks include:

  • Email communication with organisational members and the public
  • Invoicing and billing customers and producers
  • Reconciling financial transactions
  • Compiling and sending newsletters
  • Maintenance of website and social media communication portals

Necessary:

  • A commitment to the values and mission of SHA
  • Good communication and customer service skills
  • Ability to use or learn the use of programs and platforms for point of sale and administration tasks. These including Square, Google Drive and Apps, Xero, WordPress, Facebook and Instagram

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of local food, produce and seasonality.

Southern Harvest Association (SHA) is a farmer led and volunteer run, not for profit organisation. The Purpose of the Association is to foster the sustainable growth and availability of local produce within the Southern Harvest region. This is done through markets, aggregated produce boxes, festivals, education and other networking activities.

Our aim is to support healthy relationships between growers, producers, consumers and community; to develop partnerships with like-minded organisations, local government and community groups to help facilitate the uptake of local produce; to facilitate access to education that supports the sustainable growth of local food and agricultural systems: to develop a strong regional identity around ​regenerative agriculture​, which provides opportunities for enterprise diversity and adds value to regional produce; and to advocate for  equitable​ access to ​ high quality​ local produce for consumers and sales opportunities and scale-appropriate regulation for producers.

Southern Harvest is seeking a part-time admin assistant. This job has flexible hours and can be worked from home under the direction of the SHA Operations Manager and Committee.

To apply for this role please submit a cover letter addressing selection criteria and CV to //bungendore@southernhavest.org.au by 5/4/21

If you have any questions regarding the role please contact Ruth at bungendore@southernharvest.org.au