Slide Ranch seeks a garden-focused Ranch Hand responsible for the day-to-day operations, upkeep, maintenance, and repair of the farm. This includes caring for and keeping track of the animals, garden, facilities, staff housing, and outdoor improvements such as trails and fencing—all in a manner that is safe and appropriate for providing hands-on educational programs to the public.
Slide Ranch is a nonprofit organization providing farm-based environmental education to over 10,000 visitors a year on its coastal farm and nature preserve in Marin County. The Ranch Hand reports to the Ranch Manager and Director of Operations and is part of the Ranch Operations Team, which also includes other Ranch Hands. The Ranch Hand coordinates regularly with the Ranch Manager to assist with maintenance tasks and chores as needed or directed.
Requirements
Benefits
STATUS: Hourly, Non-Exempt, Residential Position
COMPENSATION: $18–20/hr DOE
RESIDENCE: Tiny house, with $173.24 housing and utilities (rent) deducted every two weeks.
SCHEDULE: Full time, 40 hours per week. Evening hours occasionally required; Saturday and Sunday hours required.
In addition to regular ranch chores, this position includes residential community responsibilities outside of the work day, including a weekly residential chore, cooking dinner for fellow residents with a partner twice each month, and twice-monthly resident meetings.
This position requires a collaborative spirit and the ability to work effectively with the ranch team and organization staff. The successful candidate will possess a positive attitude and strong motivation to grow and contribute.
This is a full-time, residential, non-exempt position. Food responsibilities are shared among the residents. Housing is on-site and rustic, in a spectacular location along the Marin Headlands coast just north of San Francisco.
As a full-time employee, this position is eligible for healthcare benefits, covered at 99%. Additional benefits such as dental and vision are available as well. The position includes 96 hours of paid vacation per year, at least 10 paid holidays, and 3 floating holidays.
Slide Ranch is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to planting kids in nature. Through our hands-on, farm-based environmental education for San Francisco Bay Area youth and families, we cultivate healthy bodies and minds and foster future generations of environmental stewards. By farming, cooking, caring for animals, and exploring wilderness and the coast, we teach people of all ages to see the connection between their own health, a healthy food system, and a healthy environment.
Slide Ranch serves 10,000 participants a year, with a special emphasis on low-income, urban populations who have limited opportunities for nature-based learning. Our educational farm and environmental preserve is located on the rugged and beautiful Marin County coast, just a thirty-minute drive north of San Francisco—both isolated from and accessible to the urban San Francisco Bay Area. We work in rustic former farm buildings on our 134-acre site and farm approximately ¾ of an acre on a hilly, terraced site with raised beds.
Slide Ranch is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions—including hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline, and termination—are made without regard to any of the following protected characteristics:
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