Do you love local food? Do you have experience in or have a passion for ranching, farming, food distribution, food or cooking?
Are you a doer who makes things happen?
We are looking for career-driven individuals to join our team. We are a fast-paced, high-volume enterprise tasked with bringing Colorado's cornucopia of local food to our customers. Grow with us!
All positions are compensated based on experience. Hours are negotiable. Staff receive a 20% discount on our marketplace! To apply, send a letter of interest, resume, and 3 references to nick@valleyrootsfoodhub.com. Jobs are open until the right candidate is found.
Are you a doer who makes things happen?
We are looking for career-driven individuals to join our team. We are a fast-paced, high-volume enterprise tasked with bringing Colorado's cornucopia of local food to our customers. Grow with us!
All positions are compensated based on experience. Hours are negotiable. Staff receive a 20% discount on our marketplace! To apply, send a letter of interest, resume, and 3 references to nick@valleyrootsfoodhub.com. Jobs are open until the right candidate is found.
Renewable Energy Coordinator
Overall Goal: Coordinate sustainable business development and start up strategy across the intersection of several businesses operating at the renewable energy park in Mosca, CO. This may include designing, planning, and assisting with execution of enhanced local food wholesale operations, food hub retail, distillery, eatery, fresh meat counter, all within the context of doing it with renewable energy: anaerobic digestion, wood chip gasification, solar thermal, solar PV, biodiesel, and ethanol. Analyses of efficiency and ROI will be ongoing and widespread. This position will be a critical connection point for renewable energy projects happening at the Valley Roots Food Hub and with partners around the region.
Need for Project: With the launch of the renewable energy park, as well as a potato distillery and food hub storefront, in summer 2022, the Valley Roots Food Hub hopes to strengthen and uplift the Southern Colorado local food system in a sustainable way, both economically and environmentally. The incorporation of educational programming into the food hub’s operations will help the average consumer understand the true value of food and inspire participation in the local food economy. Further, the renewable energy park will decrease operational costs of the food hub by producing energy from waste products discarded on site.
Expected Activities, Roles, & Responsibilities:
Overall Goal: Coordinate sustainable business development and start up strategy across the intersection of several businesses operating at the renewable energy park in Mosca, CO. This may include designing, planning, and assisting with execution of enhanced local food wholesale operations, food hub retail, distillery, eatery, fresh meat counter, all within the context of doing it with renewable energy: anaerobic digestion, wood chip gasification, solar thermal, solar PV, biodiesel, and ethanol. Analyses of efficiency and ROI will be ongoing and widespread. This position will be a critical connection point for renewable energy projects happening at the Valley Roots Food Hub and with partners around the region.
Need for Project: With the launch of the renewable energy park, as well as a potato distillery and food hub storefront, in summer 2022, the Valley Roots Food Hub hopes to strengthen and uplift the Southern Colorado local food system in a sustainable way, both economically and environmentally. The incorporation of educational programming into the food hub’s operations will help the average consumer understand the true value of food and inspire participation in the local food economy. Further, the renewable energy park will decrease operational costs of the food hub by producing energy from waste products discarded on site.
Expected Activities, Roles, & Responsibilities:
- Coordinate sustainability workshops / educational events with local experts and conduct outreach to attract audiences for the workshops, which will be located at the potato distillery venue/ Food Hub storefront in Mosca, Colorado. (It used to be a school gym…now it will be an agricultural campus!)
- Attend sustainability/agriculture events in the region to represent the Valley Roots Food Hub / distillery / renewable energy park.
- Assess efficiency of business operations and look for ways to improve local food distribution.
- Identify growth opportunities for the Valley Roots Food Hub in the Colorado foodshed.
- Create, compile & organize educational materials related to the four strategies used at the renewable energy park: anaerobic digestion, woodchip gasification, biodiesel production, and solar thermal & photovoltaic.
- Manage anaerobic digestion project objectives and deliverables under EPA Grant
- Create a robust outreach plan that considers diverse demographics: locals vs. tourists, kids vs. adults, low-income vs. wealthy…and inform the rest of the team of findings.
- Under the supervision of VRFH’s General Manager, the Fellow will secure any additional funding needed, manage contract partnerships, assist with material ordering and work crew planning, oversee the build-out timeline, develop outreach materials, design and host tours, and manage the dissemination of project results.
- Business, business planning, financial modeling
- Marketing & Outreach
- Spanish-speaking a plus
- Renewable energy background a plus
- Food systems background a plus
- Understanding of some engineering, heat/mass balances, light industrial park design and operation
- Event planning
- Grant writing
Mechanic
Position Description: We are looking for someone to actively work on our fleet of trucks, so that we can keep them in tip-top shape. We depend on the trucks to pick up and deliver quality, local products. This position could be combined with another position, if desired.
Experience: Knowledge of box trucks required. Professional mechanic experience a must.
Hours: Dependent on applicant's availability.
Retail Associate
Position Description: We are seeking employees for the in-person market, opening soon in Mosca, CO! Employees will be trained on our local food products, payment system, and operations.
Responsibilities: Maintaining a clean, organized market; helping customers find what they need; and processing payments.
Experience: N/A. Good customer service skills required.
Hours: Dependent on applicant's availability.
Position Description: We are looking for someone to actively work on our fleet of trucks, so that we can keep them in tip-top shape. We depend on the trucks to pick up and deliver quality, local products. This position could be combined with another position, if desired.
Experience: Knowledge of box trucks required. Professional mechanic experience a must.
Hours: Dependent on applicant's availability.
Retail Associate
Position Description: We are seeking employees for the in-person market, opening soon in Mosca, CO! Employees will be trained on our local food products, payment system, and operations.
Responsibilities: Maintaining a clean, organized market; helping customers find what they need; and processing payments.
Experience: N/A. Good customer service skills required.
Hours: Dependent on applicant's availability.
Ruby on Rails Software Developer
Position Description: We are seeking a Ruby on Rails software developer to curate our online ordering platform called Local Orbit. Email Nick Chambers at nick@valleyrootsfoodhub.com.
Position Description: We are seeking a Ruby on Rails software developer to curate our online ordering platform called Local Orbit. Email Nick Chambers at nick@valleyrootsfoodhub.com.
