Market & Food Access Coordinator

The Market & Food Access Coordinator will support the Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio (BCCO) Food & Agriculture Program by strengthening local food access, running market operations, and supporting refugee, SIV, Asylee and New American growers participating in community farming initiatives. This role plays a key part in helping refugee and immigrant families access markets, improve economic opportunities, and strengthen healthy food systems across Central Ohio.

• Oversee day‑to‑day management of community gardens, including outreach, assigning plots, season planning, and infrastructure maintenance.
• Coordinate and manage weekly farmers markets, farm stands, and selling events during summer months.
• Aggregate produce from growers and complete quality checks before the market.
• Maintain relationships with buyers, local groceries, wholesale partners, and community food access networks.
• Conduct outreach to program participants from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.
• Assist growers with post‑harvest handling, packaging, pricing, and sales readiness.
• Provide one‑on‑one technical assistance to growers as needed.
• Coordinate workshops throughout the growing season.
• Assist growers in accessing seeds, tools, soil amendments, and other inputs.

• Track program data including produce sold, grower participation, and market income.
• Attend monthly Food Access Partners meetings.
• Assist with grant writing or proposal contributions.
• Prepare quarterly, semi‑annual, and annual reports summarizing program progress.
• Maintain organized records and files using Google Workspace.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in marketing, food systems, community outreach, agriculture, or related work OR education in Business, Marketing, Agriculture, science, Nonprofit Management, or related field.
• Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).
• Experience using Google Workspace:
  Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Forms.
• Ability to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.

• Experience in the nonprofit sector.
• Basic grant writing or proposal writing experience.
• Knowledge of local food systems, farmers markets, or small‑scale agriculture.
• Ability to speak a second language commonly used in the New American community (e.g., Kinyarwanda, Swahili, Pashto, Dari, etc.).

• Must be able to lift up to 30‑40 lbs. for produce and supplies handling.
• Ability to work outdoors during market season.
• Occasional evening or weekend hours for special events.
• Salary range ~ $45k‑$50k.
• Paid time off, holidays, and health insurance.

To apply:

Send resume and cover letter to tokadhikari
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Entry level

Full‑time

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