Essential Job Functions:

• Field: bed preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting, irrigation, pest and disease control
• Greenhouse: seeding, watering, pest management
• Wash/Pack : washing, processing, packing and delivering produce
• Crew leadership and supervision
• Collaboration with farm manager
• Restaurant deliveries
• Livestock chores
• Small construction projects
• Occasionally instructing and working alongside individual volunteers
• Acting as a liaison between the farm, chefs, CSA members and the general public
• Representing the farm at the summer and fall farm dinners

Qualifications:

• At least two years of full season farm experience
• Minimal/no-till experience preferable
• Previous management experience preferable
• Tractor experience preferable
• Livestock experience preferable
• Some carpentry experience preferable

Gibbet Hill Farm is hiring for the Assistant Farm Manager position for the 2024 growing season. It is a salaried position running from March through December, with fluctuating hours depending on the month.

Gibbet Hill Farm (http://www.gibbethillfarm.com) is a 1.5 acre, minimal-till diversified farm located in Groton, MA. We farm a mix of vegetables, herbs, perennial fruit, microgreens, edible and cut flowers, along with raising a small herd of lambs and pigs. This will be our eighth season using a minimal till system and utilizing organic practices.

Our farm is part of the Webber Restaurant Group, an independent, family-owned restaurant group. We are primarily dedicated to supplying produce to the chefs at our restaurants. Due to the abundant productivity of the farm we were able to add a small CSA share running for 24 weeks to the program. A full team consists of the farm manager, assistant manager and two field crew members. The small size gives a unique opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the farm: field preparation, compost development, seeding, planting, weeding, disease and pest prevention and treatment, harvesting, processing and deliveries. The assistant manager will also be expected to collaborate with the manager to maintain and improve existing systems as well as develop new systems with a view to continually improving the excellence of the farm and its contribution to the restaurant group and CSA members.

All members of the farm staff are encouraged to harvest produce for personal use and there is a free staff meal served daily in the restaurant at 3pm. The assistant manager receives a generous quarterly stipend which can be used at all the Webber Family Restaurants (Gibbet Hill Grill, The Bancroft, Scarlet Oak Tavern, and Double Bull Tavern). In addition, the assistant manager position benefits include a one-bedroom apartment located on site in the farmhouse.

• Must be willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Must be punctual and efficient
• Must be good at making observations, following instructions and asking questions
• Must be a cooperative, supportive team player
• Must have ability and desire to collaborate with the farm manager and head up delegated projects
• Must be comfortable working at a fast pace
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs
• Must be able to bend repeatedly, stand for long periods of time, work on knees and complete repetitive work for extended periods of time
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Living on site is a requirement for this position.
• Must be willing to work alternating weekends throughout the summer and autumn months.