Image: CERES
Melbourne, Australia
Full-time
CERES website
Posted: 13 April 2011
Closes: 29 April 2011
CERES – Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies – is an award‐winning, not-for-profit, environment park and urban farm located by the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. Once a landfill site and wasteland, today CERES is a thriving, vibrant community. With over 300,000 visitors a year, CERES is the most visited environmental centre in Australia.
CERES Organic Market, now in its 11th year, is a vibrant outdoor marketplace and the centre of CERES Farm community food system. It supports locally grown organic produce while providing a place for people to come together to form a positive culture.
This position is an integral part of CERES. It aims to:
- work within the CERES vision and strategic planning objectives
- manage the CERES Organic Market in all facets of operations
- remain a leader in educating the community about sustainable agriculture and food
- actively develop and pursue new initiatives relevant to the market and to CERES in accordance to CERES’ vision.
- achieve or better the projected budgetary target set each year.
This position is responsible for the operational, financial structure, strategic planning and trading of the on-site CERES Organic Market and CERES Organic Shop, as well as the off-site CERES Farmer’s Market stall. The key areas of focus are to manage the Market and Shop to ensure the smooth running of the businesses on a daily basis, and to ensure the ongoing financial viability of the Market and Shop.
Full position description available on CERES website www.ceres.org.au