The bookkeeper records financial transactions, maintains financial records, fact checks financial data, updates financial statements, and assists with grant tracking and its associated financial reporting. The bookkeeper reports to the Executive Director.

Location: Remote/Work from Home

Hours: Part-time non-exempt (20+ hours per week)

Rate of Pay: $18-$25 per hour (based on experience and qualifications)

Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online
• Accounts Payable, Invoicing, & Accounts Receivable
• General Ledger, & Reconciliations
• Payroll 
• Assist with State and Federal 990 tax filing
• General office duties
• Workflow management
• Monthly Financial Reports
• Class and Grant Allocations
• Assistance preparing annual organizational budget
• Attend Program and Grant meetings as needed. 
• Attend a weekly meeting with the Executive Director

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in business, accounting, math or a related field 
• 2+ years experience in a similar position 
• Experience working in a 501(c)(3) organization (preferred)
• Understand basics of tax requirements and accounting for nonprofits 
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to multitask, prioritize, work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate complex data clearly
• Excellent data entry skills
• Great interpersonal and customer service skills
• Familiarity with a wide range of financial transactions including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational, managerial, and communication skills 
• Knowledge of word processing, databases, and spreadsheets
• General IT (WordPress) and Air Table database experience a plus
• Organized and self-motivated
• Excellent Time Management
• Exceptional at communication and building relationships
• Passion for education, gardening, food security, nutrition or health 
• Willingness to participate in a background check
• Be flexible, be determined, and have a positive attitude.

To Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume through our application form. Questions regarding this position can be sent to: apply at grow some good dot org.

As a non-profit, positions are dependent on organization receiving grant funding and donations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Fundraising and Marketing Manager spearheads fundraising and public relations efforts at Grow Some Good as we grow the organization.

Location: 90% Remote/Work from home; 10% Event participation (subject to increase/decrease according to event/project scheduling and programmatic needs and priorities).

Hours: Part-time non-exempt desired (up to 30 hours/week); Full-time exempt negotiable for the right candidate

Rate of Pay: $23-$28 per hour (based on experience and qualifications)

Responsibilities

General:

• Be flexible, be determined, and have a positive attitude.
• Facilitate, record, and report on the Board of Directors’ Fundraising Committee efforts. 
• Attend / report on Fundraising and Marketing Activities at monthly board meetings.

• Participate in establishing Annual Budgets (Draft June – board/Final July) 
• Work with ED to release Annual Report  (July & August)
• Communicate and work closely with the Grants Coordinator (or ED) to support each department’s goals and avoid duplicating responsibilities and efforts. 
• Attend any program and grant meetings as needed. 
• Attend a weekly meeting with ED and other management staff and report and strategize on Fundraising activities.

Fundraising Events:

• Work with ED and the Board of Directors’ Fundraising Committee to plan, initiate, and execute fundraising events and campaigns.  
• Develop and execute an annual fundraising plan 

• Establish monthly fundraising events with chefs, and other supporters.  Goal is to bring in a minimum of $2000 in profit per event.  Connect with key people to plan, initiate, and execute.  Ensure marketing promotion is done to gain additional support and make our organization and contributors stand out in the community. 
• Manage and delegate all event activities –  sponsors, vendors, donors, auctions, etc. 
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with major individual and corporate donors.

Marketing and Public Relations:

• Maintain oversight of all Marketing and PR for Grow Some Good and cross market with its collaborating organizations.
• Work to define “elevator speech” for all internal staff/ board.  Establish yearly  themes/strategies. 
• Establish Social Media Plan; work with staff to have continual flow of quality stories.
• Create appealing and effective social media postings that are responsible for promoting and maintaining the reputation of the “Grow Some Good” brand.
• Inform the community of our activities and identify opportunities to engage and support the organization.
• Increase engagement of social postings each month and maintain a schedule for releases.
• Follow conversations relative to individual postings and interact with all public responses. 
• Provide monthly KPI reporting for social media and website platforms and set relevant goals and objectives.
• Work with the Management Team and Staff to ensure a quality newsletter is released monthly. Increase readership (list size + actual opens) by 10% each year.  Establish schedule of target posts going out 3 months.

Donor Development:

• Complete and implement the Corporate Donor Package 
• Complete and implement the Legacy Donor Package
• Complete and implement the Individual Donor Package
• Establish relationships with current donors
• Maintain contact database and establish guides for flagging different donor levels
• Establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for recognition of donors
• Establish SOP for donor touches based on levels of giving.  Look into systems to track/automate.
• Understanding of Chart of Accounts and Reporting from Quickbooks Online. 
• Understand basics of tax requirements and accounting for nonprofits. 
• Increase our overall Corporate and Individual Donor Giving by 20% per year. 
• Meet goals established in the Donor Development and Fundraising Plans.  

Grant Support:

We are a small organization where everyone has to support each other and pick up tasks needed to make everyone successful.  Our organization will frequently need assistance with executing tasks in this area.  Those tasks may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist with overall grants tracking (application and report deadlines) and review with the core team.
• Assist the team with writing grants, letters of intent, providing basic requirements, requesting letters of support, and submittals. 
• Requesting Letters of Support.
• Identify new grant sources and build personal relationships.

Qualifications:

• Associates, Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in communications, business, marketing, or public relations.
• Familiarity with development activities and donors on Maui (preferred)
• 2+ years experience in events and social media management with demonstrated effectiveness in growing an organization’s financial success
• Understand social media KPIs
• Familiar with web page design and publishing
• Proficient in business posts on social media platforms
• Understand SEO and web traffic data
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational, managerial, grammar, and communication skills 
• Knowledge of word processing, databases, and spreadsheets 
• Knowledge of fundraising, donor engagement, and social media strategies 
• Organized and self-motivated
• Excellent time management
• Exceptional at communication and building relationships
• Passion for education, gardening, food security, nutrition, or health 

To Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume through our application form. Questions regarding this position can be sent to: apply at grow some good dot org.

As a non-profit, positions are dependent on organization receiving grant funding and donations.

Reporting to the Executive Director and the Fundraising and Marketing Manager, the Social Media Coordinator is responsible for creating, implementing, monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on targeted campaigns through various social media platforms and our website.

Location: 95% Remote/Work from home; 5% Event participation (subject to increase/decrease according to event/project scheduling and programmatic needs and priorities).

Hours: Part-time non-exempt (20+ hours per week)

Rate of Pay: $18-$23 per hour (based on experience and qualifications)

Responsibilities

• Establish Social Media Plan; work with staff to have continual flow of quality stories.
• Create appealing and effective social media postings that are responsible for promoting and maintaining the reputation of the “Grow Some Good” brand.
• Inform the community of our activities and identify opportunities to engage and support the organization.
• Increase engagement of social postings each month and maintain a schedule for releases.
• Follow conversations relative to individual postings and interact with all public responses. 
• Provide monthly KPI reporting for social media and website platforms and set relevant goals and objectives.
• Work with the Management Team and Staff to ensure a quality newsletter is released monthly. Increase readership (list size + actual opens) by 10% each year.  Establish Schedule of target posts going out 3 months.

General:

• Be flexible, be determined, and have a positive attitude.
• Keep up with technologies used in social media
• Establish relationships/networks of industry professionals or influencers on social media. 
• Attend any program meetings as needed.
• Attend a weekly meeting with ED and other management staff and report and strategize on Social Media campaigns and activities.
• Communicate and work closely with the Fundraising and Marketing Manager (or ED) to support and coordinate each department’s goals.

Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, marketing, or public relations.
• 2+ years experience managing social media accounts
• Understand social media KPIs
• Familiar with web page design and publishing
• Proficient in business posts on social media platforms
• Understand SEO and web traffic data
• Demonstrated excellence in organizational, grammar, and communication skills 
• Knowledge of word processing, databases, and spreadsheets 
• Knowledge of social media strategies 
• Organized and self-motivated
• Excellent Time Management
• Exceptional at communication and building relationships
• Passion for education, gardening, food security, nutrition, or health 

To Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume through our application form. Questions regarding this position can be sent to: apply at grow some good dot org.

As a non-profit, positions are dependent on organization receiving grant funding and donations.

Read more about the project here.

If you love this project and want to see more kids out learning in their gardens, please support us! http:/growsomegood.org/donate

P.S. We’ll also need volunteers as this project expands!

The Garden Coordinator leads curriculum-focused outdoor classes and garden-based nutrition workshops. The Garden Coordinator works with teachers as they plan their lessons utilizing the outdoor classroom and models skills that teachers need to feel comfortable using the garden to teach science, history, social studies, cultural studies, math, literacy and other standards in practical real-life applications.

Details:

We are currently hiring for positions at multiple schools on Maui. Positions may be Grow Some Good staff, Department of Education positions, or private school positions depending on school placement.

• 10-35 hours per week depending on position
• HOURS: Varies based on school hours, but typically 7 hours/day between 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. up to 5 days/week + prep time
• LOCATION: various schools across island of Maui
• RATE: $17 – $22 per hour, based on experience

Responsibilities

• Work with teachers to develop lessons that support classroom teaching in a range of curriculum areas (science, social studies, mathematics, language arts, etc.).
• Lead garden classes, incorporating both environmental science and nutrition education as they relate to the garden.
• Oversee and coordinate students’ hands-on experiences in the garden (planting, tending, harvesting and cooking).
• Create video lessons as needed for distance learning opportunities.
• Lead safe and efficient maintenance of the garden, coordinate volunteers, support school outreach functions and work with PTA and PCNC (Parent Child Networking Coordinator) and Grow Some Good to secure needed supplies.
• Collaborate with Grow Some Good on garden scheduling / maintenance, plan and prepare for garden work activities, co-manage planting schedule, and ensure availability of tools and other necessary materials.
• Establish garden time schedule with curriculum coordinators and teachers.
• Participate in community garden events that bring students, families, teachers and community members together.
• Maintain necessary records of garden use and volunteer activity.

Required Qualifications

• 4 year college degree with work in agriculture, science, ecology, environmental science, education or related field. Relevant work experience may be substituted for college background.
• 1+ years of facilitation or teaching experience with youth aged 5 – 14.
• Knowledge and experience in growing a variety of edible plants, preferably in tropical climates. Knowledge of topics including urban gardening, botany, biodynamics, aquaponics, indigenous farming techniques. Knowledge in environmental science, health and nutrition, food systems and food access are a plus.
• Ability and willingness to create video lessons as needed for students participating in distance learning. Experience with video editing a plus.
• Ability to establish positive rapport with diverse groups of students and volunteers through written and verbal communications.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations including youth and adults.
• Ability to organize work plans and work independently.
• In good physical condition with willingness to participate in occasional physical labor in garden setting. Much of day is spent on your feet in outdoor setting. Must be able to lift and carry 25 lbs.
• Should have access to transportation for occasional supplies procurement and delivery, and be able to show proof of insurance for vehicle used.
• May be required to meet Department of Education minimum qualifications for employment and/or complete background check.
• Must be able to access a personal computer and have a cell phone.

About Grow Some Good

Grow Some Good cultivates a healthy community by strengthening local agriculture and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. Grow Some Good is a nonprofit community program that currently supports schools and community gardens across Maui.

As a non-profit, positions are dependent on receiving grant funding and donations. Positions are typically for the school year and breaks are not paid for unless there are special projects.

To Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume through our application form. Questions regarding this position can be sent to: apply at grow some good dot org.