Salt Lake County -H Garden Intern

Overview

The Salt Lake County Extension Summer Garden Intern is responsible for supporting the Salt Lake County 4‑H Garden program at the Bastian Agricultural Center in South Jordan, Utah.

The Salt Lake County 4‑H Junior Master Gardener program offers hands‑on and experiential lessons in all areas of garden and plant science for youth, including basic botany, planting, disease and pest maintenance, pollination and support of pollinators, beekeeping, harvesting and food preservation techniques. Our main garden at the Bastian Agricultural Center is home to 50+ different varieties of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers.

Youth learn both traditional and regenerative growing methods. We aim to not only inspire youth to grow their own food, but also to explore potential leadership and career pathways within the plant science, food science or gardening field.

As part of USU Extension, the Summer Garden Intern will intern and network with the 4‑H Program Coordinator as well as different extension professionals within the Salt Lake County office. The intern will learn about 4‑H education programs as well as other garden‑related research‑backed resources provided by Salt Lake County Extension.

• Plant science and gardening knowledge
• Harvesting and food preservation methods
• Youth leadership, mentoring and teaching
• Extension and 4‑H resources and programs
• Community education and outreach
• Garden program management
• Local partnership development

• Assist with maintenance of the 4‑H garden, including but not limited to planting, watering, weeding, pest/disease checks, irrigation monitoring and harvesting
• Attend and help teach twice monthly 4‑H Junior Master Gardener youth club meetings/lessons
• Plan occasional garden education activities for 4‑H youth
• Create garden outreach activities and plan programs for community members to recruit and strengthen the program
• Provide mentorship for 4‑H garden program youth
• Other duties as assigned

• Excellent skills in taking initiative as well as being a self‑starter and reliable

• Experience with gardening or small‑scale agriculture
• Past experience in 4‑H or a similar youth leadership program or experience with mentoring or working with youth
• Experience with community outreach or building community partnerships

Job offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

Along with the online application, please attach:

• Resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under Resume/CV
• Answer the following during your application:
  Are you available to work in‑person at the Bastian Agricultural Center in South Jordan, Utah?
• Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application

Document size may not exceed 10 MB.

$16.00/hr

Must be willing and able to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions and in rough terrain (dirt, gravel, etc.) for an extended period of time. Outdoors, incumbents may not be protected from weather conditions and may be exposed to extreme heat and/or extreme cold. This position requires moderate physical activity. Employees must have sufficient strength to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position including moderate lifting (up to 50 pounds), walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, and squatting.

This position requires nearly continuous standing, repetitive hand motions, and reaching overhead.

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