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Description: 

The Event Assistant will support Urban Harvest STL fundraising and community engagement goals by assisting with our ticketed event series in 2025; including Happy Hour, Harvest Dinner, and annual Raise the Rooftop gala. These events are core networking and development strategies to ensure that Urban Harvest STL can fulfill our food access mission. This position will support our development team and board of directors with coordination, preparing and staffing ticketed events. No event coordination experience is necessary. You must be able to commit to 10 hours a week and have reliable transportation to the event sites.

Duties and Responsibilities: 
This position will primarily assist the development coordinator with planning tasks and communication in service of our ticketed events. Duties will include communication with sponsors, board members, partners, vendors, marketing support, event volunteer coordination, and photo/video documentation of events. During the scheduled event, the responsibilities entail supervising event volunteers, helping with set-up, check-in, food and drink service, and clean up. Urban Harvest STL grows healthy produce across a network of five urban farms in the heart of St. Louis and donates the harvest to nonprofit partners serving communities with limited or non-existent access to healthy, nutritious food. As part of this mission, we provide fresh produce at no cost to recipients. We support the cost of this free distribution program through ticketed events that connect attendees with fresh food from the farm while also raising money for our farming operations.


Qualifications: 

  • Must have accepted a Federal Work-Study award for the current academic year. 
  • Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people and stakeholders 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills


Preferred Skills: 

  • Interest or experience in event planning, marketing, fundraising, and volunteer coordination
  • Interest or experience in organic and regenerative farming, sustainability, racial justice, health and community development.