The Facilities Team Manager(FTM) lives and works at our beautiful, rural camp near the ocean and redwoods, just south of Half Moon Bay and 45 min from San Francisco and Santa Cruz. They spend their time creating and managing a team of people who together keep the camp, farm, buildings, vehicles and offices safe and flourishing. The full Vida Verde team is 15 fantastic humans working together towards our mission. The FTM focuses on team recruitment and communications, prioritizing and coordinating ongoing and new projects. It’s a big and stimulating position!

This is a full-time and salaried management position, with housing, reporting to the Executive Director & Co-Founder.

The Facilities Team Manager is responsible for:

● MANAGEMENT & ONGOING RECRUITMENT of your facilities team that consists of: 1-2 staff, PT seasonal caretakers, volunteers, and contracted technicians. This management involves leadership, training, planning & coordination, great communication, and the ability to give and receive feedback. The ideal candidate is positive, outgoing, and a professional manager who loves working with people and helping them grow and be proud of their work.

● COORDINATION & ADMIN: planning, creating and following systems of site development and maintenance for three properties. Budgeting, ensuring compliance, writing proposals, and managing contracts in order to maintain and improve the facilities, grounds, animals and equipment for ongoing and future safety, function & appearance.

● COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIP: Critical to the success of this position is the relationship between the Facilities & Team Mgr and the DFC. The Facilities Team Mgr operates in close collaboration and alignment with the DFC and participates in the positive & communicative shared leadership of the organization.

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