COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY GARDENS Job Announcement

11-13-00

This is to alert you to the fact that the USDA position of "Coordinator of
Community Gardens" has just opened today (Monday, November 13).   The
beginning of the announcement for this position is below the dotted line
below.   The full announcement is attached as both MS Word and WordPerfect
files, which can also be accessed directly at:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/afm/hrd/vacancy/X1E-1075.html

(Please note that both the "X" and the "E" must be capitalized in order to
access the job)

Applications must be postmarked no later than December 15, 2000.

As you can see, this Coordinator will help to organize and support national
community gardening efforts within the USDA, in other Federal agencies, and
with a variety of non-Federal state agencies and groups.   The Coordinator
will also provide a variety of information and technical assistance in support
of these efforts.

As soon as possible, please contact all appropriate agencies, organizations,
colleges, universities, all other appropriate groups, etc., in your state to
tell them about this job opportunity.

If you have any questions about this, please either Email me back, or contact
me at (202) 690-0693, fax: 202-690-1131.

Thank you once again for your support of the USDA Community Food Security
Initiative.

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Research, Education, and Economics -
Agricultural Research Service

Announcement Type: DEMO/ALTERNATIVE MERIT PROMOTION
Position Title:     Coordinator of Community Gardens
Series/Grade:         GS-301-11/12
Promotion Potential:     GS-12
Salary:     GS-11 $42,724 to $55,541 per annum
         GS-12 $51,204 to $66,564 per annum
     (Salary range does not include cost-of-living increase which is expected
in January 2001)
Type of Appointment: Permanent
Location of Position: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Arboretum,
Washington, DC
Announcement Number: ARS-X1E-1075
Opening Date: November 13, 2000
Closing Date: December 15, 2000
Area of Consideration: This is a competitive vacancy, open to all United
States citizens.

APPLICATIONS WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED FROM USDA SURPLUS AND FEDERAL DISPLACED
EMPLOYEES IN THE COMMUTING AREA.

DUTIES:
The incumbent of this position serves as the Coordinator of the USDA Community
Gardens Initiative.  The goal of the Gardens Initiative is to build
public/private partnerships to significantly increase the number of and to
expand the size of existing community and school gardens. In this capacity,
coordinates the efforts of the U. S. National Arboretum and various USDA
agencies, other Federal agencies, national nonprofit groups, and the private
sector in the design and implementation of a national gardening action plan.
Additionally, the incumbent oversees and coordinates the work of the USDA
State Community Gardening Coordinators in each of the states and territories
and provides the State Coordinators guidance, advice, direction, technical
assistance, and policy clarification.

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