Sheffield Organic Growers Part Time Assistant Vegetable Bag Co-ordinator+ Packer

Join our team of passionate land workers, dedicated to improving the soil, food sovereignty, biodiversity and human health and happiness in our friendly working environment. Learn and share skills that have a positive impact on the land and society in our supportive ecologically focused business. The joint venture Sheffield Organic Growers is a cluster of 6 independent businesses on a 19 acre site on the outskirts of Sheffield, just over one mile to the nearest bus stop. The applicant will need to find their own accommodation in Sheffield and be able to walk, cycle, drive or use public transport to get to the site.

Work days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. From March start date is 10/03/2026 for Tuesday 9am-5pm (working from home remotely via your home computer and a secure web browser), Wednesday on site 8am-5pm, and Thursday 8am-5pm on site then delivery driving, one hour unpaid lunch each day. 23 hours total each week. Hours are reduced to 19 hours during the winter months, 4 hours Tuesday 1-5pm, 7 hours Wednesday 1-5pm, 8 hours Thursday 8-5pm, one hour unpaid lunch break Wednesday and Thursday only. Reduced hours start on 4th week of November (24th November 2026), and run up to and including 2nd week of March. 19 hours total in winter. Hours may vary due to high summer heat and you may be asked to come in up to two hours earlier, working the same number of hours as usual in high summer. The job can also be adjusted to not include delivery driving, for the right person.

Hourly Rate: £13.10 per hour, statutory holiday entitlement. Holiday is to be ideally taken in August or late autumn, and over Christmas, although some flexibility is possible outside these times. Possibility of overtime hours paid at the standard hourly rate. Full terms and conditions will be given in your contract upon offer of employment. 2 days of weekend working may also be required for our seasonal events – the Open Day in September and one farmers market. You might also be asked if you would like to attend farmers markets or other promotional events on weekends as part of possible overtime hours.

Three month probationary period. Closing date: February 2nd 2026. Shortlisting: February 3rd 2026. Interviews will be held: February 6th 2026.

Tuesday: Answering emails from customers, managing website content and updating vegetables and other items in our online store, liaising with webstore host should issues arise, posting on social media and possibly maintaining weekly blog/newsletter, creating media content using Canva including basic videos for both social media and the website, creating veg and fruit bag content each week by liaising with Nick as to what is available on the field and also what to buy from our wholesaler, managing wholesale shop orders by updating a weekly excel spreadsheet and receiving and processing shop/other box scheme orders e.g. printing labels ready for harvesting the following week and invoicing shops/box schemes for the current week’s orders, ordering from our wholesaler for the following week’s bags, data entry in QuickBooks for bookkeeping purposes and designing flyers for doorstep promotions.

Wednesday: The day might start with some harvesting or packing of produce into bags, ordering and labelling the veg bags for the week’s delivery runs, receiving the wholesalers delivery and checking off all produce against the invoice received, packing veg and fruit bags and organising other staff members in the packing shed, loading the van with veg and fruit bags ready for Thursday’s deliveries.

Thursday: The day starts with finishing packing Thursday’s veg bags and any wholesale orders we are sending out for delivery that day. Delivery driving from around 10am till 4pm in and around Sheffield.

Qualities Of Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate for this job would have great enthusiasm for organic food production, be passionate about the principles of organic farming and have a good working knowledge of vegetable sales. A good level of physical fitness will be needed of the candidate for this role, along with punctuality, as well as showing a willingness to take responsibility and initiative as part of a team. Holding a good number of small jobs in the right order, in your head, on the go are all part and parcel of a day to day running of a veg packing shed, and the successful candidate must feel confident in their ability to perform this role. The ability to work at pace in a fairly high pressure environment of a busy packing shed in the summer months as well as attention to detail and desire to make sure every bag is correct is essential. A good familiarity with computers and programs/apps, as well as knowledge of how social media is best utilised to truly communicate the values at the heart of our business, are necessary to be able to meet the demands of Tuesday’s tasks. Communication skills and friendly attitude to other people whilst answering emails and working on site will also be valued highly, of the right candidate for the job. An ability to foresee potential problems and ask when unsure of exactly what’s required are paramount in order to assist Nick in the day to day running of a busy market garden. A clean full UK driving license is also desirable for the delivery driving role.