current position(s)

Job Description: Farmers’ Market Sales Intern
Type: Part Time, 12 hours per week
Start date: March 2018
Compensation: Part Time Hourly + Commission based on sales performance.
Hourly Rate Range: $11 (negotiable, based on skills)
Business: El Colombiano Coffee
Locations: Cambridge Winter Farmers Market, Weymouth Winter Farmers Market (if the student does not have a car, a different market can be staffed)
Days: (most hours fall on Fridays and Saturdays for the spring)
Note: This position has the potential to become a full time position by summer.

This company is looking for a worker who is passionate about helping small farmers, corporate responsibility, and social impact.

Job Description
The Sales Intern will help the founder sell El Colombiano Coffee products at several locations in the Boston Metro area. The Intern will perform all logistical duties at the locations including setting up and breaking down the stand, brewing, sampling and selling coffee at farmer’s markets.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Set up and break down the stand at the farmers market.
• Brew, sample and sell Colombian coffee.
• Use Square app to document sales.
• No car necessary – Founder will arrange for transportation.
• Might have the potential to help with business and marketing plans, business development, packaging, supply chain exposure, etc.

Requirements

• Person to person sales experience REQUIRED.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish HIGHLY DESIRABLE.
• Student interested in sustainable farming, social responsibility, business management and/or environmental management.
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure in a deadline oriented environment.
• Strong public speaking skills.
• Knowledge of fair trade coffee industry and/or love of coffee.
• Strong commitment to environmental and social responsibility to coffee growers community.

Additional Information
El Colombiano Coffee (elcolombianocoffee.com)
El Colombiano brings you fresh coffee of the highest quality from the mountains of Colombia. Our core principles are flavor and fairness. We make sure the coffee we select is sustainably produced and perfectly delicious--and we make sure we deal respectfully and fairly with all of our partners, from supply to retail and in between.
 
Apply: Send cover letter, resume to Javier Amador-Peña at info@elcolombianocoffee.com