We are hiring a maintenance team coordinator.

Maintenance Team Coordinator

Location: Little River (Greater Miami-Dade Area), FL

Job Type: Part-Time (Starting at 15 hours per week this fall, with detailed plan for growth)

Compensation: Starting at $40/hour

About Little River Cooperative

Little River Cooperative designs, builds, and cares for edible gardens throughout South Florida. For more than 15 years, we’ve worked with homeowners, schools, restaurants, and hospitality spaces to create gardens that are beautiful, productive, and deeply connected to the environment around them.

Our mission is to empower people through deeper connections with food and ecology. We bring that mission to life every day by creating spaces where people can grow food, learn, gather, explore, and experience a closer connection to the natural world.

Our work brings together edible and native plants with thoughtful design to create gardens that feel distinctly at home in South Florida. For the people who work here, that means being part of something tangible: creating places that people use, learn from, enjoy, and remember.

Position Overview

We’re looking for an organized and experienced Maintenance Team Coordinator to help our field operation run smoothly as we grow. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys bringing order to moving parts, supporting people in doing their best work, and solving problems before they become larger ones. You’ll coordinate schedules and routes, support our Lead and Assistant Gardeners, maintain quality standards, help resolve client and field issues, and keep the information behind the operation organized and current. The position begins at approximately 15 hours per week with a mix of remote work and on-site involvement, along with meaningful autonomy in how those hours are structured. As the maintenance operation grows, the role is designed to grow with it into broader operational leadership.

Key Responsibilities

  • Operations & Scheduling: Manage the scheduling system for all weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly client maintenance visits, optimizing routes for the field team.

  • Team Leadership & Oversight: Supervise and mentor field gardeners (Leads and Assistants). Conduct field check-ins to audit garden aesthetics, plant health and generally maintain company quality standards.

  • Client & Account Management: Serve as an escalation point for client inquiries, troubleshooting horticultural and logistics issues, maintaining exceptionally high client retention and satisfaction.

  • Data & Digital Systems: Review digital job logs, progress photos, and tracking applications submitted by field teams to ensure precise records and seamless communication.

  • Company Standards: Uphold Little River Cooperative’s core values of safety, respect, professionalism, efficiency, and community stewardship.

Schedule Requirements

  • Weekly Commitment: Focused 15 hours per week, with a mix of remote administrative tasks and on-site field/headquarters check-ins.

  • Team Synchronization: Lead or actively participate in our mandatory 1-hour virtual team meeting every Monday.

  • Flexibility: Ability to structure hours dynamically across the week to match operational and client demands.

Minimum Job Requirements

  • Experience: Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in project management, team leadership, account management, or agricultural operations. Robust knowledge of South Florida horticulture or edible gardening is highly preferred.

  • Leadership Track Record: Proven experience managing people, delegating tasks, and organizing logistical systems.

  • Technology: High proficiency with Google Workspace (G Suite), spreadsheet management, and job-tracking/scheduling mobile applications.

  • Driving Record: Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.

The Ideal Candidate Possesses

  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to manage client relationships professionally and authoritatively.

  • Strong problem-solving abilities, especially regarding scheduling conflicts, logistics for field teams and plant health troubleshooting.

  • A balance of project management capability and a meticulous eye for fine detail.

  • Previous experience running or organizing small business operations or landscaping/farming teams.

What We Offer

  • A progressive, collaborative work environment within a growing small business.

  • A highly competitive starting rate of $40/hour with a clear plan for professional growth as our operations expand.

  • End of year bonus.

  • Schedule flexibility and autonomy.

  • Complimentary access to Little River Cooperative educational workshops.

  • Free starter plants from our nursery and seasonal fresh vegetables from French Farms.

How to Apply

To apply, please email your full name, phone number, and resume to mail@littlerivercooperative.com.

Use the subject line: Maintenance Coordinator Application.

In your email body, please provide concise answers to the following questions:

  1. What specific element of this job description made you feel this position was the right fit for you?

  2. Why are your management skills and horticultural background well-suited to this specific role?

  3. Tell us about a professional or personal accomplishment you’re especially proud of.

  4. Please confirm that the schedule, location, and starting compensation work for you.

Little River Cooperative is committed to supporting a diverse and multicultural team, and fostering an inclusive workplace. We consider all individuals for employment without regard to race, religion, age, sex, gender, disability, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, familial status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you don’t meet every preferred qualification listed above, but are passionate about the role and possess relevant lived experience, we strongly encourage you to apply.