Company description

Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) offers certification to farmers and beekeepers who produce food for their local communities without the use of synthetic chemicals or GMOs. CNG's grassroots approach relies on peer-review inspections, direct relationships, and a high degree of transparency, all of which keep costs and paperwork to a minimum while fostering valuable knowledge exchange and networks among farmers. 

 

More than 750 farmers and beekeepers throughout North America participate. CNG producers typically sell at farmers markets, via CSAs, and through the more advanced independent grocers that seek to support their local food systems. 

 

CNG's participatory approach to certification is recognized by IFOAM - Organics International as an effective way to include small-scale producers in the organic movement. CNG is a private non-profit organization that is not affiliated with the USDA organic program.

Job description

We seek a creative and capable practitioner to coordinate CNG’s communications with our members, our business allies, our larger community of supporters, and the public. Strong candidates will have the experience, understanding, and creativity needed to oversee a robust communications plan that will increase visibility of our certification programs among ecological farmers and the customers they serve, while maintaining regular monthly communications with our current membership and supporters. The communications coordinator will create content and a narrative strategy in close collaboration with CNG’s executive director, and then distribute and track this content (blog, email, video, newsletters, press releases).

 

This is an important position within CNG's team. Paid vacation, federal holidays, and subsidized health insurance are provided. 

 

We are also posting this position as a position based in our Brooklyn office, but just one person will be hired. Hours of work are primarily during normal business hours, but there is flexibility with scheduling. Paid vacation, federal holidays, and health insurance (75% for employee) are provided.  

Position Responsibilities Include:

• Develop content for quarterly and monthly updates to supporters
• Increase farmer participation and public awareness via strategic communications
• Mange CNG's social media accounts
• Manage CNG's expanding business allies program
• Other job-related duties as necessary   

 

Required Qualifications

• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Competence in using social media platforms in strategic campaigns as well as to help build awareness and community
• Ability to give consistent careful attention to details, to prioritize multiple expectations, and to be well-organized
• Demonstrably committed and enthusiastic about the growth of ecological farming and related grassroots initiatives
• Background and familiarity with agriculture, and rural and diverse land-based communities is strongly preferred. 
• Self-starter and also a team player who is responsive to feedback 
• Ability to work comfortably in an office environment 
• Comfort with technologies and communication mechanisms that support remote teams, including file sharing, web-based meetings, and conference calls

 

Desirable Skills and Qualities 

• Experience working on a farm, keeping bees, or cultivating mushrooms 
• Inclination to suggest new and improved processes or approaches to our work
• Significant experience with content marketing
• An understanding of the value of keywords and SEO
• Relationships and access to networks of farmers and/or media outlets in Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and/or other states with an established and growing population of Certified Naturally Grown producers. 
• Willingness to travel a few times per year for events and meetings
• Demonstrated success working without direct oversight

Candidates who are positive, driven, and creative problem solvers will find many rewarding opportunities to have a positive impact on the farmers who participate in our programs.

 

Compensation this position is : hourly, varies DOE, $17.00 - $22.00 Location job can be done remotely Application instructions Deadlineno deadline