Reports to: Executive Director
Employment Type: Exempt; 0.5 FTE with opportunity to grow
Location: Oregon (remote / work from home)
Compensation: Starting salary based on $50,000 full time employment. Position requires an average of 20 hours per week, with some fluctuation throughout the year. Requires the use of your own personal vehicle (mileage reimbursed) or a rental car for longer distances (also reimbursed), cell phone and computer. Benefits include paid vacation, health care stipend, technology stipend, matching retirement account, and flexible work schedule.

Rogue Farm Corps is committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from candidates of color.
 

RFC offers farmer training programs at the entry and advanced levels that combine hands-on training at partner host farms with classes, farm tours, discussions, and independent study. 

RFC’s Changing Hands Program helps beginning farmers access land and capital, and creates tools and resources to help retirement age farmers plan for succession. This work has evolved over the last several years and now reflects a strategic focus on land access and intergenerational farm transfer.

RFC is committed to engaging in an ongoing learning process around privilege, power, inequality and systems of oppression, and using our organizational power to be an agent of positive change.

For more information, please visit https://www.roguefarmcorps.org/changing-hands-program- description

Position Description

The Changing Hands Program Director, in collaboration with RFC’s Directors team and partner organizations, will develop the strategic direction of RFC’s Changing Hands Program. The Program Director will be responsible for building relationships with partners and stakeholders, and implementing programmatic activities and events. Our ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, have a depth of experience in agriculture and food systems work, and be passionate about equity and the future of farming in Oregon. This half-time position (with the possibility to grow) is an excellent opportunity to work with a dynamic team innovating solutions to the interrelated issues of an aging farmer population, barriers beginning farmers face in accessing land and capital, and the threats facing Oregon’s farmland.
 

Specific duties include:

1. Program development and strategic planning (in collaboration with RFC staff)

2. Planning and implementing a series of Changing Hands events each year

6. Grant writing and other fundraising activities as needed

Additional duties may be added as needed by RFC’s Executive Director and as a result of strategic planning.

Required Competencies

1. Commitment to RFC’s mission
2. Knowledge of and/or experience with farming, succession planning, land access, capital
3. access, and/or other issues related to farmland and farm business transfers
4. Ability to communicate and build relationships with diverse partners and audiences
5. including staff, elder/experienced farmers, beginning & aspiring farmers, rural service providers like attorneys and business counselors, and other local food system organizations
6. Ability to develop and communicate educational content
7. Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team environment
8. Skilled in group facilitation and navigating / being responsive to group dynamics
9. Highly organized with great attention to detail
10. Able to connect with and develop trusting relationships with people and communities of
11. various backgrounds and identities
12. Strong writing skills
13. Commitment to social justice; experience with anti-racism, anti-oppression, and diversity,
14. equity and inclusion work
15. Ability to use online applications including email, calendar, database, Google Drive,
16. Google Docs, Google Sheets, and social media platforms
17. Experience with planning events such as workshops and conferences

Preferred Qualifications

1. Connections to Oregon agricultural communities and networks

2. Connections to communities of color and other underserved populations

3. Experience with grant writing and/or authoring reports

Working Conditions

1. The Changing Hands Program Director can expect a flexible working schedule that includes some evenings and weekends. Requires approximately 20 hours/week with additional hours during the lead up to the events.

2. The Program Director works remotely, connecting with other staff via zoom video conferencing, email, messaging, and conference calls. A good internet connection and phone service are necessary. A home office is highly recommended as no office is provided.

3. Must be self-directed, excellent with time management, and have experience working independently.
    
4. ​​​​​​​Must coordinate monthly schedule and work plan with Executive Director.