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This job expired on August 27, 2022

Policy Fellow National Sustainable Agriculture Coa

  • Date Posted June 28, 2022
  • Location Washington, DC
  • Category Agriculture / Nonprofit
  • Job type Full-Time
Company description

NSAC is the leading advocacy organization for federal policy that supports sustainable agriculture and food systems. We work with our 130+ member organizations to empower grassroots voices – including farmers and eaters – for positive change. We work towards the vision of a safe, nutritious, and affordable food supply produced by diverse family farmers who make a decent living pursuing their trade, while sustaining the environment and contributing to the strength of their communities.
 

Job description

Are you passionate about using the power of policy change to help build a more sustainable and equitable food and farm system? Are you a self-professed policy wonk and curious what it takes to move the needle on pressing national agricultural policy issues like climate change?


 

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is currently seeking a candidate for our year-long Policy Fellowship, beginning in August 2022 and ending in August 2023. This fellowship is a fixed term, full time, non-exempt position that offers benefits as per the employee handbook and is based in our Washington, DC office. All staff are currently remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer the option of relocating to Washington, DC, and can provide workspace in the Washington, DC office on Capitol Hill. Your presence will also be required at some in-person events like staff retreats and our Summer and Winter Meetings, for which NSAC will cover travel and lodging.

NSAC’s collaborative work environment offers a unique career opportunity to advance federal sustainable agriculture policy as part of a dedicated and effective team. The Policy Fellow will have the opportunity to directly engage in NSAC’s ongoing legislative and administrative work on a range of policy issues and campaigns, including climate change and conservation, beginning farmers and farmers of color, local and regional food systems, and agriculture policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Racial justice – an understanding and acknowledgment of historical and ongoing racial inequities and commitment to actions challenging those inequities – is a core NSAC tenet that we seek to embed in our structure, analysis, policy development, and advocacy.

Qualifications

Candidates who match 75% of the qualifications are encouraged to apply. NSAC can work with the applicant’s school or program to make the fellowship fit criteria for academic credit or field placement experience.

 

  • An understanding of and passion for sustainable food and farm issues, including how they intersect with racial equity
  • Basic knowledge of the federal policy-making process
  • An understanding that federal policy often has inequitable effects across different communities, and a commitment to apply a racial equity lens to federal policy
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent research skills
  • Ability to work independently, collaborate, listen well, build trust, and model healthy conflict resolution
  • Can work effectively with diverse groups of individuals and values differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and socioeconomic circumstances.
  • Self-motivated, organized, able to ask questions, and stay on task when managing multiple projects with short and long-term deadlines
  • Familiarity with Dropbox, Google Suite, and WordPress a plus
 

Salary and Benefits

NSAC offers fellows a salary of $24/hour and benefits. This position is a full time, non-exempt (hourly) position that offers excellent benefits (as per the employee handbook), including generous vacation and other time-off policy, health, dental, and long-term disability insurance, as well as financial support for professional and personal development.

Compensation this position is : hourly, $20/hr + Location job can be done remotely Application instructions
This job expired on August 27, 2022
DeadlineJuly 17, 2022

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