New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (New Entry) improves our local and regional food systems by training the next generation of farmers to produce food that is sustainable, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate and making this food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. In doing this work, we provide critical training, career development, and economic opportunity to new farmers. New Entry operates three main programs: Farmer Training (courses, workshops, incubator farm program), Food Hub (CSA, food access, farm-to-institution), and Regional/National Programs (FIELD Network, collaborative training and research projects). New Entry is a program of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy’s Agriculture, Food and Environment program.

This is an on-site position based at New Entry’s Beverly, MA, Moraine Farm Office. This is also a two-year limited term position that is renewable based upon continued funding. 

The National Program Manager provides management and oversight for New Entry’s beginning famer land-based training networks and leads robust program evaluation strategies locally and nationally. The Program Manager will handle the below responsibilities:

• Oversight of the FIELD Network, a national technical assistance (TA) and capacity building networks for land-based experiential beginning farmer training programs
• Lead national program strategy and development
• Conduct outreach to national organizations, particularly in underserved communities
• Manage and build partner relationships
• Support technical assistance for partner organizations and connect them to our network partners for information sharing and program development resources
• Develop educational resources, toolkits, guidebooks, and webinars to support successful programs
• Lead program evaluation, data collection, monitoring, and project reporting
• Organize and manage annual conferences and convenings of national partners.

This position requires strong strategic planning, project management, leadership, evaluation, and networking skills.

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and skills as typically acquired by a Bachelor's degree
• Skills and knowledge in multiple aspects of beginning farmer training programs, community organizing, food security, and/or gained through experience working with diverse ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic groups
• Significant work experience in the non-profit sector (at least 5-8 years) with national outreach, and educational resource and fund development, and a minimum of 2 years supervisory experience
• Experience networking with multiple organizations and collaborative networks
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills in networking/relationship building across disparate partners and interests
• Significant experience in program evaluation, designing surveys, and leading multi-stakeholder assessments
• Ability to analyze data, capture trends, insights, and needs of partners and develop clear, actionable vision and related programming to respond to needs and synthesize ideas / present vision for future to network leadership
• Experience with event planning, conference organization, and multi-stakeholder gatherings
• Ability to lead projects independently
• Ability to coordinate innovative programming with multiple partners
• Experience working with social media, web-based/online learning, and web resource development
• Strong commitment to racial equity and social justice
• Strong organizational skills and acute attention to detail
• Self-directed and works well within a rapidly-changing, high-performance environment
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills and ability to write well and develop compelling impact reports
• Proficiency with standard computer software (MS Office, Social Media, website content development, graphic design, Excel database)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or suitable equivalent work experience
• Experience with Salesforce CRM
• Demonstrated research capacity – ability to explore new areas of learning and to back up ideas with data and metrics
• Enthusiasm for critically engaging with the local food movement and determining how non-profit programming can better address food insecurity, food access and improve nutritional outcomes
• Organizational development and cross-cultural experience
• Experience with adult education theory and training strategies
• Empathy for and sensitivity to food insecurity in underprivileged communities
• Multilingual candidates

Special Work Schedule Requirements:

This position requires access to reliable private transportation necessary, a willingness to travel nationally, and a willingness and ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.