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FOOD SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
The Center for an Agricultural Economy
Hardwick, VT
The purpose of this project being conducted by the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) is to prepare a comprehensive local food system strategic plan to support agriculturally-based economic development strategies in the three counties comprising the Northeast Kingdom (NEK) region of Vermont. Specifically, the CAE, under contract to the Northeast Vermont Development Association (NVDA), seeks to conduct a study and draft a plan to position the agricultural sector in the Northeast Kingdom to participate in and take full advantage of the opportunities to diversify and expand this component of the area’s economy.
The NEK Food System Development Project Manager position provides for overall planning and co-ordination of resources, tasks, and necessary steps for completing a NEK regional strategic plan for food systems development. This is a full-time position for up to 12 months (no benefits) located in Hardwick with travel throughout the NEK. The annualized salary is set at $39,520.
The project manager will conduct outreach to agriculture-related businesses in the NEK and neighboring region for the purpose of engaging employers in the planning process as outlined in a work plan and complete supporting analyses as part of the preparation of the final strategic plan document.
The successful candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills. Project management and plan development skills especially as associated with an entrepreneurial background, innovative thinking, facilitation and consensus building skills are preferable. A track record demonstrating strong group leadership and organizational skills with the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team is a required attribute. Knowledge of the Northeast Kingdom economic climate and regional dynamics is a plus.
A Bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university with a major study in business administration or economic development, or similar field is required. Five years of professional experience in organizations involved with program planning and evaluation, business management or related agricultural entity management, along with supervisory experience in any occupational area, preferably as related to agricultural production pursuits, is desirable.
The position will be filled as soon as a well qualified individual is identified. Position concludes June 30, 2011.
TO APPLY
Please e-mail cover letter, resume and references to:
center@hardwickagriculture.org Subject Line - NEK Food Systems Development Position
No phone calls, please.
Web site: www.hardwickagriculture.org
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RESTAURANT MANAGER
Roman's
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time manager position is available at Roman's in Fort Greene (Editor's Note: the third restaurant in the Marlow & Sons and Diner triumvirate). Minimum of three years experience required. Extensive wine knowledge and fine dining experience is a plus. We are looking for someone who brings professionalism and enthusiasm to their work and who values and earnestly enjoys the teamwork of hospitality! Benefits available after three months.
TO APPLY
Please send resumes in the body of an email to sarah@dinernyc.com; attachments will not be opened.
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BLEECKER STREET RETAIL DIRECTOR
Murray's Cheese
New York, NY
Murray's Cheese seeks an experienced retail manager with strong leadership and customer service abilities to run its flagship store on Bleecker Street. Qualified candidates will have at least 5 years of management experience in the specialty foods industry, including experience in all areas of store merchandising and operations.
Knowledge of cheese and salumi is required; experience with catering and prepared foods in a retail environment is preferred. Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus. Must be available to work evenings and weekends.
A competitive compensation package is available, including vacation, insurance, and 401k
TO APPLY
Email resume and cover letter to louise@murrayscheese.com
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CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
Primizie Fine Foods
Bronx, NY
We are a specialty food purveyor and importer looking for a Customer Service Representative to join our foodie team. Candidate must be a detail oriented, proactive problem solver with a good understanding of the high-end food industry in the New York City area. Candidate must also have excellent communication skills, and a thorough approach to completing their responsibilities in order to insure our clientele’s satisfaction.
Responsibilities include:
• Maintain customer relationships by speaking with customers on a daily basis.
• Effectively communicate with customers, and answer any questions on the status of their orders.
• Carefully listen to each of our customer’s needs and effectively verbalize these to management.
• Notify customers about any problems with their orders; contact them immediately to let them know if there is an item missing, or no longer in stock.
• Listen to the messages at night, write down the restaurant orders, and attentively place them in the system for next day delivery.
• Place orders with the market and order the items that we don’t carry in house.
It is important that the candidate have a good understanding of company policy, but most importantly that they be customer-oriented.
This job is Sunday-Thursday. Afternoon and Evening hours.
Salary plus benefits. Work laptop and Cell phone will be provided.
TO APPLY
Email resume and cover letter to jobs@primiziefinefoods.com
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SCHOOL FOOD NUTRITION EDUCATOR
Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) is a community oriented research and advocacy organization based at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. UEPI serves as the umbrella for a variety of affiliated programs addressing work and industry, food and nutrition, housing, transportation, regional and community development, land use, and urban environmental issues. UEPI functions both as an academic center with strong community ties and a community-based organization with a strong research and policy UEPI includes a number of innovative projects including the Healthy School Food Coalition (HSFC), established in 2001 as a group of committed parents, students and teachers seeking to develop nutrition policies and mobilize the school community to improve access to healthy foods through the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs in cafeterias throughout LAUSD school campuses. Since its inception the Healthy School Food Coalition has been played a critical leadership role in advocating for policy adoption and full implementation of the Healthy Beverage Resolution (2002), Obesity Prevention Motion (2003) and the Cafeteria Improvement Motion (2005).
UEPI is seeking a candidate for the position of HSFC School Food Nutrition Educator to implement the activities as outlined by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Project RENEW (Renewing Environments for Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness) Community Action Plan. Project RENEW is made possible by funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative, and includes a mix of policy change and innovative programming strategies aimed at reducing childhood obesity. The individual will work with the Lead Organizer, our collaborators, and Project RENEW staff to outreach and educate about, and promote the implementation of the Institute of Medicine’s nutrition recommendations within LAUSD and other selected school districts. Project RENEW, and consequently this position, is funded for 2 years.
Under the supervision of the Lead Organizer and in collaboration with project partners:
• Accomplish the implementation of school nutrition standards as recommended by
the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and as outlined in the RENEW work plan.
• Outreach and educate parents and communities about the IOM recommendations
so that they may develop similar practices at home.
• Work with school district food services staff and train them to better understand
and implement IOM recommendations.
• Outreach to and expand the membership base of the Healthy School Food Coalition
by reaching out to youth and parents within LAUSD and selected school districts to
increase awareness of the district’s food and nutrition policies and wellness policies.
Build relationships with school officials (such as school board, district and site
administrators, and school food services staff), with Project RENEW staff, and other
Conduct ongoing one-on-one community recruitment visits and other outreach
activities at schools, during after school programs and at pertinent community
Produce culturally and linguistically appropriate materials for outreach and
education such as fliers and fact sheets
Contribute to overall UEPI mission and activities
• Community organizing experience in low-income and in multicultural communities
• Experience working with youth, parents and in schools, especially within food
• Bilingual with excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish
• Detail-oriented , well organized, and possess good record keeping ability
• Self motivated, hard working, reliable and punctual
• Must have own transportation, and be willing /able to work some evenings and
weekends, and travel to conferences as needed
• Must be able to work independently and as a part of a team under the direction of
the HSFC Lead Organizer
• Strong computer competencies including Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
• Understanding of public food programs, food access, public policy, and childhood
TO APPLY
Please e-mail resume and cover letter to resumes@oxy.edu
Deadline for applications is June 18, 2010
This is a 75% FTE position. Starting annual salary ranges from $32,000 to 35,000.
(100% FTE) based on qualifications, with benefits including health, dental, and vision plan; paid vacation; and retirement benefits.
For more information about UEPI and the farm to institution initiatives, visit
Occidental College is an equal opportunities employer.
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TRAINING & RESEARCH MANAGER
Rodale Institute
South Africa
SUMMARY
The successful candidate will primarily coordinate and implement an organic agriculture education program to train a network of African farmers and ag professionals in appropriate regenerative organic farming technologies. These programs, funded by H.G. Buffett Foundation and Africare, will focus on increasing farmers’ adoption of cover crops and cover crop-based rotational no-till practices to increase the sustainability of farmers’ cropping systems in Mali and South Africa over a 5 year period. All supported practices will be certifiably organic, although targeted farmer participants are primarily small-holder producers. In addition to implementing all training activities, this position will also direct and manage a field trial coordinator in South Africa. The position is based in South Africa.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Conduct interviews with farmers regarding target practices and system performance
• Coordinate and conduct on-farm sampling of organic agriculture test plots in Mali and South Africa
• Coordinate with and train extension personnel to plan, organize, and facilitate an on-farm, farmer-oriented events that include farmer-to-farmer learning activities and training in regionally appropriate organic ag practices
• Oversee field trials and associated staff in South Africa
• Analyze and summarize findings from on-farm work
• Prepare regular reports on on-farm work for the granting agency
• Write regular project update articles for posting on website
• Collect and process samples from the field
• Complete statistical analyses and interpretations
• Process and analyze plant and soil samples for various metrics at lab facility in South Africa
QUALIFICATIONS
• Five-plus years of experience designing, developing, and implementing environmental education programs for farmers, experience with small holder farmers preferred
• Experience running scientific research projects with on-farm components that provided experience in farmer-participatory research and education as well as with standard plant and soil sample organization, data collection, analysis, summary and reporting
• Hands-on international sustainable agricultural experience (research or production) required
• Working experience with ArcGIS
Compensation: Starting in summer 2010, the compensation includes on-site housing at the research station in South Africa, and a competitive salary and benefits package.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants send letter of inquiry and resume to Alison.Grantham@rodaleinst.org
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FIELD TRIALS COORDINATOR
Rodale Institute
South Africa
SUMMARY
The successful candidate will coordinate and implement field trials on the H.G. Buffett Foundation’s agricultural research station in South Africa. The driving objective of the trials is to research and compare small-holder accessible low-input organic farming systems to “new Green Revolution” systems for their performance under resource-limited conditions prevalent in Africa. The ultimate goal is to increase the economic and environmental sustainability of regional farmers’ cropping systems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinate and conduct research trial implementation sampling in South Africa
• Conduct interviews with farmers regarding target practices and system performance
• Coordinate with extension personnel to plan, organize, and facilitate farmer-oriented field days that include farmer-to-farmer learning activities
• Analyze and summarize findings from research trials
• Prepare regular reports on research progress for the granting agency
• Write regular project update articles for posting on website
• Process and analyze soil samples for C and N
• Maintain and perform necessary calibrations of equipment,
• Collect and process samples from the field
• Enter data for statistical analysis and interpretation
• Complete statistical analyses and interpretations
QUALIFICATIONS
• A MS or two-plus years of experience running an international scientific research project, or an independent research experience that provided experience in sample organization, data collection, analysis, summary and reporting
• A bachelors degree, preferably in biology, environmental science, agronomy, or a related natural science field
• Hands-on international sustainable agricultural experience (research or production) Experience designing, developing, and implementing environmental education programs for farmers or other interest groups
• Experience operating specialized lab equipment, including centrifuges, CN analyzers, and spectrometers
• Proficiency and experience in entering and summarizing data in Excel
• Experience with and understanding of ArcGIS, R and/or SPSS preferred
Compensation: Starting in summer 2010, compensation includes on-site housing at the research station in South Africa and a competitive salary and benefits package.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants send letter of inquiry and resume to Alison.Grantham@rodaleinst.org
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ON-FARM RESEARCH & EXTENSION COORDINATOR
Rodale Institute
Kutztown, PA
SUMMARY
The successful candidate will coordinate and implement an on-farm research and education program to increase the sustainability of regional farmers’ cropping systems. These programs will focus on increasing grain farmers’ adoption of cover crops and cover crop-based rotational no-till practices. All supported practices will be organic, although most farmer participants utilize non-organic practices on the majority of their farm acres.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinate and conduct on-farm sampling in PA, MD and NY
• Conduct interviews with farmers regarding target practices and system performance
• Coordinate with state extension personnel to plan, organize, and facilitate an on-farm, farmer-oriented field day that includes farmer-to-farmer learning activities
• Analyze and summarize findings from on-farm work
• Prepare a final report on on-farm work for the granting agency
• Write (3) project update articles for posting on website
• Process and analyze soil samples for C and N
• Maintain and perform necessary calibrations of equipment
• Collect and process samples from the field
• Enter data for statistical analysis and interpretation
• Complete statistical analyses and interpretations
• Work with Research staff to assume field, lab, and data analysis coordination responsibility for additional data related to the Farming Systems Trial
QUALIFICATIONS
• A bachelors degree, preferably in biology, environmental science, agronomy, or a related natural science field
• A MS or two-plus years of experience running a scientific research project, or an independent research experience that provided experience in sample organization, data collection, analysis, summary and reporting
• Experience designing, developing, and implementing environmental education programs for farmers or other interest groups
• Experience operating specialized lab equipment, including centrifuges, CN analyzers, and spectrometers
• Proficiency and experience in entering and summarizing data in Excel
• Experience with and understanding of ArcGIS, R and/or SPSS preferred
• Hands-on sustainable agricultural experience (research or production) preferred
Hours and Compensation: The position is a part-time position with approximately 25-30 hours/week, starting on June 1, 2010 and it is a one year project. Compensation is $17/hour, with part time benefits.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants send letter of inquiry and resume to Alison.Grantham@rodaleinst.org
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