Job Opportunities
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Indiana Food System Job Opportunities
Farm to School Value Chain Professional
The Indiana Department of Health is hiring a two-year full-time Farm to School Value Chain Professional. This individual will serve as a Value Chain Professional (VCP) dedicated to creating and supporting market connections between producers and schools across the state of Indiana. The Farm to School VCP will be responsible for collaborating with internal and external partners to envision a long-term plan for building statewide capacity for local procurement within school markets. This position will also join the Indiana Value Chain Network to learn alongside Indiana’s other VCPs and provide them with specialized support and technical assistance around Farm to School.
Impacted Communities Coordinator
The Socially Responsible Agriculture Project is hiring an Impacted Communities Coordinator. The Coordinator will work directly with the Food & Farm Network Manager to foster connections and solidarity among communities impacted by industrial livestock operations. The Coordinator will specifically support SRAP’s outreach to diverse communities, identifying barriers to the support they need and elevating awareness of the environmental injustices that such communities face.Sustainable Agriculture Director
Hoosier Environmental Council seeks a Sustainable Agriculture Director to support the growth of healthy, sustainable, and local agriculture and growing practices in Indiana, and with a special emphasis on the upper White River watershed area. HEC seeks a leader, organizer, and coalition builder who is well-versed in issues of sustainable agriculture ranging from urban farming and farmers markets to commodity crops and federal crop insurance.
Regional Food System Job Opportunities
Program Associate, School Food Systems
Illinois Public Health Institute is seeking a Program Associate to work with staff and partners to administer the Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub and implement key components of its training and technical assistance offerings and evaluation and reporting activities. The Program Associate may also support other food systems and/or nutrition policy work as funding allows and will report to CPPI’s Program Director for Food Systems and Nutrition Policy.
Program Manager, Nutrition Initiatives
Illinois Public Health Institute is seeking a Program Manager to support implementation of the nutrition and food service guidelines strategies that are part of the Illinois State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Program cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This includes support to community and governmental organizations to draft, adopt, implement and audit improved nutrition policies and food service guidelines, and support to spread access to produce prescription and fruit and vegetable incentive programs across the state.
Program Manager, Diabetes Prevention and Management
Illinois Public Health Institute is seeking a Program Manager to implement the day-to-day activities associated with the CARES: Cook County initiative, specifically supporting the planning, launching, and scaling of family-centered healthy lifestyle programs and assessing and implementing strategies that support the diabetes workforce to address the social needs/social determinants of health (SDOH) of program participants.
Fresh Taste seeks a half-time Fund Director to facilitate the next evolution of the Chicago Region Food System Fund (CRFSF) and to provide support to other Fresh Taste projects to be determined. Since June 2020, CRFSF has focused on COVID-19 related hunger and business disruption in the local food system—from production to processing to distribution to consumption—in an area approximately 200 miles from Chicago. At the outset, the Fund Director’s primary responsibility will be to guide the Chicago Region Food System Fund. The initial commitment is for one year, with potential for growth into longer term and expanded employment.
Policy Organizer
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is seeking an experienced and committed organizer to significantly expand our pool of farmer leaders, members, and base of supporters in Illinois. In partnership with the staff team, they will recruit, retain, and organize members from among farmers, eaters, and food system leaders. Organizers are responsible for supporting farmer-led Caucuses that bring together members to network, build relationships and trust, discuss issues, research policy, and collectively work on solutions to building a just and regenerative food system.