Thinking Food Jobs, February 2, 2024

Hello Readers,

This week I am highlighting two positions with organizations working towards greater equity in food systems:

• The Black Farmers Collective, has a mission “to build a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy.” This organization, based in Seattle, is hiring an operations manger three positions: Operations Manager, Community Educator, and Development and Communications Manager.  

• The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), challenges the root causes of unjust food systems, supporting and advocating for economically, racially, and ecologically just farm community.  They are hiring a Farmers of Color Network Coordinator and is also looking for a copy editor and contributing writers for their magazine, Living Roots.   

I enjoy learning about the mission and work of many of the employers on the list and hope you do too.

Here's the rest of this week’s list. All position are fulltime unless noted otherwise.

Artists Against Hunger & Poverty Manager, WhyHunger, New York (hybrid), salary: $70,000 - 75,000

Assistant Menu & Product Development Chef, CPS Inc, Los Angeles, CA, salary: (not stated)

Associate Commissioner for Food Security and Nutrition, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, salary: $113,723 - $176,097

Associate Director, Logistics, City Harvest, Brooklyn, NY , salary: $92,800 - $116,100

Associate Staff Writer, Kitchen, Wirecutter, New York, NY, salary: $63,000 - $74,000

Bee Better Certified Program Technical Specialist, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, remote, salary: $29.16/hour

Chief Executive Officer, Upcycled Food Association, remote, salary: $110,000 - $115,000

Co-Executive Directors, Good Cheer Food Bank, South Whidbey Island, WA, salary: $67,000 - $100,000

Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, RTI International, Washington, DC, salary: $75,000  - $92,000

Communications and Marketing Specialist, University of Wisconsin, Kaufman Lab, Farm 2 Facts, Madison, WI (hybrid), part-time, salary: $55,000 - $60,000

Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Farmers Market Fund, remote in Oregon, salary: $50,000

Communications Manager, Massachusetts Avenue Project, Washington, DC (hybrid), part-time, salary: $30,000 - $35,000

Community Educator, Black Farmers Collective, Seattle, WA (hybrid), salary: $55,000

Community Grocery Developer, Ecolibrium3, Duluth, MN, salary: $52,000 - $62,000

Coordinator - Education & Real Food, A Single Bite, Liberty, NY, salary: $45,000 - $50,000

Culinary Producer, Relevante, Inc, Mahwah, NJ, salary: $80,000

Culinary R&D Manager, Row 7 Seed Company, Tarrytown, NY (hybrid), salary: $90,000

Development & Communications Manager, Black Farmers Collective, remote in Seattle, WA, salary: $65,000 - $70,000

Digital Content Manager, bread & Butter, New York, NY, Nashville, TN or Miami, FL, salary: $58,500 - $70,000

Digital Organizer, Oregon Food Bank, Oregon or SW Washington, salary: $62,756 - $70,824

Director of Communications, Food Recovery Network, remote, salary: $75,000

Director of Culinary Research and Development, Orbital Kitchens, New York, NY, salary: $70,000 - $85,000

Director of Sustainable Food Systems, JBS USA, Greeley, CO, salary: $120,000  - $180,000

Executive Director, Queens County Farm Museum, Queens County, NY, salary: $160,000 -  $180,000

Executive Director, Product – Head of Zagat, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, NY, salary: $180,500 -$285,000

Fair Food Coordinator, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Fort Meyers, FL, salary: $44,000 -  $45,000

Farm Reporter, Iheart Media, Des Moines, IA, part-time, salary: (not stated)

Farm Sustainability Manager, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Batavia, NY, salary: $58,600 - $76,000

Farmers of Color Network Coordinator, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), Pittsboro, NC (hybrid), salary: $53,561

Food and Dining Reporter, NorthJersey.com and The Record, Gannett / USA Today, Woodland Park, NJ (hybrid), salary: (not stated)

Food and Nutrition Program Specialist, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, Dallas, or San Antonio, TX, salary: $4,600- $5,100 (Monthly)

Food Justice Co-Coordinators, CATA Farmworkers, Bridgeton, NJ, part-time, salary: $17 - $20/hour

Food Systems Entrepreneurial Resource Navigator, Kansas State University, Heartland Regional Food Business Center, remote, salary: $52,530 - $84,000

Freelance Copywriter - Food, Adecco Creative, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: upto $95/hour

Freelance Editor and Writers, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), Pittsboro, NC, salary (not stated)

General Manager, Nimbus, Chicago, IL, salary: $90,000

Innovation Chef, Vallarta Supermarkets, Sylmar, CA, salary: $96,500 - $122,000

Kitchen Coordinator, Food Enthusiast Programs, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY, salary: $18 - $20/hour

Local Food Coordinator, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago, IL (hybrid), salary: $26.45/hour

Manager, Culinary Innovation, Humane Society of the United States, remote, salary: $77,000 - 92,000

Manager, Food Service Innovation, Humane Society of the United States, remote, salary: $70,000 - $84,000

Manager, Individual Giving, Project Bread, East Boston, MA, salary: $67,000 - $70,000

Managing Editor, Food Business News, Kansas City, MO, salary: (not stated)

Market Coordinator, Mileston Mill, Kingston, NY, part-time, salary: $21/hour

Marketing and Communication Manager, Alameda County Community Foodbank, Oakland, CA (hybrid), salary: $108,400

Marketing Manager, McIlhenny Company (Tabasco), Avery Island, LA  or  New Orleans, LA, salary: (not stated)

Member Operations and Experience Associate, Nimbus, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $60,000- $70,000

National Program Manager, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, Tufts University, Beverly, MA, salary: $70,000r - $105,100

Network Relations Representative, Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Hillside, NJ, salary: (not stated)

Non-Profit Programs Specialist, SGSO Network, remote, part-time, salary: $28.85/hour

Nutrition and Food Access Program Director, YMCA of Greater New York, New York, NY, salary: $80,000

Opening General Manager, Museum of Ice Cream, Boston, MA, salary: $90,000 - $110,000

Operations Director, Massachusetts Avenue Project, Buffalo, NY (hybrid), salary: $60,000

Operations Manager, Black Farmers Collective, Seattle, WA (hybrid), salary: $70,000 -  $85,000

Operations Manager, Fareground, Dutchess County, NY, part-time, salary: $30/hour

Photo Editor, Food & Wine, New York, NY, salary: $62,400 - $78,700

Produce Prescription Program Coordinator, University of California San Francisco,  Food Policy, Health & Hunger Research Program, San Francisco, CA (hybrid), salary: (not stated)

Product Evaluator / Sensory Panelist, MMR Research, Dunwoody, GA, part-time, salary: $20/hour

Program Associate, Farm to Early Care and Education, National Farm to School Network, remote, salary: $50,000

Program Director, SÜPRSEED, Los Angeles, CA, salary: $78,000 - $85,000

Program Manager, Sustainability & ESG, Toast, remote, salary: $80,000 - $128,000

R & D Chef, Thistle, Vacaville, CA, or  Napa, CA (hybrid_, salary: $70,000 - $85,000

Research Coordinator, Bio-Logical Capital, Charlotte, VA, salary: $60,000 - $70,000

Senior Content Editor, Zagat, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, NY, salary: $76,000 - 120,000

Senior Coordinator, Workforce Programs Funding, Chef Ann Foundation, remote/Boulder CO, salary: $52,000 ‒ $66,000

Senior Director, Development West, Share Our Strength, Los Angeles, CA, salary: $150,000 - $170,000

Senior Editor, Pizza Today, New York, NY, salary: $65,000 - $70,000

Senior Manager of Culinary Talent, Hot Bread Kitchen, New York, NY, salary:  $80,000 - $82,000

Sensory Panel Manager, MMR Research, Hoffman Estates, IL, salary: (not stated)

Social Media Strategist, Food, Adoskope, remote, salary: (not stated)

Storytelling and Communications Manager, Groundswell International, Washington, DC, salary: $65,000 - $85,000

Writer/Researcher, Native Land Information System, remote, salary: $40,000 - $50,000

Fellowship

Research Fellow, Bon Appétit, New York, NY (hybrid), part-time, salary: $28/hour.

• The Bon Appétit/Epicurious Fellowship is designed to provide hands-on career experience for aspiring food writers in a professional food media organization. BA/Epi seeks to hire one graduate student to work directly with the research director in order to learn not only the processes of the research department, but also gain a better understanding of the entire editorial process at Condé Nast. The fellow will have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the day-to-day work in preparing articles for publication under the research department.

Test Kitchen Fellow, Dotdash Meredith, Birmingham, AL, salary: $18/hour

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-Barbara Rotger