Thinking Food Jobs, January 26, 2024
Hello Readers,
Do you love the cold weather? Or maybe this season make you long for travel and adventure? If you can say yes to either question, you may wish to consider this week’s highlight — opportunities for culinary, food service and administrative positions at research centers in McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and South Pole Station in Antarctica. Gana-A'Yoo, an Alaska Native Corporation, is the contractor for these positions, and you will find full list of food-related opportunities here.
Can you imagine how much the researchers and staff at these facilities would appreciate your contributions? Go for a season to arrange some good meals for them then come back and write about it for the rest of us!
Here's the rest of this week’s list. All position are fulltime unless noted otherwise.
Administrative Coordinator, Boulder Food Rescue, Boulder, CO, part-time, salary: $24/hour
Assistant Professor, Food Systems Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, salary: (not stated)
Associate Director, Institutional Partnerships, City Harvest, Brooklyn, NY, salary: $101,400 - 126,800
Associate Editor, Eater at Home, Vox Media, remote, salary: $70,000—$74,000
Associate Producer, Milk Street Television, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, Boston, MA, salary: (not stated)
Atlanta Editor, Eater, Vox Media, remote, salary: $70,000—$75,000
B2B Customer Marketing Manager, Lunchbox, remote, salary: (not stated)
Business Development Manager, WECO Hospitality, remote, salary: $40,000 - $55,000
Capacity Building Manager, California Association of Food Banks, Oakland, CA (hybrid), salary: $65,520 - $90,514
Chief Operating Officer, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $95,000
Chief Program Officer - Food Access, Capital Roots, Troy, NY , salary: 75,000
Communications and Outreach Manager, Farmers Market Fund, remote in Oregon, salary: $50,000
Cook Fresh Program Coordinator, Urban Roots, St. Paul, MN, part-time, salary: $19.64/hour
Copywriter & Content Specialist, Stratovation Group LLC, Powell, OH (hybrid), salary: (not stated)
Corporate Engagement Manager, Good Food Institute, remote, salary: $96,473 - $100,960
Creative Director, Cheesecake Factory, Calabasas Hills, CA (Hybrid), salary: $175,000 - $205,000
Culinary Instruction Manager, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Raleigh, NC, salary: $50,000 - $52,000
Culinary Manager, CookUnity, Austin, TX, salary: (not stated)
Culinary Workshop Instructor, Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (hybrid), part-time, salary: $65/hr-$68/hr
Development Manager, Food Connects, Brattleboro, VT (hybrid), salary: $50,000
Digital Photo Editor, Food & Wine, New York, NY, salary: $62,400 - $78,700
Digital Reporter, Lancaster Farming, Ephrata Boro, PA, salary: $40,000-$50,000
Digital Production Associate, Delish, New York, NY, part-time, salary: $15-20/hr
Director of Advocacy & Public Policy, Capital Area Food Bank, Washington DC, salary: (not stated)
Director of Operations, Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA, salary: (not stated)
Director of Operations & Food System Engagement, Chatham University Center for Regional Agriculture, Food and Transformation, Gibsonia, PA,, salary: (not stated)
Director of Philanthropy, Jacques Pépin Foundation, remote, salary: $90,000 to $100,000
Director of Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, salary: $65,000
Donor Retention Lead, Action Against Hunger USA, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $90,000 - $100,00
Environment, Health, and Safety Manager, Milestone Mill, Sawkill Center of Sustainable Food Systems, Kingston, NY, salary: $80,000 - $90,000
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Community Education Specialist, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alameda County, CA, salary: $23.90 - $31.80/hour
Farm Equity Advisor, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, salary: $9,234 - $10,488 per month
Farmers Market Program Manager, City of Boston Office of Food Justice, Boston, MA, salary: $58,000 - $81,000
Farmers of Color Network Coordinator, Rural Advancement Foundation International, Pittsboro, NC (hybrid), salary: $53,561
Food Access Manager, Capital Roots, Troy, NY, salary: $39,520
Food Access Specialist, New Orleans Food Policy Action Council, New Orleans, LA, salary: $45,000-$50,000
Food and Dining Reporter, NorthJersy.com, Gannett Co., Woodland Park, NJ,, salary: (not stated)
Food Hub Procurement Coordinator, Food Connects, Brattleboro, VT (hybrid), salary: $20/hour
Food Systems Program Manager, Hawai'i Public Health Institute, Honolulu, HI, salary: $65,000 - $75,000
FoodPrints Afterschool Teacher, FreshFarm, Washington DC, part-time, salary: $27 - $36/hour
Grant Writer, Women’s Environmental Institute, North Branch, MN (hybrid), part-time, temporary, salary: up to $40/hour
Grants Manager, ExtraFood, Marin, CA (hybrid), salary: $65,000 - $80,000
Houston Editor, Eater, Vox Media, Houston, TX (hybrid), temporary, salary: $70,000—$72,200
Human Rights Investigator, Fair Food Standards Council, Tampa, St. Pete, or Miami, FL (hybrid), salary: $55,764
Junior Supply Planner, Thrive Market, Los Angeles, CA or remote, salary: $64,000-66,000
Learning Manager, Congressional Hunger Center, Washington DC (hybrid), salary: $60,000
Marketing and Communications Manager, Alameda Community Food Bank, Oakland, CA (hybrid), salary: $108,400
Marketplace Coordinator, CookUnity, New York, NY, salary: $37,440—$39,520
NC Food Systems Program Director, North Carolina State Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Cherokee, NC, salary: (not stated)
Policy Associate - Values-Aligned Food Purchasing & Food Service, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington DC or remote, salary: $58,000 to $65,000
Product Designer, Square for Restaurants, Square, remote, salary: $129,300 - $185,900
Production Manager & Educator, UC Davis Student Farm, Davis, CA, salary: $59,727 - $87,930
Program and Operations Coordinator, Congressional Hunger Center, Washington DC (hybrid), salary: $55,000
Program Manager, Rethink Certified, Rethink Food, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $58,500 - $75,000
Project Manager, New Restaurant Openings, José Andrés Group, Washington DC, salary: (not stated)
Recipe Developer & Food Stylist, Teez Agency, Chatsworth, CA, part-time, contract, salary: $30/hour
Rome Food Tour Assistant Operations Manager, Eating Europe Food Tours, Rome, Italy (hybrid), salary: (not stated)
Section Editor, Food & Drink, Portland Monthly, Portland, OR, salary: $50,000 - $53,000
Senior Director, Climate and Agriculture Policy and Strategy, Meridian Institute, Washington DC (hybrid), salary: $157,560 – $212,706
Senior Social Media Manager, The Infatuation, remote, salary: $76,000 - $130,000
Senior Writer, New York City, The Infatuation, New York, NY, salary: $76,000 - $120,000.
Social Media Specialist, Taste the Local Difference Michigan, 30 – 35 hours per week, remote, salary: $34,000-$37,000
Special Programs Manager, Alamedia Community Food Bank, Oakland, CA (hybrid), salary: $98,300
Sustainability and Operations Network Weaver, Metro Food Justice Network, Twin Cities Metro Area, MN, part-time, 15 hours/week, salary: $45/hour
Texas Eats Editor, KSAT12, San Antonio, TX, salary: (not stated)
Various food service, culinary and administrative positions in Antarctica, Gana-A'Yoo, McMurdo, Palmer, and South Pole Stations, Antarctica, salary: (not stated)
Various Positions, Michigan State Center for Regional Food Systems & Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center is hiring for five new positions in East Lansing, MI, and Chicago, IL, hybrid, salary: $50,000 - $70,000
Visitor Service Associate, Museum of Food and Drink, New York, NY, part-time, salary: $22/hour
Fellowship
Emerson National Hunger Fellowship, Congressional Hunger Center. The Emerson Program is a fellowship designed to train, inspire, and sustain a network of leaders committed to ending hunger and poverty in the United States. The program’s unique two-placement structure bridges community-based efforts with national public policy to develop Hunger Fellows as effective anti-hunger/anti-poverty leaders. The stipend is a minimum of $48,000, and is based on cost of living in the location of field placements.
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-Barbara Rotger