Student Leadership Scholarships

 

PG County Soil Conservation District Position

 

Overview of Position The Soil Conservation & Water Quality Planner will provide Soil Conservation & Water Quality Plans (SCWQPs) and conservation technical assistance to farmers in Prince George’s County. The Planner will work with Prince George’s Soil Conservation District (District) staff, the Department of the Environment, and partners, to develop SCWQPs for the County’s Climate-Smart Local Producers Program, funded through United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition, the Planner will work with staff from the District, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), to complete SCWQPs and Concept Conservation Plans through funding from a National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Technical Assistance Grant. ### Read More Here

Virtual Climate Career Fair

 

Virtual Climate Career Fair Helping People and the Planet: Climate Jobs in the Federal Government  Thursday, May 16 • 5:30 p.m. EDT

Register today

Are you interested in addressing climate change challenges as part of your professional career? join us at our upcoming virtual career fair, "Helping People and the Planet: Climate Jobs in the Federal Government."  You'll hear from a prime selection of federal agencies about current job opportunities and how you can make a difference on this important issue. Learn how climate change is a growing priority for the federal government.

When Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:30-8 p.m. EDT

Where Virtual event. Login details will be provided upon registration.

Save your spot

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Eric Feldman at EFeldman@ourpublicservice.org.

Policy and Advocacy Intern

 Organizational Background

The mission of the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) is to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. OFRF envisions a future where organic farming is the leading form of agriculture. Our goal is to broaden access to and involvement in our programs; working toward greater equity in our food and agriculture systems overall. Since its founding in 1990, OFRF has sponsored organic farming research, education, and outreach to support organic and transitioning farmers across North America. This work is complemented by efforts to share our findings with policy makers, agricultural institutions, and federal agencies to support broader change and advance the organic sector. 

Position Overview

The Organic Farming Research Foundation is seeking a temporary remote intern to work a minimum of 150 hours over 12 or more weeks during the Summer 2024 semester. Candidates located close to Washington, D.C. are preferred, but it is not required for this position.

The Policy and Advocacy Intern will help in both developing and implementing OFRF’s advocacy strategies related to the Congressional Appropriations process, the Farm Bill, and agency engagement. All of these strategies are intended to support OFRF’s ultimate mission of expanding and improving the organic method of production. This internship may be altered depending on the candidate’s background and interests. The Policy and Advocacy Intern reports to the Senior Policy and Programs Manager.

OFRF supports historically underserved and represented students that are interested in exploring career pathways in the organic industry through paid internships and encourages all candidates to apply.

Compensation

You will receive a minimum stipend of $2,500 for at least 150 hours of work over a 12+ week period. You will be paid bi-weekly. Interns are not eligible for benefits.

To Apply

Submit your complete packet with “Policy & Advocacy Intern” in the subject line via email to gordon@ofrf.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. 

• A resume outlining your skills and experience
• Either a one-page cover letter stating your interest and qualifications OR writing sample with limited review/editing by others

Please visit www.ofrf.org to learn more.

OFRF is an equal opportunity employer. Just as in the natural world where diversity creates resilience and strength, we believe a diverse workplace is crucial to the success of our organization and our efforts to support organic farmers. We strive to create a safe and supportive office culture and workplace that encourages racial and social equity. OFRF has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind, and we encourage all qualified applicants to apply no matter their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status.

Conservation Legacy Weed Warrior Program at National Capital Parks--East

Hello, everyone! Great-sounding internship opportunity with the Conservation Legacy Weed Warrior Program at National Capital Parks--East! This is a year-long opportunity, not just the summer, but if it fits in for you, it would be a great opportunity to be exposed to lots of different elements of public parks work. Might be a good fit for one of our May grads! Deadline is May 8.

National Capital Parks – East (NACE), in partnership with Stewards individual Placements (Stewards), seeks an individual for a term as a Weed Warrior, focusing on invasive plant removal within the NACE park units and parkways.

This 52-week position is housed within the Resource Management Division at National Capital Parks-East’s (NACE) central office. The intern will learn from and work directly with the park’s Resource Management and Partnership Volunteer and Youth divisions, as well as the regional Invasive Plant Management Team (IPMT). The intern will also have an opportunity to present and interface with the senior management team on specific projects and accomplishments. The position will require becoming familiar with the Resource Management and Volunteers-In-Parks programs and the many sites within NACE. The scope of work will largely focus on creating and building up the Weed Warrior program, volunteer event planning and organization, community engagement, and scoping and mapping of invasive species. 

For more information, please visit:https://jobs.silkroad.com/ConservationLegacy/Careers/jobs/5157

Apply to be on the E-Board for RESTORE!

 RESTORE is a low commitment environmental service based organization on campus with deep ties to and supported by the department of environmental science and technology. We welcome all students, regardless of major, and would love to have YOU on our executive board for the next year!! 

RESTORE hosts one main event in the fall, Bags4Bagels, and one main event in the spring, Cotton Candy at MD day. Additionally, we engage with other environmentally minded organizations on campus to host different events and participate in campus clean ups. There is one general body meeting at the beginning of the semester. 

Here is the GOOGLE FORM to apply! 

APPLY BY MONDAY MAY 4TH TO BE CONSIDERED. 

Below you will find a brief description for each of the positions, please email Anushka Tandon at atandon1@terpmail.umd.edu with any questions or concerns! 

President: 

   - Make sure all of the terplink information is updated and we are in good standing with SORC and SGA
   - Lead the initiatives: plan the E-board meeting and General Body Meeting. Make the slides.
   - Spearhead each event and ensure everyone knows what they need to do for a successful event
   - Be the face of RESTORE: email people back through the gmail on behalf of the organization 

Vice President

   - Make sure the president is staying on track and filling their responsibilities. 
   - Remind the president of deadlines and assist as needed and requested.
   - Help ensure clear communication amongst general body members and E-board members.

  Personal Relations (PR)

   - Design the fliers for each event. Do so 2 weeks before so that we can get them approved by the rest of the E-board to print out and put them in the hallway and advertise our events. 
   - Once an event is established and the flier is designed and finalized, send to the rest of eboard. VP or Pres will then send it out to ENST faculty and agnr admin to send out in larger listservs 

Treasurer

    - Maintain the bank account
   - Determine what we can and cannot afford for each event 
   - Ensure people that need to be refunded get refunded
   - Manage the Venmo (tbd)

  Ag Council Rep

   - Attend bi-weekly AG Council meetings and represent RESTORE. Share what our events are with the council and other representatives. Take notes if needed.

   - Communicate AGNR-wide events and logistics to the rest of E-board (ex: tell E-board about the halloween bash and what is expected of us, or opportunities to table, etc) 

Volunteer Coordinator 

   - Assist everyone else on the team as needed. 

   - Take initiative to seek out opportunities for the organization to get involved on and off campus in a meaningful way. report back to the E-board. 

Education Specialist, Food Growing

 About the Organization

It is an exciting time at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) as we continue to undertake our mission. We know that creating long-term solutions to food security requires more than meals. It requires education, training, and collaboration. We are seeking people with strong ideas and a passion to come together to address the complex interrelated issues of food security, poverty, and equity. We are expanding in multiple ways: providing food for today and addressing the root causes of hunger by partnering with organizations that provide critical services like job training programs, health care and education. Food has the power to transform lives and move everyone forward. Find out how on our website at capitalareafoodbank.org. Let us discuss how food is at the center of everyone's healthy life!

Description

The Food Growing Education Specialist maintains, executes, and develops educational programming for the CAFB’s food growing spaces, including its Urban Demonstration Garden. The Urban Demonstration Garden is an on-site, half-acre, hands-on educational space that helps build knowledge around wellness, nutrition, and food growing for the food bank’s partners, clients, and the general public. The garden spaces (indoor and outdoor) and Urban Food Studio are used in tandem to show how to grow food in an urban setting, highlighting low-cost gardening techniques.

The Food Growing Education Specialist is responsible for managing all food-growing activities, including the gardening education curriculum, garden maintenance and planning, the garden volunteer program, and any associated grants. The Specialist serves as the primary organizational representative for food growing internally and externally but has opportunities to contribute more broadly to the food bank as a member of the Nutrition Education Department.

Essential Functions:

Manage and execute all garden maintenance operations of CAFB’s garden spaces (60%):

• Grow, harvest, distribute fresh produce from the garden through food growing, nutrition education, and CAFB programming
• Responsible for all day-to-day and seasonal garden and outdoor kitchen operations, planning and schedules- mulching, soil amendments, seed starting, planting crop rotation, weeding, etc.
• Responsible for all garden expenses and budget tracking, including funding for partner support and utilizing grants
• Manage food growing and nutrition education interns for garden assistance and program support
• Implement food waste diversion practices and sustainable gardening, practicing waste reduction through composting and educational programming
• Direct individual volunteers and volunteer groups efficiently for operational support; lead multiple shifts of volunteers weekly during growing season (April-Nov)
• Identify and organize day-to-day and seasonal and long-term volunteer opportunities
• Coordination across CAFB to host staff, volunteers, students, donors, partners, and other groups of interest in garden and outdoor kitchen space

Develop and implement all food growing educational programming and resource support to grow food in an urban setting and expand garden opportunities (40%)

• Direct and implement all nutrition-based garden education & food preparation field trips for students, K-12 and college level visits
• Design and provide educational workshops, open to public & targeted for specific groups such a food pantry partners, at CAFB, at partner sites upon request for services, in-person and virtually
• Program evaluation, tracking, reporting, and research on best practices for nutrition-based garden education in line with CAFB mission
• Support for partner gardens: consultation visits, education, coordination and distribution of resources such as seeds, seed packets, nutrition education and garden education
• Identify and support new garden programming opportunities for CAFB, including at the new NOVA site, write project estimates and proposals
• Collaborate across departments to provide and expand opportunities for garden engagement in line with broader CAFB mission: Volunteers, Operations, CLC, Marketing, Fundraising Development, NOVA, and more
• Initiate and strengthen professional, beneficial relationships with local gardens, non-profits, clubs, agricultural organizations, schools, contractors and vendors, donors, partner organizations, and groups of interest
• Participate in local garden and nutrition events on and off site, presenting internally and externally to different groups of interest
• Assist with performance data review (financial, grant, and activity reports) to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress, and activity levels
• Data entry (when necessary)
• Other duties as assigned
  

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Associate’s degree in food growing, agriculture or related field.
• Minimum of three years’ experience growing organic fruits and vegetables or two-year professional experience managing a large urban farm or garden. Including succession planting, pest management and healthy soil management.
• Experience developing evidenced-based educational programming and education for various populations
• Experience working with underserved community members with diverse backgrounds as well as school-aged children
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Experience and competency with various data management systems
• Mastery of Microsoft Office programs

COMPETENCIES

• Experience teaching and creating educational materials.
• Experience and expertise in managing volunteers/volunteer groups and/or interns.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and leadership skills ability to interact with food assistance organizations, clients, volunteers, and donors of all ages, from all walks of life.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable speaking in front of groups, including school-aged children.
• Ability to work independently while also engaging in collaborative, team-based work.
• Highly adaptable and creative.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, ability to prioritize and set boundaries.
• Physical ability to do heavy outdoor labor in all weather conditions.
• Experience constructing and maintaining garden facilities, including raised beds and drip irrigation.
• Working knowledge and experience using power tools including but not limited to power drills, circular saws; competent in basic carpentry skills in order to build, maintain or fix garden features
• Ability to drive to different sites throughout the DC, Maryland, Virginia regions.
• Detail-orientated with ability to perform basic data analysis.
• Project management experience, including budgeting and evaluation, preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish), preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to lift/carry 30 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This position’s main office will be the DC office in NE, Washington DC
• This position requires the ability to work outdoors in all seasons.
• This position may require occasional Saturday work.
• Ability to travel to our Lorton VA office and partner sites throughout the DMV

REPORTING:

Senior Nutrition Education Manager

SCHEDULE:

Normal working hours are 9am to 5pm Monday - Friday; Saturdays as needed.

COMPENSATION:

Compensation is $52,700 to $58,500/annually

NOTE:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

WE OFFER:

Competitive compensation and benefits * free onsite parking and complimentary shuttle to metro * professional development, growth, and volunteer opportunities * fun work in a diverse environment

Paid On-Campus Internship: Urban Ecosystem Ecology Lab

The undergraduate assistant will work with PhD students and the PI in conducting field sampling and lab analysis of plant and soil samples taken from local stormwater green infrastructure. They will learn protocols to determine physical, nutrient, and biological properties and processes that support ecosystem services. The assistant will also work with a suite of automated apparatus for measuring soil hydrologic properties and contribute to the development of laboratory workflows and protocols. The position would include a mix of field sampling and lab analysis and data entry. Previous experience in lab-based soil and ecosystem analyses is a plus but not necessary. The student must show a demonstrated work ethic, attention to detail, a willingness to learn, and stick to a regular work schedule for field sampling.

Pay rate will start at $15/hour with a need for 15-30 hours availability per week – funding is available for this summer, with potential for extension into the fall. Opportunities include learning research protocols and professional development with mentoring from graduate students, post-docs, and Dr. Pavao-Zuckerman. 

 

Applications should be emailed to Dr. Mitch Pavao-Zuckerman mpzucker@umd.edu. The applications should include an updated resume, a brief cover letter that explains your relevant experience and interest for that position and a schedule detailing the general proposed blocks of time (Monday – Friday from 8am to 6pm) that you would be able to work during the summer.

National Young Farmers Coalition Development Associate

The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success. Since our founding in 2010, we have grown our grassroots network to over 200,000 individuals and partner organizations. We give young farmers tools to become leaders in their communities, building an effective political voice at the local, state, and national level. Together, we tackle the most critical structural and economic barriers that prevent motivated young people from starting and growing successful farm businesses—including access to affordable farmland, student debt, climate change, healthcare, racial inequities, and more. We have won historic investments in beginning farmer training, outreach to farmers of color, and farmland conservation. Our advocacy for a USDA Farm Service Agency microloan resulted in a loan program in every county that has served more than 30,000 farmers. 

Young Farmers seeks a Development Associate to support the Development team in administering and managing fundraising processes. You will help steward our fundraising operations by maintaining the Development calendar, donation portal, donor database, and project management tools (Classy, Salesforce, and Asana). Your contributions to our direct fundraising will include supporting prospecting research and processes, engaging a portfolio of mid-level donors, and maintaining peer-to-peer campaigns. Finally, you will provide direct support to our team’s fundraising efforts by logging all revenue and ensuring donor data is accurate, compiling organizational data for grant submissions and reports, creating templates, coordinating submissions, monitoring emails, and liaising with operations staff. 

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Disclaimer: Part-time and full-time positions require legal authorization to work in the United States.

You will receive an email confirmation when your application has been submitted and no further action is needed. The team will reach out to you directly if your application is selected to move forward in the process. Email jobs@youngfarmers.org with any questions.

In alignment with our commitment to racial equity, the right candidate for this role will be excited at the challenge of adopting community-centered fundraising practices and developing systems for accompliceship and accountability. 

Title: Development Associate

Salary: $57,680 plus benefits

Reports to: Associate Development Director

Status: Full Time

Location: Remote, U.S. Based Home Office– Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Start date: July 2024

Responsibilities:

Development Support (40%)

• Supports the Development Team in creating templates and initial drafts for grant proposals and reporting, and compiling data from campaigns teams.

• Supports the Development Team in compiling and submitting administrative data for external reports and platforms. (i.e. Guidestar profile)

• Support the prospecting process to research new funders and assign outreach tasks as directed.

• Provide administrative support to the Development team including scheduling meetings, helping prepare for meetings (including creating meeting briefing documents), updating salesforce with notes and interactions, drafting correspondence, and preparing documents.

• Supports fiscally sponsored chapters with their fundraising process, including coordinating grant submission support with the National Organizing team and assisting with chapter fundraising page logistics as needed.

• Monitors the donorsupport@youngfarmers.org email and directs inquiries as needed.

• Manages our donation platform, Classy, and coordinates with the Operations team and contractors for improvements and changes.

• Maintains development calendar and leads on communicating monthly development activities to staff.

Data and Grants Management (30%)

• Logs revenue including ACH and checks in Salesforce and processes acknowledgment letters, creates weekly contribution reports, and monthly revenue reports for milestone tracking.

• Generate customized lists for email engagement, mailings, and other outreach.

• Ensure the accuracy of data and performs routine data assessments and reporting for analysis and respond to inquiries from program staff.

• Inputs current and prospective grants and funder tasks and deliverables using salesforce and project management system (Asana) including grant information, reporting requirements, and funder engagement.

• Supports government grant reporting process (quarterly, annually) in coordination with the Grants Manager and program teams. 

Individual Giving Support (18%)

• Support individual giving campaigns through drafting donor communications and direct donor engagement.

• Assist Associate Development Director in planning and execution of fundraising events and peer-to-peer individual giving campaigns.

• Maintains outreach, engagement, and stewardship of a portfolio of donors giving up to $1,000/year.

• Supports peer-to-peer giving outreach and engagement and oversees peer-to-peer fundraising pages.

Operations Liaisons (2%)

• Ensure appropriate use of all staff software on the team.

• Participate in quarterly Operations Liaisons meetings as a representative for the team.

• Submit and manage the status of operations support requests on behalf of your team.

General Staff Responsibilities (10%)

• Serve as a contributing team member who willingly supports organizational efforts in alignment with the strategic plan and models the organizational values.

• All staff admin: individually complete time cards and expense reports on time, attend weekly staff calls, supervisory meetings, team meetings, staff retreats, and other staff social spaces, and participate in providing feedback and implementation of annual processes. 

 

Qualifications

This could be the right position for you if you can demonstrate the following:

• A commitment to social justice and the ability to apply your racial equity analysis and intersectional approach to fundraising processes and donor engagement.

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, stay organized, and complete work within due dates. 

• Ability to self-start and proactively manage routine job processes. 

• Ability to support a team with fundraising administration and process-related tasks.

• Ability to work in collaboration with other teams.

• Experience using customer relationship management databases such as Salesforce.

• Experience with logging, compiling, and ensuring the accuracy of data.

The ideal candidate may also have: 

• Experience providing fundraising process support to a non-profit organization.

• Experience working fully remotely. 

• Ability to troubleshoot ad hoc technology-related issues.

• Experience with planning and/or executing peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

• Experience managing grants including government and foundation grants.

• Experience working on a farm or ranch and/or rooted in the agricultural community.

• Experience with donor outreach and engagement.

• Knowledge of community-centered fundraising principles.

• The ability to participate in fostering a warm and welcoming remote work environment that values honesty, creativity, humor, justice, and responsiveness.

Schedule and Compensation

• Regular full-time exempt employees work 40 hours per week including a one (1) hour paid lunch break each day. 

• The current salary for this role is $57,680 in accordance with our 2024 Salary Guidelines. 

• Young Farmers offers a competitive benefits package, health, vision and dental insurance, generous paid time off, paid sick days, personal days, paid family leave, and retirement matching.   

 

How to Apply

Apply by 9am (ET) / 6am (PT) on May 28, 2024 using the form at www.youngfarmers.org/about/jobs/ to be considered for an interview. Applications without both a cover letter and resume will be considered incomplete. 

 The job post is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing every activity, duty or responsibility that is required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change slightly or be added depending on the needs of the organization.