Land Access Program Manager
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Land Access Program Manager leading RAFI’s USDA-funded land access program. Managing grants, partnerships, regranting, farmer support, and policy advocacy for just farm communities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead management and facilitation of RAFI’s land access project as the main point of communication
- Lead project conceptualization, execution, evaluation, and enhancement with RAFI’s internal Land Access Working Group and organizational leadership
- Manage and administer the USDA Gaining New Ground federal grant, including subawardee, financial, and budget management
- Supervise the Land Access Case Manager
- Manage external contractors and the land acquisition process
- Develop and evolve the project technical assistance strategy with land access project partners
- Recruit and work with an advisory committee to determine the structure for land access regranting programming
- Facilitate regranting programming with the Awards Manager
- Act as spokesperson for the program
- Co-develop and approve outgoing Land Access communications
- Represent RAFI in policy spaces as required
- Serve as formal liaison between the land access program and policy team
- Cultivate external relationships and partnerships
- Execute the vision and objectives of RAFI’s Gaining New Ground project
Requirements:
- Demonstrated successful program management experience
- Comfort working with non-English speaking stakeholders
- Comfort with or ability to learn about farm credit and finances
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Persistence, attention to detail, and follow-through
- Excellent relationship-building capacity
- Active learner and self-starter; ability to seek information independently, self-educate, and take initiative
- Ability or willingness to learn to work with remote staff
- Experience managing high-functioning teams
- Dedication to RAFI’s values
- Fluency in Spanish desired
- Federal grants management experience desired
- Experience with program evaluation and continuous improvement desired
- Experience working in Salesforce or another CRM desired
- Comfort with ambiguity and flexibility desired
- Applicants must be based in the southeast United States or Puerto Rico
- Authorization to work in the United States required
- RAFI does not sponsor work visas
- Resume, cover letter, and three professional references required, including one current or former supervisor
Benefits:
- Paid time off
- 401k
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Remote work
- Coworking space option for Triangle-region employees one day per week
- Salary rates based on a fair, clear, and transparent salary policy
- Professional development and training access under equal opportunity practices
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