Current Openings
Development Manager – Remote Position
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is seeking a skilled fundraiser, development professional, and grant writer to play a critical role in managing and growing RIPE’s foundation grants portfolio, including research, grant writing and reporting, prospecting new opportunities for institutional support. We seek a self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with experience in the climate, agriculture, and/or rural economic development funding landscape. If you are excited to use your expertise as part of a small but mighty team working to achieve ambitious U.S. climate and sustainable agriculture policy with bipartisan support, this is the opportunity for you.
View the full position description here.
Priority will be given to applications received by July 23rd. We hope to fill this position soon, so applications will be considered and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails. Please include “Development Manager” in the subject line of your email applications. To apply, please email your resume, cover letter, and salary range expectations to: Careers@RipeRoadmap.org. We provide a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent medical and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy. This position is remote. Team meetings will be held in Eastern Standard time zone.
Policy & Research Fellowship (remote 9-month position)
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is seeking a skilled researcher with experience in public policy research. Fellows will gain experience with environmental policy design, economic analysis, stakeholder engagement, and political projections in a variety of fields including: climate, water, sustainable agriculture, ecosystem services, and agricultural economics. If you are analytically talented and a proactive researcher interested in bipartisan climate policy, this is the opportunity for you.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to Careers@RipeRoadmap.org as soon as possible and no later than August 16, 2021, with the subject line “Research Fellow Application.” Please include information about your availability (days of the week, work hours). Applications will be reviewed and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Opportunities will be offered to preferred candidates until all positions are filled. Due to the high volume of applicants, we do not respond to all candidates.
Agricultural Outreach Fellowship (remote 9-month position)
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is seeking a skilled researcher with experience in public policy research. This fellow will gain experience with constituency building through research, outreach, and partnership development. They will also be steeped in an organization focused on topics including: climate, water, sustainable agriculture, ecosystem services, and agricultural economics. If you are talented, proactive, and interested in learning the ins and outs of building support for a small but mighty nonprofit, this is the opportunity for you.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to Careers@RipeRoadmap.org as soon as possible and no later than August 16, 2021, with the subject line “Research Fellow Application.” Please include information about your availability (days of the week, work hours). Applications will be reviewed and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Opportunities will be offered to preferred candidates until all positions are filled. Due to the high volume of applicants, we do not respond to all candidates.