Current Openings
Program Assistant – Remote Position, Option for Washington, D.C., Office
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented program assistant to support the executive team in administrative and program work. If you are excited to be part of a rapidly growing, small but mighty team working to achieve ambitious national bipartisan policy that supports agricultural producers’ economic and environmental sustainability, this is the opportunity for you. RIPE is a startup organization in the process of securing independent nonprofit status. This position will serve as a supporting role in a wide range of functions, so it will be an excellent learning opportunity for someone interested in career growth and development in the nonprofit sector. The successful candidate will display initiative, confidence, creativity and a strong ability to juggle multiple work streams and tasks while keeping all balls in the air.
Please apply by submitting a resume and cover letter to careers@RIPEroadmap.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. We expect to begin interviews in February. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails. In your cover letter, please describe your experience and your interest in RIPE’s mission. Please include “Program Assistant” in the subject line and include your salary range expectations in the body of the message.
Finance and Operations Manager/Director – Remote Position
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented financial and administrative professional to play a critical role in managing and supporting RIPE’s day-to-day operations. If you are excited to use your operational expertise as part of a small but mighty team working to achieve ambitious national bipartisan policy that supports agricultural producers’ economic and environmental sustainability, this is the opportunity for you. RIPE is a startup organization that is in the process of securing independent nonprofit status. We are rapidly growing and in need of talented support to establish and manage our operational systems.
Please apply by submitting your resume and cover letter to careers@RIPEroadmap.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. We expect to begin interviews in January. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails. In your cover letter, please describe your experience and your interest in RIPE’s mission. Please include “Operations Manager/Director” in the email subject line and include your salary range expectations in the body of the message. Final title and compensation package to be determined based on experience.
Southeastern and Equity Farm Outreach Coordinator – Remote Position, Preference Given to Candidates in Georgia
The Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is hiring an agricultural outreach professional to engage farmers, ranchers, livestock producers and agricultural associations to support a federal policy that invests in farmers and the environment. RIPE is a producer-led nonprofit advancing a voluntary stewardship program that provides a reasonable return to farmers as part of a national climate policy. This position will focus on outreach to farmers in Southeastern states, including farmers of color, to ensure historically disenfranchised farmers are included in all stages of the program design and implementation.
RIPE seeks a self-motivated and experienced agricultural outreach specialist to coordinate and manage outreach, base-building, training, education and leadership development among farmers and ranchers in the Southeastern United States. The coordinator will engage growers to build awareness of and support for a groundbreaking and timely approach to federal climate legislation that delivers a win for farmers, ranchers and the environment. If you are excited to engage and mobilize growers in the Southern U.S. to secure a much-deserved profit opportunity from American climate policy, this is the opportunity for you.
Hiring priority is for those based in Georgia, but we are willing to consider exceptional candidates based in other areas of the Southeast.
Please apply by submitting your resume, cover letter and salary expectations to Agricultural Outreach Director Jamie Powers at jpowers@RIPEroadmap.org.
In your cover letter, please describe your experience working with farmers and/or agricultural associations, what you learned from those experiences and your approach to agricultural outreach generally. Please include “Southeastern and Equity Farm Outreach Coordinator” in the email subject line.
Please apply by Jan. 23, 2022. Although we will accept applications after this deadline, applications will be considered on a rolling basis with preference given to those received before Jan 23. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails.
RIPE is also seeking to hire for a few contract, part-time positions in other parts of the country on a rolling basis. If you are interested in those, please send a cover letter and resume with a subject line “Outreach Contractor.”