Grassroots Director – National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is seeking an experienced, strategic and collaborative grassroots leader to support and empower our 130+ member grassroots coalition. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to serving the sustainable agriculture movement and its federal policy work, skilled in grassroots campaign strategies and collaborate long-term power building approaches, an exemplary manager, and have demonstrated experience centering equity and justice in their work.

The Grassroots Director plans and implements winning campaigns to: build grassroots power, achieve NSAC's policy goals, and advance racial equity in agriculture and food systems. They also support capacity building efforts for coalition members, collaborate on communications and messaging, staff the Grassroots Council, and manage the grassroots team. The Grassroots Director shares in the leadership of the organization with the Coalition Director, to whom the Grassroots Director reports, along with the Policy Director. The Grassroots Director is a full-time, salaried position based in the Washington, DC office.

Applications will be accepted through April 3, 2020. All persons interested in being considered for the position must submit a resume, a recent writing sample, a cover letter highlighting their experience and skills relevant to the listed qualifications, and up to 3 references (whom NSAC will not contact until after a final interview). If you match 75% of the listed qualifications, you are encouraged to apply.

The required and preferred qualifications, along with salary and benefit information, can be found here.