Corporate Counsel, Tyson Foods

Tyson’s People Law Group is seeking to add new team members to their growing in-house counsel global employment and labor law practice group. This position is responsible for managing labor and employment law matters and for advising in-house business clients. Candidates must be able to minimize and retire employment and labor law risk in a strategic, yet cost-effective manner. Candidates should be familiar with standard legal concepts practices and procedures. Candidates must be able to work collaboratively with other legal staff members and Tyson’s Human Resources team. This position will periodically counsel members of senior management, and the candidate must exhibit the competence and professionalism needed to earn the trust of members of the company’s management team.

For more information, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3336094064/?refId=bkqvEoreirHw9cMfVKV5FQ%3D%3D&trackingId=VCR5W5q9i1nvmkuDlbiRsQ%3D%3D

Government Relations Manager, UNFI

UNFI is North America's Premier food wholesaler.  The purpose of the Government Relations Manager is to help lead a growing Government & Public Relations team responsible for UNFI’s engagement with key influencers at state capitols and at the federal level on issues related to the food retail and wholesale sector including climate change and sustainability, food safety, trade, transportation, labor, nutrition, and many other topics. The Manager of Government & Public Relations should be an experienced professional with an eagerness to work to build UNFI’s presence with government officials and advance our mission. 

For more information, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3296393392

Regulatory Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services - FDA

This position is located in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulations and Policy in which the incumbent will serve as the Regulatory Counsel, ensuring that regulations and policies developed in the assigned areas are consistent with statutory requirements and existing policy.

For more information, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/684032600

Public Justice Foundation, Food Project - Senior Attorney

Public Justice is seeking to hire a litigator with at least eight years of relevant experience for a Senior Attorney position in our Food Project. Public Justice is a public interest legal advocacy organization that takes on the biggest systemic threats to justice of our time—abusive corporate power and predatory practices, the assault on civil rights and liberties, and the destruction of the earth’s sustainability. The Food Project at Public Justice works to dismantle the current corporate-controlled exploitative food system and support a movement to achieve our vision of a food system that is both sustainable and equitable. 

The Food Project Senior Attorney will work across legal areas to lead and develop new cutting-edge legal theories to hold corporations and the government accountable for their abuse. The attorney should be prepared to develop new legal theories in areas such as worker justice, consumer rights, and/or environmental law and think holistically about how to reform food industries. The ideal candidate will be an experienced, top-notch litigator with experience organizing or working closely with organizers.

To Apply: Interested candidates should submit a:

· Cover letter that conveys why you are drawn to the Food Project’s mission and the objectives of this position and how your experience fits with those objectives.
· Resume.
· Law school transcript (official or unofficial).
· Contact information for three references.
· Writing sample, preferably a legal brief unedited or only lightly edited by another, including a cover sheet explaining the extent of editing by someone else.

Your application should consist of two electronic files: (1) your cover letter, resume, transcript, and references in a single .pdf file; and (2) a writing sample in another .pdf file. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials by December 1, 2022, at which point applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please submit both files to staffattorney@publicjustice.net with the subject line: “FP Senior Attorney.” For more information, please visit our website at www.publicjustice.ne, or to learn more about the Food Project, visit https://food.publicjustice.net/

USDA Associate General Counsel Position

This position is designed as a SES, Career-Reserved. USDA structures its SES positions into position levels. This is a position level two with a salary range of $181,001 to $192,900 per year. Exceptions to the salary cap may be considered in certain circumstances. SES employees are also eligible to receive bonuses and performance-based awards.

This position is responsible for the management and supervision of the Marketing, Regulatory and Food Safety Programs Division which provides a full range of legal services to various USDA agencies. Legal services include the drafting and review of legislation, regulations, and other documents, prosecuting and defending Federal court and administrative litigation, and providing formal and informal legal advice.

To learn more visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/683608200

External Affairs Director at The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is seeking an MN, ND, SD External Affairs Director (EAD) to develop, lead, and implement strategies to achieve the Conservancy’s goals of tackling climate change and protecting biodiversity through interaction with federal, state, local and tribal governments, multilateral agencies and non-profit organizations. 

The EAD works closely with TNC conservation and climate staff to further the work of the Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota Chapter of The Nature Conservancy by focusing on policy, practice, and funding initiatives that provide opportunities and impact TNC’s conservation and climate programs. The EAD identifies conservation and climate policy and funding opportunities, evaluates the potential for strategic partnerships, and develops and implements strategies at a large scale. The EAD will liaise with counterparts across the global organization to provide and extract useful lessons and experience and to coordinate on joint policy/practice approaches.

For more information: https://careers.nature.org/psc/tnccareers/APPLICANT/APPL/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=1&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=52251&PostingSeq=1&PortalActualURL=https%3a%2f%2fcareers.nature.org%2fpsc%2ftnccareers%2fAPPLICANT%2fAPPL%2fc%2fHRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL%3fPage%3dHRS_APP_JBPST_FL%26Action%3dU%26SiteId%3d1%26FOCUS%3dApplicant%26JobOpeningId%3d52251%26PostingSeq%3d1&PortalRegistryName=APPLICANT&PortalServletURI=https%3a%2f%2fcareers.nature.org%2fpsp%2ftnccareers%2f&PortalURI=https%3a%2f%2fcareers.nature.org%2fpsc%2ftnccareers%2f&PortalHostNode=APPL&NoCrumbs=yes&PortalKeyStruct=yes&

USDA Attorney Advisor (General)

The GS-11 Attorney Advisor (General) position, in Washington D.C. will be published on 10/13/2022 through 11/07/2022. The announcement can be accessed by clicking the link below:

 

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/682455300

Duties for this position include: 

• Provide legal advice and counsel to agencies of the USDA especially on administrative law and natural resources law questions.
• Serve as liaison between agencies of the USDA and the Department of Justice in litigation concerning USDA programs.
• Represent agencies of the USDA in formal administrative adjudication.
• Conduct legal research on issues relating to uses of National Forest System lands and on related NEPA, NFMA, and ESA questions.
• Draft and review legal documents, including proposed legislation, regulations, Congressional reports, briefs, deeds, contracts, legal opinions, and agency documents.
• Serve as NRED's liaison on legislative affairs matters, including Congressional requests for technical assistance and legislative drafting as well as interagency review of proposed statutes, regulations, and Congressional reports.
• Work closely with Departmental and agency legislative affairs staffs to coordinate responses to requests from Congressional committees and member staffs on issues affecting the Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 2023 2L/3L Spring Diversity Food + Beverage Law Clerk

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is offering a paid, school-term law clerk position to a diverse 2L/3L student to work with their Food + Beverage team for the Spring 2023 Term. This is a remote position with the potential to travel to one of the DWT offices at some point during the clerkship.  The online application site opens on October 3, 2022. Applications must be received by 11:59 PST on October 31, 2022. 

Their Food + Beverage team provides legal services to leading-edge food, beverage, and agriculture businesses. 

For more information, go to: https://careers.dwt.com/2l-3l-spring-2023-food-beverage-law-clerk/job/20608679 

Attorney: Food and Beverage Business

Bachoco OK Foods is seeking a junior level Attorney for our Fort Smith, AR location.

Summary: The Attorney will provide legal advice and counsel to OK Foods employees across a broad range of legal issues and assist with dispute and litigation matters.

For more information, go to https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3291085535/?trk=li_appcast_Global_careers_jobsgtm_a0160782-10a6-4092-96d2-54d99e41d665_job-dist&utm_medium=jobdist&mcid=6849804387301376001&utm_source=appcast&ePP=CwEAAAGDyo8vpZW5sOP3-Su2NqWqQReZF00bpDDk5uAw9bhkSWwvFuJD84c2LPvBRguv0Lp30mp87k9z3Sjd9-9gtl81TWISZV_fAIW7Zg&ccuid=42023950857

 

 

Policy Analyst: OECD

Policy Analysts- Regulatory policies on Food fortification (Job Number:15622)

Application Closing Date: 13-10-2022, 4:59:00 PM

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives. Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.  Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and creating jobs to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion, we provide a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies and international standard-setting.  Here is a link to additional information: https://oecd.taleo.net/careersection/ext/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=15622

 

Legal Specialist Attorney Positions: Packers and Stockyards Act (Colorado, Georgia, Iowa or DC)

 USDA AMS has posted a job announcement for three Legal Specialists, with possible duty locations in Aurora, CO, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, and Des Moines, IA . The USA Jobs announcement is number is DE-11596301-22-FT and the control number is 670330600.  The announcement is open from September 23, 2022 through October 7, 2022. 

These positions involve competition, fair practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act. 

Here is a link for the announcement - https://www.usajobs.gov/job/670330600