Public Justice Food Project Attorney Openings

 Public Justice is hiring a litigator with at least eight years of relevant experience for a Senior Attorney position in their Food Project. For more information visit: https://food.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/2022.10-FINAL-Food-Project-Senior-Attorney-Announcement.pdf

Public Justice is also hiring a litigator for a Staff Attorney position in our Food Project. For more information on this position visit: https://food.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/2023.01.17-Food-Project-Staff-Attorney-Announcement-005.pdf

USDA Office of the General Counsel Positions

 USDA's Office of the General Counsel (OGC) has several open positions for attorneys. 

There are multiple openings in OGC's Mountain Region Offices: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/701710300

There are also openings for Attorney Advisors in several locations: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/701570400 

California Agricultural Land Protection Policy and Program Manager, American Farmland Trust

 American Farmland Trust (AFT) is looking for a California Agricultural Land Protection Policy and Program Manager to represent AFT's state policy agenda to protect agricultural land to legislative and administrative leaders. This position will coordinate the newly formed Alliance for California Agricultural Land, support AFT’s National Agricultural Land Network (NALN), and help build the capacity of agricultural land trusts in the state. For more information visit: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1470715/American-Farmland-Trust/California-Agricultural-Land-Protection-Policy-and-Program-Manager 

Mercy for Animals - Regulatory Affairs Manager, U.S.

Mercy for Animals currently seeks a regulatory affairs manager to join their U.S. government affairs and public policy team. In this role you will innovate and execute regulatory affairs strategies that drive the development of a more just and sustainable food system. You will do so by identifying strategic opportunities for regulatory and administrative reforms at the state and federal levels of U.S. government; analyzing regulatory policies and assessing opportunities for impact; and authoring cogent petitions for rulemaking, white papers, public comments, and other technical written work products. 

For more information, visit: https://mercyforanimals.org/job/j4776250/

Mercy for Animals - State Policy Advisor, U.S.

This job posting will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on January 16, 2023. 

Mercy For Animals aims to end industrial animal agriculture by constructing a just and sustainable food system. Mercy For Animals is seeking a state policy advisor to join their U.S. government affairs and public policy team. In this role you will help research, draft, and advance legislation and other policies that remove animals from the food system and reduce suffering for animals used for food. You will assist the state policy manager in developing strategies that further the mission and objectives of Mercy For Animals’ public policy priorities.

For more information, visit: https://mercyforanimals.org/job/j4776229/

USDA - Associate General Counsel

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. 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.

For more information, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/698171200

Supervisory Agricultural Marketing Specialist - USDA

The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) oversees the dynamic, growing organic industry. This federal program that develops and enforces the organic standards to continually strengthen trust in the USDA organic seal has a big impact on farmers, businesses and consumers.

We are recruiting an Assistant Director for the Accreditation Division, the group that manages the NOP's oversight of accredited certifiers around the world. This is a great opportunity for an experienced organic program manager!

For more information, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/695323400