UN FAO - Hiring Legal Specialist on the Right to Adequate Food (Home-Based)

The Legal Office of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations provides legal advisory services to governments on food and agriculture and natural resources (including land, water, fisheries and aquaculture, plants, animals, food, forestry, wildlife, environment, climate change and biodiversity), as well as general agricultural issues (institutions, trade, & economic reform). It ensures that FAO's activities are carried out in accordance with its Constitution and the other Basic Texts of the Organization, consistent with its status as an intergovernmental organization of the United Nations system, and its relations with governments, organizations, and individuals are based on a sound legal basis. 

The FAO is currently hiring for a Legal Specialist on the Right to Adequate Food. That role will be responsible for:

• Leading and supporting awareness-raising and capacity building activities to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to advocate for, propose, enact, and implement legislation on the right to adequate food
• Contributing to legal drafting support on constitutional amendments, framework laws, and sectoral laws relevant for the realization of the right to adequate food
• Researching, collecting, and analyzing legal frameworks for the realization of the right to adequate food and documenting experiences from different parts of the globe
• Identifying synergies between sectoral areas that have an impact on the realization of the right to adequate food of all, paying particular attention to groups or person in a situation of vulnerability, especially women and youth 

Act quickly! Applications close November 22, 2024. Apply here: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2403426&tz=GMT-06%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago 

Bayer - Hiring State Regulatory Engagement in Chesterfield, Missouri

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and agriculture. They design our products and services to help tackle some of the world's biggest challenges, and to serve the most essential human needs of health and nutrition. 

Bayer is currently searching for State Regulatory Engagement to lead the overall BCS U.S. state regulatory engagement strategy to promote and defend license to operate in all U.S. state and territories across all platforms, to include Crop Protection, Seed Applied Solutions, Seeds & Traits, and Biologicals. In this role, you will build and maintain effective and trusting relationships with US State regulatory authorities, to understand key emerging issues, and set engagement strategies. You will also be responsible for engagement with State Lead Agencies. Additionally, you will be accountable to ensure issues are analyzed, manages, and timely communicated to key internal stakeholders all for the purpose of timely regulatory registrations across the states. 

Click here to apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4063895069/?alternateChannel=search&refId=OuAZTcXb6JKVhKj8ktFqFg%3D%3D&trackingId=xBEoOgGx4UrWhC2x71a%2BBA%3D%3D 

Florida Legislature Now Hiring Attorney for Commerce Committee in Tallahassee, Florida

The Florida Legislature is currently searching for an Attorney for the Commerce Committee in Tallahassee, Florida. This position will focus on issues related to agriculture, agricultural products, aquaculture, food safety, fruits and vegetables, livestock, pesticides, the animal industry, and the plant industry. The Attorney will conduct legal research related to assigned topics and issues; analyze legislation, draft bills, amendments, analyses of bills, and other documents; and provide counsel and advice to legislators and legislative committees. 

Click here to apply and learn more: https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/4729350-0/legislative-analyst-attorney-commerce-committee

Conterra Ag Capital - Hiring Associate Counsel in Des Moines, Iowa

Conterra Ag Capital is an ag lending institution that focuses exclusively on agriculture. They provide loan servicing, alternative lending and asset management to institutional investors, banks, farmers, ranchers and other agricultural lenders throughout the United States. 

Conterra Ag Capital, a growing agricultural lending and asset management company located in West Des Moines and serving agricultural producers nationwide, is seeking an Associate Counsel to join its Legal Department. The Associate Counsel will report to Senior Counsel and work closely with a team of attorneys, closers, and services to document, close, and service commercial agriculture loans oriented across the country. The Associate Counsel will also support the performance, representation, direction, and oversight of assigned legal and compliance activities for Conterra and its subsidiaries/affiliates. Ideal candidates will have a working knowledge of ag real estate and/or commercial lending. 

Click here to learn more: https://www.conterraag.com/ag-careers/ag-careers-associate-counsel/ 

Maryland Sea Grant State Science Policy Fellowship

Maryland is a leader in addressing climate change with a comprehensive program for mitigation and adaptation. The current goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and an intent for net zero by 2045. This goal is complemented by ongoing programs for coastal resilience, adaptation to more intense storms, more severe floods, extensive droughts and heat waves. These state-wide efforts are guided by the Maryland Commission on Climate Change (MCCC). 

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences is currently searching for a Science Policy Fellow. The Science Policy Fellow, working with experts within the University System of Maryland (USM) and Second Nature, will lead the development of a report describing conceptual pathways for the UMCES to achieve net zero. In addition, the Fellow will collaborate with experts across USM to develop recommendations for tracking progress, sharing knowledges across the USM institutions and documenting practices that could be adopted by other organizations in Maryland and beyond. The Science Policy Fellow will staff and participate in the MCCC Science and Technical Working Group (STWG) meetings as well as attend MCCC meetings. The Fellow will be able to participate in any STWG activity that suits their background and professional interests. 

Applications are due December 16, 2024. Click here to apply!

Maryland Office of the Attorney General - Agricultural Antitrust Fellow

The Antitrust Division at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General is responsible for enforcing the Maryland Antitrust Act as well as the federal antitrust laws where there is a significant impact in Maryland. The Division investigated and pursues enforcement actions against potentially anticompetitive mergers and other conduct that might violate civil and criminal antitrust laws. Division attorneys represent the state of Maryland in national and local antitrust matters that have a direct and/or indirect impact on Marylanders and also advise state agencies on issues of immunity from antitrust laws.

The Maryland OAG is currently hiring an Agricultural Antitrust Fellow will focus on the state of Maryland and prioritize efforts to investigate and understand agricultural and retail food competition issues, with a focus on urban and rural areas throughout the state. The Fellow will work closely with the Assistant Attorneys General in the Division to bring enforcement actions where warranted. 

Applications close on November 26, 2024. Click here to apply!

New Mexico State University - Hiring Extension Specialist/Agricultural Legal & Policy Specialist!

The New Mexico State University Department of Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources is committed to providing the citizens of New Mexico with research based, practical and applied educational programming that meet the demands New Mexico has in the agricultural and natural resource communities. The Extension Animal Science and Natural Resources department provides educational information to the public, on public land policy, grazing management, brush and weed control, riparian management, livestock and dairy production and wildlife management. 

NMSU is searching for a dynamic individual to serve as an innovative and collaborative extension specialist in the Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources Department (EASNR) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES). The Legal and Policy Specialist would conduct analysis and provide professional interpretation on federal, state, and county statutes and policies influencing agriculture and natural resources in New Mexico. As a member of the Cooperative Extension Service, the Legal and Policy Specialist would be teaching and providing scholarly programs beyond the classroom to a broad diversity of New Mexico citizens and stakeholders. The position would not have a formal teaching appointment but would be available to guest lecture in the classroom. 

Click here to learn more about the job and apply: https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/extension-specialist-agricultural-legal-policy-specialist-las-cruces-new-mexico-united-states 

USDA - International Affairs, Food Assistance, and Farm and Rural Programs Hiring Attorney Advisor (General) in D.C. & Pennsylvania!

The International Affairs, Food Assistance, and Farm and Rural Programs Division is responsible for the legal advice for the activities supervised by the Under Secretaries for Rural Development; Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; and Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, and some programs under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). This division works on a wide variety of programs including: the National School Lunch Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Foreign Agricultural Service International Trade and Donation Programs, the Federal Crop Insurance Program, the CCC Commodity Programs, and various loan, guaranteed loan and grant programs for Farm Service Agency, Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural Utilities Service. 

The duties of the Attorney Advisors are:

• Acting as in-house counsel in litigation of cases and appeals in Federal Civil and Bankruptcy Courts
• Providing written and oral legal advice to USDA officials in connection with the day-to-day operations of their programs 
• Conducting legal research to ensure that advice provided is based upon a sounds understanding of the law and facts
• Advising on commercial transaction matters involving secured property interests and other real estate issues for USDA agencies
• Recommending actions to ensure that decisions made, and actions taken are practical, effective, and legally sound and defensible
• Reviewing and preparing various kinds of legal documents for general and specific use, including documents related to contracts, real property transactions, and other commercial transactions

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