Chicago Metro Farms Fund Specialist
About The Position
The Farms Fund is a first-of-its-kind national conservation program designed to buy and permanently protect threatened farmland around metropolitan areas while creating a patient path to affordable farmland ownership for next generation farmers. The program seeks to significantly increase the supply of healthy, locally grown food by supporting farmers with expanded land access. Farms Fund is an initiative of The Conservation Fund and continues a multi-decade long commitment to protecting working lands that generate conservation and economic value for local communities. We are seeking to hire a specialist to join a growing and innovative program which launched in Chicago in 2022. The specialist will serve an essential role in providing critical support for farmers in the Midwest Farms Fund program as they successfully scale up their farm businesses after gaining access to larger farm properties through the program. The specialist will work closely with multiple dynamic teams across TCF both locally and nationally. The position will be based in the eight-county metro Chicago region, with occasional travel to other Midwest states to support program growth is a flexible hybrid position with significant time expected in the field and office. This position supports the transition of farmers onto newly acquired farms, providing farm lease oversight; connecting the farmers with resources and technical assistance; and property management functions to ensure the on-farm infrastructure is serving the farmers' production and growth goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
