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NESAWG Executive Director
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG), convenes farm and food systems leaders, practitioners, and advocates across 12 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. With over 500 participating organizations and thousands of individuals, our purpose is to harness the power that exists in our multi-sector regional network to catalyze meaningful change toward a sustainable and just food system. We foster peer-learning, information-sharing, collaboration, communication and public policy advocacy. Throughout all aspects of our programs and organizational operations, we strive to center equity and racial justice, an ongoing and evolving process. We are also dedicated to transitioning NESAWG to a less hierarchical organization that practices collective leadership and utilizes consent-based decision-making. We are a fiscally-sponsored project of the Tides Center. Learn more at nesawg.org.
NESAWG is seeking an Executive Director to lead our organization and steward our mission, vision, and goals into the next phase of our organizational development. This dynamic and humble leader will ensure the intentional prioritization and centering of economic and racial justice in our work and practices, while cultivating and maintaining our role as convenor of Northeast farm and food systems practitioners. The ideal candidate will have significant leadership, fundraising, and organizational management experience, and possess a deep commitment to the work necessary to fully understand and address food system inequity. They will be a passionate advocate for NESAWG and the staff and demonstrate enthusiasm for shared/collective models of leadership. Specific job duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and application instructions are below.
The Deadline is Oct. 15 at midinght.