IFAI’s job board is intended to be a resource for Native Americans and Alaska Natives interested in employment and internship opportunities that focus primarily on Indigenous food and agriculture policy and law. However, the job board is also open to other types of opportunities in the following:
- US Federal / State Departments and Agencies
- Federally Recognized Tribes and organizations
- Educational Institutions
- IFAI’s partner agencies, including members of the Native Farm Bill Coalition
Have a job you’d like to see added to the job board?
Email Joseph Damaso at jdamaso@uark.edu
(NOTE: Please include application submission deadlines with job postings.)
Federal Jobs
Director – Great American Outdoors Program Office
DOI: Office of the Secretary of Interior
Location: Washington, DC
Closing Date: October 9, 2023
Duties Include:
- Provides critical support to the senior leadership of the Department of Interior on sensitive issues and critical matters pertaining to all aspects of the implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act for the Department of Interior. Provides executive level advice, guidance, and support on all aspects of the implementation of critical facilities and infrastructure maintenance projects. Ensures funds are spent in accordance with the President’s objectives, to include funding is distributed in a prompt, fair, and reasonable manner.
- Oversees the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidance. Ensures policies, procedures and guidance advance and expedite critical facilities and infrastructure maintenance projects. Oversees gathering, compilation and preparation of data. Coordinates responses to questions, data and reports from Congress, OMB, the Department and other Federal agencies.
Management and Program Analyst
DOI: Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
Location: Remote
Closing Date: October 6, 2023
Duties Include:
- Serves in a senior role with broad responsibilities that include monitoring, tracking, and reporting on the BTFA Administrative Appeals Program.
- Coordinates case management and assignment to ensure appropriate staffing levels/skills mix and oversees Administrative Appeals Program docket calendar and tickler system to ensure regulatory and internal deadlines are met.
- Researches and drafts decisions in complex administrative appeals cases brought pursuant to 25 CFR part 2, Subpart H, compiles administrative records for use in litigation challenging BTFA decisions, as well as provides briefings and/or issue papers, talking points or reports.
Grants Management Specialist
DOI: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Location: Green Tree, PA
Closing Date: October 11, 2023
Duties Include:
- Serves as a Grants Management Specialist responsible for pre-award and post award functions in support of various financial assistance programs involving both discretionary and mandatory funding incorporating various legal authorities, and statutory requirements, with various recipients including non- profits, educational, local and state governments, and tribal entities.
- Performs/reviews detailed budget analysis of all applications to determine the necessity, reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed costs through verifying and evaluating data supporting each element of cost and may require the request and use of pre-award audits by a federal audit agency or an outside audit firm.
Food Inspector (Slaughter) – $5,000 Signing Bonus
USDA: Food Safety and Inspection Service
Location: Kuna, ID (Numerous vacancies across the country)
Closing Date: November 30, 2023
Duties Include:
- Entry-level Food Inspector positions filled through this announcement work in slaughter plants. Our Food Inspectors:
- Examine food animals in privately-owned meat or poultry plants.
- Perform their duties before and after slaughter, guaranteeing that the product is not contaminated.
- Maintain sanitation procedures.
Attorney Advisor (General)
USDA: Office of the General Counsel
Location: Washington, DC (2 vacancies)
Closing Date: October 1, 2023
Duties Include:
- Provide legal advice and counsel to agencies of the USDA.
- 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.
- Draft and review legal documents, including briefs, contracts, legal opinions, and agency documents.
Fisheries Biologist
USDA: Forest Service
Location: Multiple locations in Alaska – Anchorage, Cordova, Craig, and Girdwood
Closing Date: September 29, 2023
Duties Include:
- Classify habitat and determine stream conditions of fisheries.
- Gather and compile aquatic habitat and species data using all types of sampling equipment to determine fish habitat needs.
- Provide biological input into the fish habitat management program to assist in development of fishery management plans.
- Analyze data to recommend solutions to special issues or problems involving fishery resources and determine the need for fish habitat improvement projects.
State Jobs
Local Food Infrastructure and Supply Chains Specialist (Project)
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Location: Multiple Locations Statewide, WA
Closing Date: Continuous
Duties Include:
- Determines grant eligibility criteria, project timeline, outreach and engagement.
- Manges grant review and decision process.
- Monitors, evaluates and prepares reports on program progress and outcomes.
- Plans and designs supportive technical assistance for applicants and awardees.
Agri Program Manager
Arkansas Agriculture Department
Location: Little Rock, AR
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Provides general supervision of the work of a subordinate professional, para-professional, and administrative support staff by assigning and prioritizing work assignments, providing instructions, reviewing work performed, and evaluating employee performance.
- Monitors budgets and expenditures, provides approvals for transactions based on available budget and sponsoring agency restrictions, and monitors internal controls, procedures, and compliance issues for grants and/or contracts.
Tribal Jobs
Sustainability Science Manager
The Chickasaw Nation
Location: Norman, OK
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Support the Chickasaw Nation team’s mission of enhancing the overall quality of life of the Chickasaw people.
- Provide direct and ongoing project oversight, management, and problem solving in relation to defined South Central CASC initiatives.
- Develop and initiate projects that fall within the scope of protecting the Tribes land base and habitats.
Conservation Officer
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Location: Prior Lake, MN
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Responsible for providing public safety law enforcement services to the Community under the authority of SMSC resolutions, ordinances and Minnesota Statute.
- Works jointly with other neighboring law enforcement agencies, providing resource and recreation protection according to applicable statutes, regulations and policies.
- Protector of the Community’s Natural Resources including Land, Air, Water and Wildlife.
Shellfish Technician
Lummi Nation
Location: Bellingham, WA
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Maintain equipment throughout the Clam Plant building and ensure floating up-Weller systems are working properly
- Clean all up-Weller boxes, cylinders, and animals daily. Especially during warmer months.
- Clean and maintain FLUPSY Cylinders and equipment as needed.
Head Start Dine Language and Culture Specialist
Navajo Nation
Location: Shiprock, NM
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Collaboratively establishes a work relationship with School Readiness Coach and Language Immersion Managers to ensure the continuous implementation of Dine Culture and Language in professional development opportunities for NHS center staff.
- Reviews and determines appropriateness of teaching materials; ensures lessons and classroom activities provide a variety of instructional strategies and grouping practices that engage student in meeting federal, state and local standards; assures scheduled assessments, evaluation and data of program performance are conducted to strengthen and address concerns of student achievements, material needs and professional development needs.
Kalo Specialist – Part Time
Malama Kaua’i
Location: Moloaa and Lihue, HI
Closing Date: Open till Filled
Duties Include:
- Intaking products from kalo farmers at various points around the island
- Processing, packaging, and ensuring compliant storage of kalo products, including following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and food safety guidelines
- Ensuring proper storage and inventory management of kalo products
Partners Jobs
Associate Grants Compliance Officer
Native American Agriculture Fund
Location: Fayetteville, AR
Closing Date: October 25, 2023
Duties Include:
- Assists in monitoring all NAAF grant projects post-award compliance tasks. This includes quarterly update reports, annual and final reports, project goals and objectives, grant project budgets, and expenditures.
- Prepares weekly reports on grantee status.
- May be periodically asked to assist with special projects.
Intertribal Food Business Center Project Director
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Location: Billings, MT
Closing Date: Open Util Filled
Duties Include:
- The Project Director is responsible for creating, staffing and managing the workload associated with the National Intertribal Food Business Center collaboration, funded by support of the USDA.
- Work closely with an IAC Leadership team, consisting of upper management, other program directors, other staff members as needed, and key stakeholders to set priorities and goals for the Project through a collaborative decision-making process.
- Work with key partners to develop an inclusive process for bringing new and diverse partners, producers, and businesses into the Project.
Indigenous Communities Officer
Newman’s Own Foundation
Location: Flexible remote or hybrid
Closing Date: September 29, 2023
Duties Include:
- Build, manage, maintain, and oversee close relationships and partnership development with current and potential Indigenous communities grantee partners, as well as with funding and strategic partners and other key stakeholders who can support our grantees to advance their work and impact
- Manage and oversee grantmaking process for potential and current grantees, including application, selection, due diligence, grant disbursement, support, renewals, results management, and learning, all the while using best in class, open, transparent, fair, mutually accountable, and impact-oriented processes.
Program Officer
Akiptan
Location: Eagle Butt, SD or Remote
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Develops, coordinates and reports on programs, services, curriculums and grants. Maintain and update account records. Report on impacts made. Technical reading and writing, data analysis. Search for grant opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with other staff members. Ability to manage goals and follow plans.
- Work with all demographics of clients and provide training as necessary to program participants. Assists in building professional relationships and partnerships with the Executive Director.
Director / Senior Director, Public Policy
National WIC Association
Location: Washington, DC
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Serve on NWA’s leadership team and provide strategic guidance on public policy priorities
- Supervise staff on the public policy team, currently two direct reports
- Lead NWA’s public policy and advocacy efforts, ensuring that NWA is the leading voice on issues affecting WIC program administration and WIC participants
- Work with the President and CEO, NWA membership, and NWA Board of Directors in the development of the organization’s public policy agenda
Finance Specialist
Intertribal Agricultural Council
Location: Remote
Closing Date: Open Till Filled
Duties Include:
- Assisting Finance Director with general Financial Operations, such as:
- Reconciling financial statements and verifying data
- Researching discrepancies in financial records
- Year end audit
- Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions
Administrative Officer
AKIPTAN
Location: Eagle Butte, SD (possibility of remote)
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- In charge of assisting in all departments at Akiptan.
- The ideal candidate would be a highly organized and self motivated individual with problem solving skills to tackle administrative and clerical duties.
Senior Domestic Policy Advisor
BREAD for the World
Location: Washington, DC
Closing Date: Open until filled
Duties Include:
- Provide organizational leadership and policy expertise on U.S. food security, nutrition, and the root / structural causes of domestic hunger, and advise on policy advocacy strategies related to the U.S. federal government and administrative agencies.
Executive Assistant
InterTribal Buffalo Council
Location: Rapid City, SD
Closing Date: N/A
Duties Include:
- Responsible for managing the schedule and communications of the Executive Director and assisting with special projects.
- Has the day-to-day responsibility for managing the Executive Director’s reports, mailings, correspondence accuracy, and timeliness. The position may also be assigned other duties as deemed necessary.
Range and Infrastructure Specialist
InterTribal Buffalo Council
Location: Rapid City, SD
Closing Date: N/A
Duties Include:
- Member of the Technical Services Department.
- Will work from the office and also travel to ITBC Member Tribes to to provide support and recommendations to Tribal buffalo managers on matters relating to rangeland management and infrastructure development.
Education Jobs
Assistant Professor (Practice)
Oregon State University
Location: Various Locations (3 Positions)
Closing Date: October 9, 2023 (Full Consideration); October 16, 2023 (Closing Date)
Duties Include:
- Provides non-formal education on forestry and natural resource issues to a wide range of audiences. “Non-formal” refers to off-campus, non-credit learning opportunities such as workshops, field trips, property tours, and demonstrations, as well as indoor presentations, narrative communications such as blog posts and other social media, videos, and articles.
- Commonly engage a broad spectrum of youth through teacher professional development or directly through outdoor schools, camps, and other youth events. Educational topics could include sustaining forest health, wildlife habitats, and forest productivity through subjects such as forest ecology, silviculture, wildfire preparedness, reforestation, forest restoration, water resources, climate change, bioenergy, and collaborative conservation and recreation.
Extension Educator – Food Business Center Coordinator, Agricultural & Applied Economics
University of Wyoming
Location: Laramie, WY (Eligible for Remote Work)
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Develop short-term member responsibilities Memo of Understanding (MOU) for team reference.
- Coordinate local food business activities with the University of Wyoming GrowinG Internship Program and Central Wyoming College’s Grow Your Own: Food, Jobs and Community initiatives.
- Lead development and implementation of a state-wide action guide and campaign for local food promotion.
Land Grant Program Manager
Navajo Technical University
Location: Crownpoint, NM
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Research and review USDA and other federal, state, tribal and local agricultural program grant announcements for funding of land grant programming including community outreach projects, education projects, research projects, and for funding the LGP Manager position and other positions within the NTU Land Grant Department.
- Develops new funding or grant streams of revenue.
- Develop concepts and write grant proposals for possible funding under identified grant opportunities.
CARES Act Accounting Specialist
Northwest Indian College
Location: Bellingham, WA (Main Campus)
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Process all CARES Act funded PRs and verify accuracy of CARES/HEERF account numbers, description, amounts and approvals; and source documentation.
- Provide assistance to employees that have questions regarding work orders questions and requirements.
- Assist as necessary with the working relationships with vendors.
Coordinator Farm Operations
Oklahoma State University
Location: Stillwater, OK
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Duties Include:
- Supervise and evaluate Managers of the department’s Farm Shop and Feed Mill.
- Conduct Animal and Farm Support Units Managers meetings at least quarterly or as often as needed.
- Develop position descriptions and conduct interviews to fill vacant Manager and staff positions at the Farm Shop and Feed Mill.
- Ensure all Animal and Farm Support Unit personnel receive effective training in safety and department, division, and university guidelines, policies, and procedures.
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