Career Opportunities
ISAP posts job opportunities from our partnership members and other organizations relevant to our mission. Please click on the job title to view the description of the current job opportunity. If no opportunities are available, please check back later. Thank you for your interest in working to protect the environment and agriculture in Illinois!
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Executive Director
The Executive Director is key to carrying out the mission and goals of AISWCD and ensuring it has the resources needed to achieve its vision. The Executive Director role is divided between three primary responsibilities: Organizational management, advocacy, and member district and partner engagement.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interested parties are encouraged to apply early. To apply, send the following to current Executive Director Grant Hammer at grant.hammer@aiswcd.org with only AISWCD SEARCH and YOUR NAME in the subject line. Additionally, please include the following:
• A cover letter that speaks to the applicant’s core competencies and qualifications outlined above, and
• Current resume
Midwest Farmland Coordinator
The Farmland Coordinator plays a critical role in administrative responsibilities. As an integral part of the Midwest team, the Farmland Coordinator will support the Midwest Farmland Protection Manager with the Wisconsin Farmland Protection Partnership and growing Wisconsin programming by coordinating diverse groups of partners and programs, focusing on farmland protection, land access, and land transfer.
Midwest Solar Specialist
Reporting to the Midwest Regional Director, the Midwest Solar Specialist works across regional and national programs to help set and implement AFT’s strategy at the intersection of solar energy generation and farmland conservation (Solar), primarily focusing on Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. The Specialist will be an integral part of a rapidly growing team across AFT working on Smart Solar Siting with the support of National and Regional experts. The Specialist will also collaborate and coordinate with other staff to help ensure that AFT’s programming in the Midwest is funded, strategic, synergistic, efficiently delivered, well-received, and impactful while supporting AFT’s smart solar siting efforts in other regions of the country.
Marketing Project Coordinator
Are you a problem-solver who likes checking tasks off your list? Do you enjoy collaborating with others and moving projects from start to finish? Practical Farmers of Iowa wants to talk to you! We’re looking for a marketing project coordinator to join our marketing and communications team.
As a nonprofit organization with more than 6,000 members, PFI equips farmers to build a more regenerative agriculture. We create learning opportunities via farmer-led events, on-farm research and educational content through our robust network of farmers. We also provide financial support and technical assistance to help farmers adopt regenerative farming practices and grow farm businesses. Our vision is an Iowa with healthy soil, healthy food, clean air, clean water, resilient farms and vibrant communities.
As PFI’s marketing project coordinator, you’ll support the marketing department by managing marketing projects and providing administrative and logistics support.
You’ll work closely with the marketing team and other staff to manage marketing projects – creating and carrying out plans, serving as the go-to liaison between marketing and other staff, regularly communicating about project progress, tracking budgets and timelines and generally keeping projects moving forward. Marketing projects may include social media, websites, podcasts, blogs, email marketing and email newsletters, advertising, graphic design services (flyers, printed publications, postcards, etc.) and earned media.
Conference and Events Coordinator
Practical Farmers of Iowa is a nonprofit organization that has worked to equip farmers to build resilient farms and communities since 1985. We create learning opportunities via farmer-led events, on-farm research and educational content through our robust network of farmers. We also provide funding and technical assistance to help farmers adopt regenerative farming practices and grow farm businesses. Our vision is an Iowa with healthy soil, healthy food, clean air, clean water, resilient farms and vibrant communities.
The farmer-led education department is a collaborative, dynamic team that stewards a diverse network of farmers and creates opportunities and platforms for farmers to share their knowledge and experiences with one another. As a team, the farmer-led education department organizes over 200 education opportunities each year, including 40-plus field days, a webinar series, workshops, peer-group meet-ups, socials, and conferences. With the farmer-led education senior manager, this position will provide leadership, coordination and planning for PFI’s annual conference, which welcomes over 1,000 attendees and 60-plus sessions each year.
Administrative Coordinator
The Coles County Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking an Administrative Coordinator to create and implement effective workflows as a vital member of the SWCD team and in accordance with the goals set by the Coles County SWCD Board of Directors.