Career Opportunities from Practical Farmers of Iowa
Finance Assistant
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 finance assistant will review and process accounts payable transactions for the organization. This includes but is not limited to processing external financial transactions for payment to outside vendors and customers. The finance assistant will also prepare materials and information required for internal and external financial inquiries, including preparing and submitting 1099s for vendors and preparing weekly cash flow reports to share with the finance director.
Grants 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.
As the grants coordinator, you will play a key role in our success by supporting the administration of our diverse grant portfolio, which helps sustain our operating budget of over $11 million and encompasses a range of federal, state and foundation grants. In this role, you will maintain clean grants data and information, support staff through the grant application process and coordinate grant administration and reports.
Remote Sensing Data Coordinator
Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is seeking a data coordinator to develop remote sensing workflows for interpreting satellite imagery of farmland acres enrolled in our research and incentive programs. You will join a research effort studying how cover crops influence the resilience of Midwestern corn-soybean production systems. As part of the project, PFI wants to use satellite imagery to assess how variables such as cover crop growth and how frequently they are used in a field affect cash crop yield over time.
You will also help monitor cover crop acres supported by our incentive programs and create detailed maps and spatial analyses for reporting to farmers, funders and other interested parties. Furthermore, we anticipate opportunities for exploring innovative approaches to enhance data collection, processing and analysis techniques.
We expect this work to result in at least one peer-reviewed publication that you will author. We also expect you to contribute interpretations and data visualizations to public-facing research reports and user-friendly online dashboards.