The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) invites applications for an Associate Director for Sustainable Food Economies (Academic Coordinator III) for the University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (UC SAREP). Apply by November 18, 2024.The Associate Director will provide statewide leadership and coordination supporting local and regional food systems in California, with a focus on economic opportunities for diverse farm and food businesses. The Associate Director will lead UC SAREP’s food systems programs and will direct the UC Master Food Preserver (MFP) Program, with guidance from the UC SAREP Director.
This position will be located either at the UC ANR facility in Davis, CA or the Hansen Research and Extension Center in Camarillo, CA. The Associate Director will support current food systems programs within UC SAREP, including education and technical support for food hubs, agritourism, and institutional procurement, and will pursue new opportunities to integrate statewide programming across the food supply chain, working collaboratively within an expanded statewide program. The Associate Director will coordinate efforts to increase sustainability within California food systems, such as by decreasing food waste, supporting food sovereignty, and increasing equitable access to healthy, sustainably produced foods for local communities, and will enhance support for a diversity of sustainable farm and food businesses involved in local and regional marketing, aggregation, transportation, processing, preservation, and procurement of crops and food products.
Closing Date: November 18, 2024
For more details and to apply, visit: https://ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jobnum=2898
(see application link at the end of posting and refer to position #24-10)
Potential applicants may contact Tatiana Avoce at tavoce@ucanr.edu with any questions about the application process.
Ruth Dahlquist-Willard, Ph.D.
Interim Director, UC SAREP
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