Application deadline extended! Two positions open to support the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Application deadline extended! Two positions open to support the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center

The application deadline for two positions that will support the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center has been extended to 11:55pm EST on Sunday, February 11, 2024.

The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS) is the lead organization for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center, with network coordinators in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin (more information about the Center can be found below).

To support the goals of this Center, CRFS is hiring new positions in early 2024. These positions will add needed person-power and skills to build its capacity to connect available resources to food and farm business entrepreneurs. The deadline has been extended for the following dynamic positions:

Business Builder Grant Program Manager

The Business Builder Grant Program Manager will work with regional network coordinators to develop and manage an equitable regranting program for food and farm business entrepreneurs, manage business portfolios in Salesforce, and supervise the Grants Assistance Specialist.

Apply here

Grants Assistance Specialist

The Grants Assistance Specialist will provide grant writing support, training, and other capacity building opportunities for food and farm business entrepreneurs and other stakeholders across the region (IL, IN, MI, and WI).

Apply here

These positions are designated remote-friendly, with some travel required. Application materials must be submitted through the careers.msu.edu website.

Deadline to apply is 11:55pm ET on Sunday, February 11, 2024.

If you have questions about the positions or search process, you may contact Colleen Matts at matts@msu.edu.

About the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center

The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center is dedicated to offering coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building opportunities for small- to mid-sized historically marginalized food and farm business entrepreneurs in support of a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food system. Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (MI) coordinates the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center that is comprised of network coordinators – Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL), Northwest Indiana Food Council (IN), Food Finance Institute of the University of Wisconsin System (WI), and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems – who seek to take a transformational, rather than transactional, approach.

Learn more at glm-rfbc.msu.edu

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Support for the Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center comes from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service Regional Food Business Centers Program. The 12 USDA Regional Food Business Centers support all 50 U.S. States and Territories, and are inclusive of all types of agricultural products produced locally or regionally.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Read the USDA Non-Discrimination Statement here.

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The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (CRFS) unites the knowledge of diverse food systems stakeholders with that of MSU faculty and staff to advance regionally-rooted food systems through applied research, education, and outreach. Our work fosters a thriving economy, equity, and sustainability for Michigan, the nation, and the planet by increasing understanding of and engagement with systems that produce food that is healthy, green, fair, and affordable.

Learn more at foodsystems.msu.edu