Compassion in World Farming (USA) · 9 hours ago
US Research Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
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Responsibilities
Develop new and update current science-based technical resources for Compassion's US Food Business team to facilitate the adoption of higher farm animal welfare practices, regenerative farming, and/or shifts to more plant-forward diets in North America (50%), and Global team as needed (15%)
Produce a variety of new technical resources, including case studies, implementation guides, certification matrices, roadmaps for change, vendor surveys, infographics, and presentations on the welfare of US dairy cattle, beef cattle, fish, and/or regenerative farming, and/or plant-forward eating that lend credibility to the US Food Business program and enhance our knowledge transfer.
Work with the Senior Research Manager to oversee external research projects or data collection needed to support case studies. This may include developing experimental designs, performing data collection and subsequent analyses, collaborating with external research partners, and organizing and writing summary reports of any farm/site visits.
Collaborate with Compassion's communications and digital teams on media and visual assets related to launch of new resources, as needed. This outreach may include crafting emails and website copy, and overseeing subsequent correspondence with companies, industry, or media.
Maintain current US technical resources to ensure these assets remain up to date for regular use by the US Food Business team and ensure global alignment with positions from the CIWF research team.
Provide technical support to US Food Business Managers in their regular company engagement - including, but not limited to, answer technical queries from companies, assist in the preparation of technical meetings, join those meetings when required, attend farm visits, and subsequently write farm visit reports.
Proofreading materials from US office requiring technical oversight, including website copy, media responses, campaign materials, fundraising appeals, and compliance reports.
Maintain an indexed suite of US technical resources on the US Food Business webpages and in an internal central location allowing easy access for US team members.
Support the US Corporate Compliance Manager on the production of US compliance reports.
Lead the update of new US consumer guidance tools in collaboration with the US Campaigns team. This will include redesigning the US compassionate food guide into an easy-to-use resource to facilitate more engagement by US consumers.
Work as an industry liaison for Compassion by maintaining a relevant network of US producers, industry groups, and external researchers to foster collaborative and trusted partnerships that help to facilitate Compassion's mission and build internal knowledge capacity.
Represent Compassion in a wide range of formats, including academic conferences, industry meetings, webinars, and workshops, and with other NGOs.
Disseminate our recommendations and promote best practices through speaking opportunities at key industry and academic events.
Contribute to build technical capacity within the Food Business team by arranging or delivering internal training sessions outside of pigs and poultry, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, and fish.
Contribute to build technical capacity with corporate partners by developing and delivering training sessions in support of Food Business Manager engagement when required.
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Develop new and update current science-based technical resources for Compassion's US Food Business team to facilitate the adoption of higher farm animal welfare practices, regenerative farming, and/or shifts to more plant-forward diets in North America (50%), and Global team as needed (15%)
Produce a variety of new technical resources, including case studies, implementation guides, certification matrices, roadmaps for change, vendor surveys, infographics, and presentations on the welfare of US dairy cattle, beef cattle, fish, and/or regenerative farming, and/or plant-forward eating that lend credibility to the US Food Business program and enhance our knowledge transfer.
Work with the Senior Research Manager to oversee external research projects or data collection needed to support case studies. This may include developing experimental designs, performing data collection and subsequent analyses, collaborating with external research partners, and organizing and writing summary reports of any farm/site visits.
Collaborate with Compassion's communications and digital teams on media and visual assets related to launch of new resources, as needed. This outreach may include crafting emails and website copy, and overseeing subsequent correspondence with companies, industry, or media.
Maintain current US technical resources to ensure these assets remain up to date for regular use by the US Food Business team and ensure global alignment with positions from the CIWF research team.
Provide technical support to Compassion's US Food Business, Campaigns, and Fundraising teams (15%)
Provide technical support to US Food Business Managers in their regular company engagement - including, but not limited to, answer technical queries from companies, assist in the preparation of technical meetings, join those meetings when required, attend farm visits, and subsequently write farm visit reports.
Proofreading materials from US office requiring technical oversight, including website copy, media responses, campaign materials, fundraising appeals, and compliance reports.
Maintain an indexed suite of US technical resources on the US Food Business webpages and in an internal central location allowing easy access for US team members.
Support the US Corporate Compliance Manager on the production of US compliance reports.
Lead the update of new US consumer guidance tools in collaboration with the US Campaigns team. This will include redesigning the US compassionate food guide into an easy-to-use resource to facilitate more engagement by US consumers.
Represent Compassion in a variety of external forums - focused on fostering US producer and industry relationships (10%)
Work as an industry liaison for Compassion by maintaining a relevant network of US producers, industry groups, and external researchers to foster collaborative and trusted partnerships that help to facilitate Compassion's mission and build internal knowledge capacity.
Represent Compassion in a wide range of formats, including academic conferences, industry meetings, webinars, and workshops, and with other NGOs.
Disseminate our recommendations and promote best practices through speaking opportunities at key industry and academic events.
Build Compassion's technical capacity internally and with US corporate partners (10%)
Contribute to build technical capacity within the Food Business team by arranging or delivering internal training sessions outside of pigs and poultry, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, and fish.
Contribute to build technical capacity with corporate partners by developing and delivering training sessions in support of Food Business Manager engagement when required.
Company
Compassion in World Farming (USA)
Compassion in World Farming was founded in 1967 in England by a British farmer who became horrified by the development of intensive factory farming.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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