An well organized person to coordinate institutional partners, growers and related activities for the Real Food Campaign. This position will be involved in contacting and organizing data from 150+ grower partners contributing data to a national food and soil quality project (realfoodcampaign.org), support collaboration across the growing RFC team, and build relationships with major institutional partners bringing additional sample sources to the project.
Lots of the following fit you…
In a perfect world you would also…
But most importantly, you can… Organize complex tasks with lots of human interaction to get time sensitive work done on time!
Our Sci works with the Bionutrient Food Association to implement the Real Food Campaign. The goal of the RFC is to increase transparency of nutrient density in the food supply and ultimately support growers to improve the nutrient density of the food they produce.
A major portion of the RFC is a large-scale observational study, sampling soil and produce from the fields of 1000s of growers across the US and France to better understand the amount of variation in nutrient density and its causes (management, variety, climate, etc.). Now in its 4th year, the project needs additional project management and coordination capacity. We expect to collect samples from 150+ farmers (grower partners) as well as from large institutional partners who have large farm networks and from citizen scientists collecting data in stores and farmers markets.
This position will support all coordination activities (meetings, task lists, timelines) across the RFC, support onboarding Grower partners, and help build relationships with Institutional partners. These activities are critical to the growth and success of the RFC.
We are a small startup passionate about supporting community-driven science and we are building a fully open source future to provide that support. We also think that only through radical collaboration can we achieve our goals, that’s why we are active in the RFC, GOSH, GOAT and OpenTEAM communities. If you see part of your mission to shift the world towards transparency and ‘free as in freedom’ thinking around technology and data, we may be a good fit!
As a supporter of communities, we also recognize the importance diversity plays in understanding and reflecting the needs of those we serve. We also all personally enjoy working with colleagues who have wide ranging life experiences and appreciate the opportunity that affords all of us to learn and grow. As such, we are committed to prioritizing diversity within our organization.
Full time. Rate commensurate with experience and background.
We are located in Ann Arbor MI, but applicants can work remotely with occasional visits (after initial visit + training, then once per year). US and International applicants all welcome!
Our Sci is seeking a collaborative web developer to work with developers, designers, project managers and clients to build web applications. Responsibilities include writing and debugging code in Javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, and VueJS and converting designs / sketches into HTML / CSS (design skills a big plus). Additional skills not required but welcome!
Our Sci supports the development of research capacity in communities through software, hardware, and training. Using SurveyStack.io, our communities can flexibly collect, share, and visualize data in a way not possible through other services. SurveyStack allows users to code directly in JS within their surveys to create visualizations and manipulate data to provide real-time feedback to support their research goals.
While this is a junior position, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we’re passionate about and is looking for a long-term position with us.
We are a small startup passionate about supporting community-driven science and we are building a fully open source future to provide that support. We also think that only through radical collaboration can we achieve our goals, that’s why we are active in the GOSH and GOAT and OpenTEAM communities. If you feel programming is a means to an end in shifting the world towards transparency and ‘free as in freedom’ thinking, we may be a good fit!
As a supporter of communities, we also recognize the importance diversity plays in understanding and reflecting the needs of those we serve. We also all personally enjoy working with colleagues who have wide ranging life experiences and appreciate the opportunity that affords all of us to learn and grow. As such, we are committed to prioritizing diversity within our organization.
You definitely have…
Additional skills welcome!
You’ll mostly be…
But most importantly, you can… Quickly and efficiently communicate throughout the development process with the team and the partners to get the job done on time and on spec!
Starting at ¾ time initially, ideally becoming full time within 3 – 6 months. Rate commensurate with experience and background.
We are located in Ann Arbor MI, but applicants work remotely with occasional visits if needed. US and International applicants all welcome!
Send resumes to admin@our-sci.net. Please:
Once we have selected applicants, we may do some additional paired programming sessions or more in-depth interviews as next steps.
