Thought Leadership and Partnerships Advisor

Core responsibilities:

• Supporting and coordinating key projects to advance thought leadership priorities for the organization, including coordinating with external co-authors to finalize, submit, and promote academic research papers on pandemic risk, antimicrobial resistance, and conservation.
• Collaborating with internal and external partners to plan virtual and in-person convenings and presentations on alternative proteins as a high impact intervention to mitigate climate change, promote conservation, and meet global health goals.
• Reviewing and synthesizing important external reports, articles, and studies to support internal GFI decision-making, strategy, and communications.
• Orchestrating and/or participating in stakeholder meetings with or at the direction of the President, including with policymakers, philanthropic foundations, NGOs, and other individuals or organizations.

This role advances alternative proteins as a key intervention to mitigate the harms caused by industrial animal agriculture, including climate change, biodiversity loss, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic risk, and global hunger, helping to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 3 years of related experience, ideally in policy, strategy, or operations work.
• Exemplary written and oral communication skills and interpersonal savvy.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational aptitude (capacity to juggle multiple projects simultaneously with transparent project management).
• Experience, skill, and comfort collaborating, and delegating responsibilities upwards, laterally, and to external stakeholders.
• Strong support for GFI's philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest (and ideally direct work or academic experience) in plant-based & other alt proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, or hunger relief.

Compensation and position details:

• Pay Rate: $52/hour to be paid weekly
• Position type: Part-time, exempt, temporary
• Position term: 24 hours/week for 26 weeks
• Remote work location
• Fair hiring process using third-party anonymizing tool
• Inclusive work environment absent of discrimination and harassment

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals by advancing plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated meat as essential solutions to meet climate, global health, food security, and biodiversity goals.