Employment Opportunities
Course Facilitator (four positions)
Published: August 14, 2025
Application Deadline: September 14, 2025
Location: Remote in California, Texas, Arizona/New Mexico, Utah/Nevada
Compensation: $5,500.00 per cohort
The Organic Agronomy Training Service (OATS) seeks to hire facilitators for four (4) cohorts of the Organic Field Crop Course - a training program for advisors, consultants, agronomists, and agricultural professionals on the art and science of organic field crop production. The cohorts will be focused in four regions: California, Texas, Arizona/New Mexico, and Utah/Nevada. Applicants may apply to facilitate one or multiple of these four planned cohorts. The facilitator will serve as the main point of contact for the course participants, organize and host six 2-hour live sessions on Zoom, and monitor participant progress through self-paced online materials. The live sessions will be held over a 12-week period beginning in late-November/early-December 2025.
Organization
OATS is a collaboratively managed, programmatically independent consortium of universities, NGOs, and industry representatives who envision a future where families, farms, and ecosystems are viable, healthy, and resilient. Our mission is to train agricultural professionals in the practices and principles of organic crop production so that every farmer has access to science-based agronomic support. OATS is fiscally sponsored by the Organic Trade Association.
Our training programs focus on agricultural professionals who serve farmers on the organic spectrum, from considering, through transition, and maintaining certification. These professionals include agronomists, Certified Crop Advisors, agri-business and retail service, independent consultants, and university extension educators.
More information about OATS can be found at www.organicagronomy.org.
Contact Information
Mallory Krieger, OATS National Program Director - mallory@organicagronomy.org