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<div dir="ltr"><span id="ms-outlook-ios-cursor"></span>An exciting new position at the Department of Agriculture! Please share with your networks. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 13, 2023 10:54:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sam Blomquist <sblomquist@prosperamt.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> MT Dept of Ag hiring food & ag development specialist</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Exciting position with the Montana Dept of Agriculture. Will be working to build a more resilient, diverse, and competitive food
system in MT. Please share! </span></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">The Montana Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for our </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#260F8F">Food
& Agriculture Development Specialist</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">. The first review of candidates will be June 19, 2023.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#260F8F">Job Overview:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">The Food & Agriculture Development Specialist will report to and receive guidance from the Agricultural Finance, Trade & Development
Bureau Chief, the Regional Food Business Center Montana Steering Committee, and other state committees with programmatic oversight. The position will be the primary lead for both the
<a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/local-regional/rfbcp" originalsrc="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/local-regional/rfbcp" shash="ogNY8QHQESWKy2NeiA52lEw5+fgmnvFBvtvPz0Kl0RGHL1OYl3fzPj7jUrCzga0lvucod8jnpOzjeis588UHItsGemBDoKYfEY0yFN3VzhYkm28JzkbvsBpfqRw2QB+XWVkVu0x363wOCBP8HNeQULbZZUIRxivgAXJnCCzFob4=">
Regional Food Business Center program (RFBC)</a> and the <a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/rfsi#:~:text=The%20purpose%20of%20the%20Resilient,and%20new%20and%20safe%20job" originalsrc="https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/rfsi#:~:text=The%20purpose%20of%20the%20Resilient,and%20new%20and%20safe%20job" shash="m8+c3SRTPN6+dzU8geqwO2hwcwi5+I/n0n6AhL7HtReYv+3LKpSnM1WkbFUdjUKZUAEkcfVCmm2xpoa7UuXfgOyWB6GQBDbNKusoOeQ0Jh6dBQf07cAoI5yOnJauEd66/44PyhaLJEOLheHFsjV3lEF0eOQ6+3uRksoiVTcEdWM=">
Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program (RFSI)</a>, spending approximately 50% of time on each program.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="color:black; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the RFBC program, the position will be responsible for working with the state steering committee and helping to manage all state-team
activities related to coordination, technical assistance, and capacity building in Montana. This position also serves as the state’s representative/connection to the regional center executive committee, and helps coordinate all communication, evaluation, reporting,
and other sub-award administration requirements to the regional center.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="color:black; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the RFSI program, the position will be responsible for drafting and submitting the state plan that outlines how Montana will both
develop and coordinate initiatives to build resilience across the middle-of-the-food-supply-chain in Montana. This includes but is not limited to developing an infrastructure grant subaward plan, supply chain coordination, technical assistance, targeted market
development, and other activities in alignment with program goals.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Complete Job Description can be found
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here</a>. </span></b></p>
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