ABOUT NEW ROOTS INSTITUTE

What do we do?

New Roots Institute is a growing nonprofit that educates people across the country on factory farming’s devastating impacts on people, animals, and the planet, and empowers them to advocate for systemic change in their communities. Our approach is designed to build significant and lasting capacity for the movement to end factory farming.

How do we do it?

We believe our competence must be as fierce as our compassion.
To amplify our impact through collective action, we call people in rather than out, always striving to see beyond our egos to meet others where they’re at rather than treat them like they should already be where we are.
Because we care deeply about each other and our mission, we elevate accountability, openly addressing issues with honesty and directness and holding ourselves to a standard no lower than excellence.
We recognize that we don’t have all the answers and will listen to others, including those we believe we disagree with, to grow as individuals and as an organization.
The magnitude of the systemic change we’re aiming for requires readiness to adapt. As circumstances and information around us shift, we update our approach.
Last but not least, we genuinely enjoy our co-workers and have fun despite the tragic nature of what we’re up against. (Check out our Rotten Truth series on YouTube to see how we use humor to grapple with the grim reality of factory farming.)

If all this appeals to you, we encourage you to apply!

ABOUT THE POSITION

As New Roots Institute’s Research and Data Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our mission to empower the next generation with the knowledge and training needed to end factory farming. Your work will ensure that our data infrastructure supports impactful programs and strategic decision-making. By managing and optimizing our data systems, you’ll enable the team to measure and enhance the effectiveness of our initiatives, ensuring that every action we take is informed by evidence and aligned with our goals.

In this role, you will streamline data collection, entry, and analysis, transforming raw information into actionable insights that drive programmatic success. From mapping data to visualizing complex statistics in digestible formats, you will empower educators, advocates, and leadership with the tools they need to amplify their efforts.

By connecting data to action, you will directly support our programs in inspiring and equipping young leaders to advocate for systemic change and challenge the practices that sustain factory farming. This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical expertise with mission-driven work, ensuring our efforts to educate and mobilize are as effective and impactful as possible.

Details

Full-time: 40 hours/week. Remote. Travel required. We will consider any U.S.-based applicant (this job is not limited to applicants in the Los Angeles area).

Skills Required (Non-Negotiables):

Experience finding and synthesizing studies to inform methodological decision-making.
Proficiency in uploading historical data (ideally, into Airtable), retrofitting old data to new variables, and identifying and filling in missing data.
Strong skills in creating and updating data dictionaries (ideally, for Airtable bases).
Ability to clean up unused fields and views to streamline data systems.

Be able and willing to work remotely/independently
Be conversant in workplace technologies such as Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Google PowerPoint), Asana, and Airtable

Preferred Skills:

Expertise in using non-Airtable tools to translate statistical results into digestible visuals (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

Other Requirements (Non-Negotiables):

Have a desire for honest and direct critique and interest in growing from it.
Be excellent at not missing details or deadlines.
Love working hard for a mission you deeply care about—while understanding how to differentiate between working really hard (good) and unsustainable self-sacrifice (not so good).
Be willing to meet people where they are and promote gradual dietary change.
Share vegan and anti-speciest values (i.e., you don’t consume animals or animal products or believe that non-human animals can ethically be treated as resources for human use).
Be able to consistently and happily see beyond your ego to make the best decisions for the organization.
Have impeccable time management and prioritization abilities.
Have a strong grasp of English grammar and punctuation, as well as written and verbal communication that you imbue with emotional intelligence.
Be able and willing to work remotely/independently.
Attend the annual in-person team meeting. This meeting typically transpires during the last Monday through Friday that falls entirely within the month of August.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation is set at $25.10 ($52,200 annually) based on experience.
In addition to a collaborative and innovative work environment, full-time hires will be able to take part in our benefits package, including:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited planned paid time off (vacation and personal time, with a mandatory two-week minimum)
- Unlimited unplanned time off (sick, wellness, and bereavement leave)
- Eleven paid federal holidays
- 401k to which employees may contribute
- Budget for professional development and workspace enhancements
- Phone & internet and personal computer reimbursement

Application Details

We consider traditional and nontraditional qualifications and carefully review each resume and cover letter. In your cover letter, we encourage you to state how you would add to our culture; what we would gain from having you on our team; and how you align with our organizational vision, mission, and values.

We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organization. We envision a team that not only reflects the demographics of our country, but also continues to deepen their skills and competencies to serve the full range of our audiences. We strongly encourage people of the global majority, especially Black and Indigenous folks, LGBTQIA+ individuals, persons living with disabilities, women, non-binary individuals, and people of various socioeconomic backgrounds to apply for this position.

Unfortunately, we are only considering applicants based in the United States at this time.

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To Apply

Please follow the “Apply for this position” link. Submit your resume with a cover letter that highlights:

Why New Roots Institute?
How would you leverage your strengths to advance New Roots Institute’s mission?
Because New Roots Institute is an anti-speciesist organization and all of our team members are vegan, if you are not vegan, tell us why, as someone who consumes animal products, you want to dedicate your life to ending factory farming.

*Only applications with cover letters that address the three points above will be considered for interviews.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a priority deadline of January 1. We hope to fill this position by February 1.

You can direct questions to Jesse Tandler, the Hiring Manager, at jesse@newrootsinstitute.org.

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