Agricultural Resourcing Associate

About the Role

Echo Communications is a global Christian agricultural networking, training, and resourcing organization focused on defeating hunger and improving lives through sustainable food and agroecosystem strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide responsive, on-site technical support to visitors and network members.
• Lead technical tours of the ECHO Florida campus.
• Support Florida-site responsive technical resourcing and training for strategic partners.
• Support RIC technical resourcing, consulting, and training when routed through the Global Research and Resourcing technical support pathway.
• Provide technical consultations in person, virtually, or at off-site locations.
• Support the technical design, implementation, relevance, and maintenance of on-site agricultural demonstrations.
• Contribute to the development of agricultural technical publications and media (articles, technical posts, videos).
• Represent ECHO at North American-based technical networking and capacity-building events.
• Help coordinate responses to agricultural and networking requests received by the Global Research and Resourcing department.
• Respond to technical inquiries and network connection requests outside the scope of individual RICs.
• Support the ongoing curation and quality management of ECHOcommunity technical content.
• Monitor ECHO Conversations on ECHOcommunity.org and facilitate engagement.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the GRRDD.
• Support the creation, development, or editing of technical materials.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in editing and writing technical publications and consultation reports.
• Strong computer proficiency in word processing and MS Office.
• Willingness to learn new skills in script and video production.
• Ability to network and connect innovations, ideas, and challenges.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with staff and volunteers.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to manage repetitive and varied tasks in a timely manner.
• Must subscribe to the ECHO Statement of Faith and possess character traits consistent with ECHO’s core values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an agriculture or natural resources-related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Prior experience in agricultural extension or rural advisory services is ideal.
• International experience is highly desirable.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Proficiency in Spanish is preferred.