Plant Futures, a project of Ideagarden Institute, is looking for a mission-driven, strategic, and collaborative University Partnership Manager to help us scale our impact across two vital areas: institutional food procurement and curriculum expansion.

This full-time, remote position is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of higher education, food systems transformation, and climate action. You’ll help bring our accredited applied learning curriculum to more campuses and support meaningful plant-forward shifts in dining halls across our 100+ university student chapter network.

Role Highlights:

Build relationships with faculty, dining leaders, and student organizers to advance plant-forward changes in dining halls, menu planning, and campus food culture.
Expand Plant Futures’ applied learning curriculum to new campuses, including HBCUs, land-grant universities, and regional leaders.
Support students in driving impactful dining hall initiatives that lead to measurable procurement shifts.
Represent Plant Futures at conferences and campuses nationwide.

📍Check out the Job Posting here.

Who We’re Looking For:

A dynamic connector with strong communication and project management skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a deep passion for building a just, sustainable, plant-forward food system. Experience working with higher education is a plus.

🌍 About Plant Futures:

Our mission is to cultivate the next generation of ethical leaders and advocates for a plant-centric future through our “4 C’s”: Curriculum, Community, Career Development, and Culture Change. We’re a small but mighty team, and we’re excited to welcome a new colleague who shares our values of creativity, humility, purpose, and kindness.

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