{"id":7359,"date":"2015-08-24T11:09:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2015-08-24T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:09:33","slug":"the-fair-food-standards-council-seeks-human-rights-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7359","title":{"rendered":"The Fair Food Standards Council Seeks Human Rights Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About FFSC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mission of the <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/fairfoodstandards.org\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Food Standards Council <\/a>\u00a0(FFSC) is to monitor the development of a sustainable agricultural industry that advances both the human rights of farmworkers and the long-term interests of growers through implementation of the Fair Food Program (FFP), a unique worker-led, market-driven social responsibility program which\u00a0emerged from the\u00a0Coalition of Immokalee Workers\u2019 successful Campaign for Fair Food. The FFP has become the gold standard for social responsibility in US agriculture, recognized by longtime labor and human rights observers as \u201cthe best workplace monitoring program in the US\u201d and \u201cone of the great human rights success stories of our day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Position:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys make findings of fact and apply the Fair Food Code of Conduct to those facts, draft comprehensive reports, negotiate corrective action plans; carry out complaint intake, investigation and resolution through negotiation or formal decision drafting; conduct legal research; prepare memoranda of law on issues affecting farmworker rights; and make presentations to staff and director, as well as the public.<\/p>\n<p>FFSC is based in Sarasota, FL, with work-related travel throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Salary\u00a0and benefits are competitive within the non-profit sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications\/Skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fluency\u00a0in Spanish or Haitian Creole;<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication and interviewing skills;<\/li>\n<li>Strong writing and documentation skills, including attention to detail;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to connect facts and discern patterns;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to interact well with people of different\u00a0nationalities, gender, and education levels;<\/li>\n<li>Comfort working in rural areas, including onsite at farms (outdoors);<\/li>\n<li>Willingness\u00a0to work irregular hours and \u201cdo what is necessary\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>Ability\u00a0to work well as part of a team, as well as independently;<\/li>\n<li>Discipline and initiative; and<\/li>\n<li>Valid drivers\u2019 license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To Apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants should send a resume\/CV and a cover letter indicating interest in the position to <a title=\"link\" href=\"mailto:info@fairfoodstandards.org\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Laura Safer Espinoza<\/a>. The subject line of the email should read FFSC Attorney Position. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.<\/p>\n<p>The FFSC is an equal opportunity employer\u00a0committed to developing a workforce that reflects and can relate easily to the diverse populations involved in the Fair Food Program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About FFSC: The mission of the Fair Food Standards Council \u00a0(FFSC) is to monitor the development of a sustainable agricultural industry that advances both the human rights of farmworkers and the long-term interests of growers through implementation of the Fair Food Program (FFP), a unique worker-led, market-driven social responsibility program which\u00a0emerged from the\u00a0Coalition of Immokalee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,29,9,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-general-announcements","category-ll-m-info","category-post-graduate-opportunities","category-public-interest-opportunities","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7360,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7359\/revisions\/7360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}