Summer Special Project Research Coordinator- PFPC

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The Center for Regional Agriculture Food and Transformation (CRAFT) seeks a Special Project Research Coordinator to support a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture-funded project with the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council. This project will work to collect collate and analyze data to lift up agriculture as the highest and best use of land in Allegheny county.

At CRAFT we center community in our pursuit of transformative regional food systems that value the people who live and work within them. We envision a food system that is equitable fostering fairness and transparency across the value chain.

This is a 10hr/week position for a total of 150 hrs for the summer 2026 semester. Pay is $18/hour. There is potential to expand this position into fall 2026 and beyond.

Qualifications:

Required :

• Ability to self-manage time self-start and work independently on a time-sensitive project

• Comfort in data gathering academic research literature reviews thematic analysis and report generation

• Organization and attention to detail.

Experience in any or all of the following preferred:

• An understanding of urban agriculture food systems policy and/or community economic development particularly in the Pittsburgh region.

• Food systems non-profit or similar work

• Canva Google Workspace or other design and collaboration platforms.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This positions main responsibility will be to conduct a comprehensive literature review of published scholarly and governmental literature on multifunctional urban agricultural spaces in order to define and contextualize the effect of agriculture in urban and peri-urban spaces as the highest and best use of land. This position will also assist in conducting thematic analysis to establish common desirable functions and themes contributing to highest and best use and assist in the creation of reporting and/or visualizations to support policy documents provide information to working groups and democratize results.

Time will be allotted to attend relevant project meetings complete foundational research and review all project specific methodologies.

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