Join the Team
Each member of the Rodale Institute team is passionate about improving the well-being of people and the planet through innovative organic research and leadership. If you share this passion, we welcome you to apply for the positions below.
Staff Positions
Content Creation & Media Relations Manager
The Content Creation & Media Relations Manager will play an integral role in branding: overseeing strategy for our website, email marketing and social media; leading content creation & copywriting for campaigns and educational content; and being the chief liaison with media, proactively guiding our earned media strategy.
Custodian/Janitor
This position reports directly to the Farm Manager/Facilities Director. The position is full time, second shift (3:00-11:30 PM).
Grounds Keeper & Landscape Assistant
Rodale is offering four seasonal positions for individuals to assist in maintaining the landscape/grounds, CSA, and ornamental gardens at Rodale Institute’s Founders Farm Campus located in Allentown, PA.
Organic Crop Consultant
The Organic Crop Consultant will assist farmers across Pennsylvania with transitioning to organic practices and with organic certification regulations and processes.
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist
The Post-Doctoral Research Scientist will work with scientists to develop tools to reduce tillage and weed pressure, increase yields, and improve soil health in organic systems.
Research Farm Manager
The Research Farm Manager is responsible for all farm operations including short- and long-term planning and daily operations. The Research Farm Manager also supports activities with the education, communications and development teams forming a strong link between the farm activities and the mission of the Institute to have impact.
Soil Scientist
The Soil Scientist will support all short- and long-term projects at Rodale Institute with a focus on measuring soil health in different agricultural systems.
St. Luke’s Rodale Institute Organic Farm: Pack House Operations Specialist
The Pack House Operations Specialist will work at the St. Luke’s Rodale Institute Organic Farm, processing and delivering safe, healthy, organic produce to the hospitals in the network.
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Internships
Help grow the organic movement while gaining valuable experience in the following departments:
Accounting
Help our ship run smoothly by assisting the accounting department with grant proposals, accounts payable and receivable, state registrations, and more.
Communications
Depending on your interests and skills, you'll work on social media, email marketing, blog posts, photography & video, graphic design, events, media relations, and more.
Development
Learn the ins and outs of fundraising and donor relations by assisting our development staff with events, campaigns, and donor acquisition efforts.
Diversified Vegetable Farming
Help support the farm-wide production of vegetables in several program settings ranging from work in research plots to our commercial 5-acre farm share field.
Farm Share (ASC)
Gain hands-on training in the skills necessary to run a farm share-style business with the goal of reaching a broader population including low-income families with limited access to fresh organic food.
Garden & Landscape
Assist in maintaining a wide variety of vegetables, flowers, medicinal herbs, shrubs, and trees while learning and practicing the fundamentals of organic plant cultivation.
Multimedia
This internship is ideal for candidates with previous experience and a strong interest in producing video, photography, webinars, and social media content.
Organic Farmers Association
Gain hands-on experience in policy outreach, membership development, communications, sponsorship development and more.
Research
Work side-by-side with our research staff in the lab and in the field investigating systems approaches to soil, crop, animal, human, and environmental health.
St. Luke's Rodale Institute Organic Farm
Assist at our partner farm and learn how to grow safe, healthy, organic produce that gets delivered to all seven hospitals in the St. Luke’s University Health Network.