Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Supporting a team of 10 scientists and economists working to improve U.S. food and farm policy. I provide administrative, budget, communications, legislative, research, and outreach support.

Typically supporting the director of the program with arranging meetings, travel and expense claims. Recently, reading through applications for an open job position.
Responding to requests for information on congressional activities and new pieces of research relating to sustainable agriculture or social justice in the food system.
Joining phone conference calls with organizations from across the country working on improving U.S. farm policy.

I am inspired by the brilliant people I work with; I am surrounded by amazingly smart and passionate colleagues. I enjoy working as an integral part of a team which is trying to make big changes to the way we think about, grow, produce and eat food. It has huge impacts on the health of people and the environment.
I also love that my boss acknowledges and respects my academic achievements and always looks for ways to engage me more in our work.

Sometimes I wish I had a more hands-on research role. The only thing challenging about the job is when there are a lot of things happening at once, big meetings, staff travel and budget reports to finish. Then my workload is busy, but the work itself is not a challenge.

I am interested in the right to food and the political economy of food on a global level. Working on U.S. policy for an organization that is science-based appealed to me as a way to increase my knowledge base for my future work, which I hope will be in the arena of the international right to food.

my administration skills from previous jobs. My knowledge of the political economy of food comes into play occasionally.

Project management training. Excel training. And training to use our database system and financial system.

After graduating I worked at Sheffield Students' Union part time as Representation and Democracy Assistant. I managed a project funded by the NUS which involved hiring post-grad researchers to understake research on behalf of the Students' Union Officers.

From January 2013 to February 2013, I worked as temporary agency staff for the Research and Innovation services supporting early career researchers.

I'd like to get more into project management working for an internationally focused non-profit on food security/the right to food.

First, take a moment to really think about what you enjoy and what you'd like to do on a daily basis. Then you can save time by only applying to jobs you know you'd really love. Make sure when you write applications you are responding to every skill/qualification they are looking for. Don't be put off by minimum requirements in experience if you think you have the key skills they need.
Network at any opportunity. In the US it's not unusual to ask for 'informational interviews', which is when you meet up with a staff member of an organization you're interested in and talk to them about the type of work they do - then they might be able to recommend you for a job.