Fair Food Standards Council

The Leading Edge of Human Rights in Agriculture

Compliance Monitor Position

The Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC) oversees statewide compliance with the Fair Food Program. This program emerged from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) successful Campaign for Fair Food, a campaign to affirm the human rights of tomato workers and improve the conditions under which they labor.

The Fair Food Program consists of a human-rights-based Code of Conduct applicable throughout the Florida tomato industry and a tomato worker wage increase supported by a price premium paid by corporate purchasers of Florida tomatoes. The Code, developed by tomato workers, growers and corporate buyers, forms the foundation for a new model of social accountability.

FFSC Compliance Monitors conduct proactive audits of participating growers’ operations, including detailed interviews of field workers and management. Payroll reviews are conducted, in addition to monitoring of distribution of the Fair Food Program Premium. Monitors also receive, record and investigate complaints from workers through a 24-hour confidential complaint hotline.  Compliance Monitors, working in teams, and together with the Executive Director, play a key role in drafting audit reports, investigating and resolving complaints, and designing corrective action plans.

Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in human rights, workers’ rights or some other field of social change that provides demonstrable evidence of a commitment to the principles underlying the Fair Food Program
• Good interviewing skills and attention to detail
• Ability to connect facts and discern patterns
• Ability to analyze basic financial data
• Willingness to work irregular hours
• Comfort working in rural areas
• Experience working with immigrant populations in the United States or rural/agricultural populations elsewhere
• Ability to interact well with people of different nationalities, languages, gender, and education levels
• Valid drivers’ license

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Familiarity with human rights or other relevant social justice issues
• Proficiency in Spanish required
• Strong communication, writing and interpersonal skills
• Basic knowledge of Excel and quantitative analysis  
• Ability to work outside of office on site of farms for management and worker interviews
• Willingness to undertake a wide range of responsibilities and “do what is necessary”
• Ability to work well as part of a team, as well as independently
• Discipline and initiative

Applicants should send a resume or CV and a cover letter indicating interest in the position to Laura Safer Espinoza at hon.s.espinoza@fairfoodstandards.org. The subject line of the email should read FFSC Compliance Monitor Position. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Salary and Benefits will be competitive within the non-profit sector. The Fair Food Standards Council is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing a workforce that reflects and can relate easily to the diverse populations involved in the Fair Food Program.