Development Director

About the Fair Food Program

The Fair Food Program (FFP) stands at the cutting edge of global human rights enforcement, convening workers, growers, and corporate buyers of produce in a unique partnership that guarantees the freedom and dignity of tens of thousands of agricultural workers across the United States, Chile, and South Africa. The FFP is recognized as the only proven solution to eliminate and prevent modern‑day slavery and other extreme abuses in agriculture.

The FFP has been lauded by the United Nations as an “international benchmark” in the fight against modern‑day slavery, and “the best workplace‑monitoring program” in the US, according to the New York Times.

The FFP is a human rights enforcement initiative based on a foundation of legally binding agreements won by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers with some of the world’s largest food retailers, including Walmart, Whole Foods, and McDonald’s, that agree to source preferentially from participating farms and cease purchases from farms that are suspended from the program for zero tolerance abuses, such as forced labor, child labor, or failure to remediate other egregious violations.

The program is monitored by the Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC). These companies also pay a small premium for their produce which workers receive as a bonus in their paychecks.

The program’s worker‑generated Code of Conduct contains comprehensive protections against wage theft, violence, harassment, and discrimination, in addition to strong protections for worker health and safety, including groundbreaking heat stress protections that guarantee the provision of rest breaks, water, electrolytes, and more.

Forged through a groundbreaking consumer‑based campaign, the FFP created the blueprint of a novel means to secure workers’ fundamental human rights, known as Worker‑driven Social Responsibility (WSR). As of 2026, WSR programs protect and empower millions of workers across the world, who have been inspired by, and adapted the program to their workplaces – from the garment sectors in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Lesotho, to the dairy industry in Vermont, construction in Minnesota, and beyond.

Fair Food Program is now on the verge of far greater global expansion. Demand for the program’s WSR model is surging from millions more workers in many countries and industries, including in India’s sugarcane fields, Ecuador’s banana plantations, Spain’s tomato greenhouses, in addition to workers across U.S. agriculture, including Florida’s plant nurseries. The FFP must scale up in order to meet that demand, and has therefore launched a $125M Comprehensive 5‑year Fundraising Campaign.

The Development Director at the Fair Food Program will lead the fundraising efforts for this exciting period of growth, while still maintaining and stewarding the ongoing fundraising program. Therefore, the Fair Food Program seeks a proactive, creatively minded individual who thrives in a dynamic and diverse work environment and is motivated to advance the human rights of low‑wage workers.

The position combines strategic leadership with hands‑on fundraising and close collaboration with organizational leadership. This position will work closely with colleagues who are located throughout the U.S. and globally. As the Development Director of FFP, this position is responsible for generating funding for CIW and FFSC, separate non‑profit entities that work collaboratively to implement the Fair Food Program.

Naples or comparable Florida location preferable. Remote work possible on the condition of frequent travel and prolonged stays for meetings with donors and potential donors.

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Benefits include employer‑paid medical, dental, and life insurance; 20 days of paid vacation and five days of paid sick time; parental leave policies; an employer‑matched 401(k) plan; all federal holidays; organization‑wide break the week between Christmas and New Years; and an optional two‑month unpaid sabbatical once every three years.

Working closely with the leadership of CIW and FFSC, the…