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<div>From: "Jack McKay" <jack@foodandmedicine.org><br>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;></div>
<div>Subject: Food AND Medicine Hiring<br>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:27:34 -0500<br>
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<div><b>Food AND Medicine<br>
Organization Development Director<br>
Full-time position</b><br>
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<div><b>Background:</b> Food AND Medicine is a grassroots,
volunteer-led, community organization fighting for workers' rights,
economic justice and health care for all. We work with local labor
unions, churches, community groups and progressive activists, to
organize laid-off, low-income, and unorganized workers. Through
solidarity and collective action, we resist the negative impacts of
corporate globalization and stand up for the economic and social
rights of working families. Our offices are located at the Eastern
Maine Labor Council's Solidarity Center in Brewer, Maine.<br>
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<div><b>Job Description: Development Director</b><br>
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<div>Food AND Medicine (FAM) is seeking to fill the position of
Development Director to build collective action for FAM programs, and
to coordinate development and fundraising activities for the
organization. Depending on the person, this job will start with more
project based work and evolve into more oversight work.<br>
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<div><b>Development (35%)</b><br>
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<div><b>Organizational development:</b><br>
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<li>Assist in "organizing the organization", specifically in
developing the board, steering committee and personal committees
<li>Membership development:
<li>Develop and coordinate membership and staff activities to further
enhance the organizations' member involvement and ownership</ul>
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<div><b>Fundraising: (30%)</b><br>
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<li>Research grant opportunities, and prepare grant applications with
oversight from the board of peers
<li>Oversee fundraising events including May Day Solidarity event,
July 4th Solidarity Celebration and other fundraising activities
<li>Develop and support individual donors to FAM
<li>Develop and support the work of the Build our union future
project</ul>
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<div><b>Program: (30%)</b><br>
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<div>· Choose
programs - from the many FAM projects- to work on and organize
around<br>
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<div><b>General Office Administration (5%)</b><br>
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<li>Assist in the effective administration of the FAM office
<li>Attend monthly FAM meetings
<li>Make periodic reports to the board of peers</ul>
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<div><b>Qualifications</b><br>
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<li>Demonstrated leadership and organizing skills at work, on campus,
or in the community. Experience as a union or community organizer
preferred.
<li>Experience in nonprofit fundraising and development.
Willingness to work long hours in a flexible work environment
<li>Current knowledge of labor issues, and a commitment to building a
progressive labor movement.
<li>Strong writing skills, and the ability to represent FAM’s goals,
objectives and outcomes for programs and projects, both verbally and
in writing.
<li>Experienced in public speaking. Able to comfortably articulate
FAM's initiatives to the press.
<li>Comfortable working with a variety of office software, internet
and e-mail environments, specifically Microsoft Word, Access, Excel
and Publisher.</ul>
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<div><b>Compensation</b><br>
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<div>Pay at starting at $32,000 depending on experience including
health insurance stipend, paid holidays and vacation. Union
contract.<br>
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<div>For more information on Food AND Medicine, please look at the
website <a
href="http://www.foodandmedicine.org">www.foodandmedicine.org</a> or
contact Jack McKay at 207-989-4141 or e-mail to <a
href="mailto:jack@foodandmedicine.org">jack@foodandmedicine.org</a>.
Please send cover letter and resumee to: Attn. Personnel
Committee, 20 Ivers Street, Brewer, ME 04412.<br>
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Jack McKay, Director<br>
Food AND Medicine<br>
20 Ivers Street<br>
Brewer, ME 04412<br>
989-5860</font></div>
<div><a href="http://www.foodandmedicine.org"><font face="Arial"
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