EXECTUTIVE DIRECTOR: A Permanent, Full-time Position. Pay: Commensurate with experience. Dates: Start: ASAP.
Location: Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, Bowdoinham area, Maine.
Qual: Friends of Merrymeeting Bay – an active, membership-driven grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the unique ecosystems of Merrymeeting Bay – seeks an Executive Director. We employ a variety of strategies to fulfill our mission, including land protection, advocacy, research, education, and membership activities. The successful applicant will be passionate about our mission and the strategies (including litigation) therein. You must be able to work efficiently and independently from a home office or ours, recognize priorities and work under the direction of the Steering Committee overall and the Chair in particular. Applicant should live in or be willing to relocate to the Bay area and be eager to learn. Candidates should be experienced in foundation and non-foundation fundraising, grassroots organizing, volunteer outreach and administrative tasks. Experience in land protection, advocacy, research, and education is very desirable. Database management (Excel and Access) competence as well as excellent writing and verbal skills are essential. Knowledge of HTML to help maintain website will be useful.
Duties: The successful applicant will be passionate about our mission and the strategies (including litigation) therein. You must be able to work efficiently and independently from a home office or ours, recognize priorities and work under the direction of the Steering Committee overall and the Chair in particular. Applicant should live in or be willing to relocate to the Bay area and be eager to learn. Candidates should be experienced in foundation and non-foundation fundraising, grassroots organizing, volunteer outreach and administrative tasks. Experience in land protection, advocacy, research, and education is very desirable. Database management (Excel and Access) competence as well as excellent writing and verbal skills are essential. Knowledge of HTML to help maintain website will be useful. This is a full-time position. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Benefits include a flexible work schedule, sick and vacation policy, and additional contribution towards health care. Some evening and weekend work is required. Passion for the work and the environment are key.
Appl: Send resume, three references, and two writing samples (one should be a brief hypothetical Letter of Interest [LOI] submitted to FOMB [as a potential grantor], for a piece of conservation land you want to protect in Dresden; and the other, your choice)
Contact: Ed Friedman at Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, P.O. Box 233, Richmond, ME, 04357 or email to edfomb@comcast.net. Position closes when suitable candidate is hired. Electronic submissions are preferred. Questions can be directed to Ed at 207-666-3372. See FOMB website for full description of duties.
Filing Date: Open.