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Food Co-op Development Specialist - Food Co-op Initiative
Organization:
Food Co-op Initiative is a non-profit cooperative development center created to provide encouragement, resources and training to community organizers of new retail food co-ops and buying clubs. We are currently working with nearly 200 active co-op organizing groups. Our work is funded through the Blooming Prairie Foundation and a USDA Rural Cooperative Development Grant. We seek a highly effective and creative individual to work with our Executive Director. The Development Specialist will become involved in all aspects of program development and execution, with particular emphasis on rural cooperatives.
Position:
This is a full-time position that requires some extended hours, weekend work, and travel. It is anticipated that the employee will work from a home office and travel, on average, 4-6 days a month to sites across the United States. High-speed internet access and reliable telephone service are required. The ideal candidate will have many of these attributes or experience:
- Ability to coordinate and complete a variety of on-going and one-time projects while providing support to diverse co-op organizers on an as-needed basis.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to communicate diplomatically and effectively in writing and in person; aptitude for providing constructive criticism
- Intimate familiarity with retail food co-op structures and operations
- Experience with starting, expanding, or major structural changes in food co-ops
- Community development experience
- Teaching, training and writing instructional materials
- Providing technical assistance, facilitating and leading volunteer organizations
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office: particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
- Experience and skills in working with a Drupal-based web site
- Ability to read and interpret financial statements and budgets
- Nearly limitless energy, enthusiasm, creativity, idealism and chutzpah; balanced with realism and practicality.
Food Co-op Initiative offers a competitive salary, paid vacation and holidays, medical insurance, a retirement account, on-going training and professional development, support for home office expenses and the chance to meet and interact with some of the finest people in the United States. Please send a resume, references, writing samples, and any other evidence that you are this person to: stuart AT foodcoopinitiative DOT coop
Applications will be accepted through December 15, 2010. Please send by e-mail only. For more information, see our web site: http://www.foodcoopinitiative.coop or call Stuart Reid at 507-664-2034.
To download the packet and read about the Food Co-op Initiative's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, please download this PDF.
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