>Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 20:09:18 -0800 (PST) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: POSITION AVAILABLE, Executive Director, CBE >Status: U > >COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT >POSITION AVAILABLE >Executive Director >San Francisco Office > >Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) is a statewide multiracial urban >environmental health and justice organization which combines community >organizing, science and the law to improve public health by preventing >industrial pollution and empowering affected community members in >California and nationally. CBE works primarily in low income communities >which are the most affected by environmental hazards. CBE subscribes to, >and promotes the Principles of Environmental Justice. > >A non-profit organization with an annual budget of more than one-million >dollars, CBE has two offices, one in San Francisco (the headquarters) and >one in Los Angeles, with over twenty paid staff, a corps of dedicated >volunteers and interns, and several thousand members. > >The Executive Director provides leadership in accomplishing the goals of >the organization. S/he reports to the Board of Directors and is >responsible for the organization's consistent achievement of its mission >and its financial health. The E.D. is responsible for assuring the >implementation of the annual work plan, ensuring the organization's fiscal >health and integrating the three branches of the organization: legal, >community organizing, and science to achieve change in urban environments >in California and the nation. > >Other Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Supervise the fund >development and membership programs, including active participation in >major donor and foundation fundraising. Oversee fiscal and budgetary >operations. Evaluate and guide organizational performance and management. >Work with staff to develop annual and long-range workplans and budgets. >Regularly write editorials and other articles for publication on CBE's work >and environmental issues. Maintain a working knowledge of significant >developments/trends in the urban environmental health and environmental >justice fields. Supervise and evaluate senior staff. Inspire a >productive, humane and caring work environment free of bias. > >Qualifications. Minimum 5-10 years senior executive or management >experience. Experience in the non-profit sector, multi-cultural >organizations, grassroots organizing and fund development. Strong >interpersonal and communications skills. Knowledge of technical and legal >matters. Administrative and fiscal management experience. Commitment to >environmental justice and social change. Spanish language skills >desirable. > >Compensation. $55-60K DOE plus excellent medical, dental, and vacation >benefits. > >The application period for this position closes March 31, 1998. Send your >resumé, cover letter and one writing sample, to: E.D. Search Team, >Communities for a Better Environment, 500 Howard Street, Suite 506, San >Francisco, CA 94107. > >Communities for a Better Environment is committed to diversity in the >workplace. Women, people of color, and all interested persons are >encouraged to apply. > >Communities for a Better Environment >National Oil Refinery Action Network (NORAN) Project >500 Howard #506, SF, CA 94105 >(p) 415-243-8373 >(f) 415-243-8980 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.igc.org/cbesf/ > >Communities for a Better Environment >National Oil Refinery Action Network (NORAN) Project >500 Howard #506, SF, CA 94105 >(p) 415-243-8373 >(f) 415-243-8980 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.igc.org/cbesf/ >
