The Center for Environmental Transformation (CFET) seeks a co-executive director to join our management team.

EJ CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Environmental Justice Organizing

• Serve as the public face of CFET’s EJ organizing work and a main contact for the Camden community
• Research information relevant to EJ focus areas (polluting industry best practices, public health literature, DEP permits, legal options)
• Maintain contact with local political reps, NJDEP, community groups, and partner organizations
• Convene regular community listening sessions and educational workshops
• Coordinate advocacy campaigns around concerns identified through community input
• Collaborate with regional EJ community and tie local efforts to broader EJ movements

Immersion Experiences

• Develop and oversee week-long experiential learning opportunities for up to 14 college or high school students.  This includes marketing, maintaining effective relationships with service site partners and sending institutions, and ensuring an impactful experience for our visitors.
• Develop, update, and improve EJ related curriculum and messaging on an ongoing basis

The EJ Co-ED, together with the Urban Farming Co-ED, will also be responsible for:

ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH

• Commitment to following the Jemez principles of democratic organizing
• Exhibiting a passion for and dedication to the advancement of CFET’s mission and the community it exists to serve
• Fostering shared leadership, inclusive and positive relationships between the board, staff, organizational stakeholders and donors
• Thinking systemically to identify and address changes and trends in the community
• Ensuring that CFET has the human, financial, and operational resources to fulfill its mission

TEAM LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

• Cultivating a climate that invites and inspires top quality staff and volunteers from diverse backgrounds; providing the platform and support for them to authentically lead in our community
• Modeling and ensuring an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring organizational culture aligned with our values
• Providing mentoring, professional development and performance management of staff
• Ensuring there is a sound organizational structure aligned with CFET’s priorities of equity and inclusion

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT

• Cultivating a board of directors that reflects the diversity of the community we wish to serve – especially people of color and other underrepresented groups.
• Managing the board of directors to ensure they are meaningfully engaging on overall programming and policy strategy, organizational health and fundraising
• Serving as conduits between the board and the staff, volunteers, and organizational stakeholders
• Supporting a functional board structure and providing board members with information, counsel, and tools needed to govern and support the organization in a meaningful way
• Working with the board to develop annual operational, fundraising and programmatic priorities that are aligned with the strategic plan for CFET

DAILY OPERATIONS

• Bookkeeping and payroll
• Grant writing, and donor outreach and relations
• Budgeting and fundraising strategy
• Oversee maintenance of website and social media platforms
• Oversee maintenance and operation of building and properties
• Represent CFET in meetings, local media, and the general Camden community
• Capture program metrics

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

1. Salary will be in the $50-60,000 range commensurate with experience and scope of responsibility
2. 100% healthcare, does not include dental and vision
3. 21 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays

Preferably, the position will start by end of 2021.

Send letter of interest and resume, with two professional references, to president@cfet.org.

In your letter, address:

1) the attractiveness of a co-executive director management structure

2) what makes you ideal for a) environmental justice organizing and b) leading immersion experiences.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.