Accepting applications
through April 12, 2021.
Desired start date: June
2, 2021
Key Duties Summary: EMEAC
is seeking a visionary, talented, and resourceful leader to serve as an interim
co-director of the organization. The position is a flexible,
part-time position. The role of the co-director will be to advance the
organization’s dual frameworks of locally rooted and
nationally impactful community organizing and stewardship of the Cass Corridor
Commons as a vibrant, viable space for grassroots political and cultural presence
in 21st century Detroit.
This executive level position
will contribute to organization’s
fundraising, program development, staff supervision, relationship and coalition
building, and building management. The position will be part of the EMEAC Leadership
Team with the Financial Director and work for a transition period with the
outgoing Co-Director. The position will report to the organization’s Board
of Directors.
To apply: please submit a cover letter
and resume to Fred Vitale, EMEAC Board President freddetroit@gmail.com no later
than Monday, April 12, 2021
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About
the Interim Co-Director Role:
East Michigan Environmental Action Council (EMEAC) is seeking a
visionary, talented, and resourceful leader to serve as an interim co-director
of the organization. The position runs from 6/1/2021 through 12/31/2021. The
global pandemic resulted in the temporary closing of the Cass Commons, a vital
community resource. The closure of the Commons also caused a precipitous drop
in revenue. In spite of these obstacles, the EMEAC team put young activists
going door to door in several neglected neighborhoods of Detroit’s Black
community where they were trained, delivered important community education and
worked to Get Out The Vote. This dual
foundation — the liberated space we call the Commons nurturing and creating
community and outreach work — are critical additions to EMEAC’s environmental
justice and educational projects, expanding and deepening EMEAC’s place in the
struggle for community empowerment.
The role of the co-director will be to advance the organization’s dual frameworks of locally rooted and
nationally impactful community organizing and stewardship of the Cass Corridor
Commons as a vibrant, viable space for grassroots political and cultural
presence in 21st century Detroit as we transition into a post pandemic
world. The organization was at a crucial
transition point before the pandemic struck. We are looking for a special
leader — one who can make a significant contribution to carrying on the
powerful programmatic initiatives above, raise funds to maintain and grow EMEAC
and the Commons, and, with our co-director Dee Collins, develop a plan and
vision for the future of EMEAC and the Commons.
Such a plan might include the interim co-director staying on or not. We
are looking for a strategic and dynamic leader who brings experience in
institution building and grassroots political leadership. EMEAC is an
organization with $250K annual budget and approximately $2M in property and
assets. Experience in Detroit is desired but not required, if the right
person is willing to relocate.
The ideal co-director
for EMEAC is confident in their leadership experience managing social justice
programs and institution building. They are ready to ask questions, jump
in, and co-create new visions. They
listen well and work well in a variety of teams and collaboration. They
take care of their health and well-being in such a way that allows them to be
fully present and encourage others to be at their best.
While we appreciate
all applications, experience in administrative leadership is a requirement of
the position.
The salary ranger for
this part time position is $40K-$42K annually.
We offer full health care benefits.
Below are the shared
responsibilities of the Co-Director role (current job position working
closely with the current Financial Director) and the combined skills we are
seeking. These may be divided between the two Directors as appropriate.
To apply: please submit a cover letter
and resume to Fred Vitale, EMEAC Board President freddetroit@gmail.com no later
than Monday, April 12, 2021
Objectives:
The new interim
co-Director will help
·
Design EMEAC’s
structure and programming for the next 3-5 years.
· Advance EMEAC’s multi-dimensional
resource generation strategies
· Develop strategic relationships with the Detroit
grassroots, national (and international) justice movements, funders and
institutional supporters, and our wide membership base
Shared
Responsibilities include:
· Raise funds to maintain and grow EMEAC
and the Commons
· Communications & Community Relations
& strategy
· Promote use and understanding of the
EMEAC Commons (and Commons University)
· Promote use and understanding of the
EMEAC Just Transition
· Establishing and maintaining of good
relationships with organizational and individual donors. Develop and nurture
relationships with new and potential donors.
Ideal candidates
will bring skills and capacity in some or all of these areas:
· Membership engagement
· Business incubation and/or grassroots
fundraising
· Funder development and relations
· Budgeting
· Strategic plan development
· Political education development
· Staff management and supervision
· Volunteer recruitment and management
Qualifications
Required:
· A desire to learn about EMEAC’s history
in Detroit and Michigan and a passion to advance the legacy into the future.
· Strong organizational abilities including
planning, delegating, and program development
· Knowledge of fundraising strategies and
donor relations unique to social justice and environmental justice nonprofits.
Knowledge of fundraising strategies for building maintenance and management is
a major PLUS.
· Adept collaboration skills to support
working with a wide array of participants, partners, tenants, and customers of
EMEAC/ Cass Corridor Commons.
· In-depth familiarity with Google
applications (forms, drive, docs, sheets) and Microsoft Office.
· An extensive understanding and commitment
to learn and practice Social Justice values (Including Environmental/ Climate
Justice, Racial Justice, Gender Justice, Disability Justice, Decolonization,
etc.)
Ideal:
· A working knowledge of Detroit, and a
great love for Detroit communities!
· Strong written and oral communication
skills.
· Ability to convey a vision of EMEAC’s
strategic future to staff, Advisory Board, volunteers, partners, community
members, and donors.
· A passion to steward the Environmental
Justice principles.
· Familiarity with grant-writing and
administration of grants.
· Demonstrated experience with organizing
systems, practices and processes that make a healthy work culture and
production of excellence possible.
· Good facilitation, group skills and
comfort with public speaking.
· Solid, hands-on, budget management
skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision-making, data
management, both qualitative and quantitative and reporting for maintaining
organizational fiscal health.
· Experience with designing and facilitating
effective workshops and meetings.
Length of assignment: a
part-time position from June 2, 2021 through December 31, 2021
Salary: $20K - $21K for the
6 months period
Ideal Start Date: June 2, 2021
To apply: please submit a cover letter
and resume to Fred Vitale, EMEAC Board President freddetroit@gmail.com no later
than Monday, April 12, 2021
