Author: Isabella M. Kiser (Page 4 of 49)

The Morton Arboretum in Illinois is seeking an Administrative Coordinator in their Development department. The Administrative Coordinator will provide executive and administrative support to the Vice President of Development, operating with initiative, professionalism, and discretion. Key responsibilities include organizing and maintaining schedules; prompting and tracking tasks; coordinating arrangements for meetings and events. Handle a variety of administrative functions including preparing information, planning and coordinating leadership-level meetings and events for management, board and committees, and leading special projects. Support key senior Development staff and volunteer leadership.

The Grassroots Fund seeks a dynamic and collaborative individual who has an established record of direct environmental justice/just transition work in marginalized communities. The Program Manager works with a team of two other Program Managers and reports to the Director of Operations. The Program Manager has four primary focus areas in support of the organization’s mission.

Key responsibilities:

1. Lead facilitation of the Grow grant program;
2. Collaborate  to deliver an integrated series of convenings;
3. Manage social media platforms and coordinate staff content/contributions;
4. Facilitate a cohort program around narrative strategy & movement building.

The Grassroots Fund is seeking a Program Manager with lived experience in environmental justice and social change advocacy and organizing, particularly in under-resourced and marginalized communities. Experience in participatory grantmaking processes and strategies to disrupt white supremacy culture is desirable.

GreenRoots seeks a Food Justice Organizer to manage and support our four community gardens, urban farm and urban agricultural programs. The Food Justice Organizer will manage and oversee all of GreenRoots’ growing spaces and will seek opportunities for expansion of urban agricultural spaces and programming to address food insecurity in Chelsea.  The Food Justice Organizer will engage residents, including youth, in all urban agricultural programming in Chelsea including supporting school gardens, expanded growing spaces, implementing educational programming and providing hands on activities in the gardens and farms.

The Organizer will provide information, education and opportunities for engagement of the community; serve as a liaison between community growing spaces and city stakeholders, and develop systems to deliver harvested crops to the most impacted and vulnerable residents. The Food Justice Organizer will work with and train an Urban Farm Crew, the ECO Youth Crew and neighborhood leaders to share information, growing techniques and resources to ensure knowledge and skills are shared broadly. The Food Justice Organizer should be skilled in urban farming, community engagement and partnership building. The Food Justice Organizer will work with residents, members, partners and allied organizations, municipal agencies, faith based institutions, local schools and other stakeholders.