Dear FoodShare E News Readers,
Since we sent out the FoodShare E news earlier this week, there have been 2 new positions announced in organizations near and dear to FoodShare: The Stop Community Food Centre and Earth Day Canada. So here are the 2 new postings plus the 2 FoodShare ones that we already told you about on Tuesday.
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The Stop Community Food Centre's Job Posting:
Community Food Animator
Full-time, 12 month contract (probable extension)
Deadline July 27, 2006
The Stop Community Food Centre, a leading edge food security organization (www.thestop.org), is seeking an experienced community developer to work in Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) buildings, focusing in Scarborough, to facilitate the establishment of new community gardens and other food programs as determined by TCHC residents.
While based out of The Stop, the successful candidate will work as an integral member of the Community Food Animators Project team. The Community Food Animators Project is a partnership of four leading food security organizations in Toronto: Afri-Can Food Basket, FoodShare Toronto, Second Harvest, and The Stop Community Food Centre. The City funded Food Animators Project works in partnership with community leaders and agency staff in diverse, high-need neighbourhoods in Toronto's inner-suburbs to improve food access through community development, with an emphasis on community gardens, community kitchens, fresh produce markets and enhancing existing emergency food programs
Responsibilities:
- Organize community meetings with key stakeholders to determine interest and need for community food programs in identified TCHC communities
- Provide hands-on assistance in launching community food projects
- Encourage leadership and involvement of tenants and community leaders in project planning, design, implementation, and evaluation
- Provide expertise and resources in community organizing
- Foster project sustainability through capacity building
- Work with Community Food Animator team and project partners to organize quarterly City -wide training sessions
- Work with Community Food Animator team and project partners to organize yearly bus tour of food programs
Qualifications, skills and abilities:
- Demonstrated experience as a community developer
- Demonstrated experience working on community food security initiatives including community gardens, kitchens and/or markets
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, conflict resolution and written communication skills
- Significant experience working in low-income and culturally/racially diverse communities
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work alone and as part of team
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends as required
- A valid driver's licence
- Ability to speak a language in addition to English is an asset
This is a 12-month full-time, contract position beginning July 2006 and continuing to July 2007 with possibility of extension. Salary: $36,500 plus benefits. Start: As soon as possible
Deadline:
Please send your letter and resume by 5pm Thursday, July 27, 2006 to: Hiring Committee & Community Food Animator, The Stop, P.O. Box 69, Station E, M6H 4E1. E-mailed and faxed applications will NOT be considered
The Stop is committed to employment equity and encourages applicants from equity seeking groups. We regret that only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted.
The Stop gratefully acknowledges the TCHC's Social Investment Fund for its generous support of this initiative.
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Earth Day Canada's Job Posting
Position: Director of External Communications
Date posted to: July 11, 2006
Application deadline: July 23, 2006
Earth Day Canada (EDC) is a national environmental communications organization. Since 1991, EDC has been coordinating Earth Day/Earth Month celebrations nationally and providing resources, user-friendly programs, and networking assistance to help Canadians help the Earth.
EDC programs facilitate positive environmental activities by enabling Canadians to minimize their personal environmental impact. We are an environmental communications and education organization, promoting environmental issues and solutions. EDC has developed and successfully implemented some of Canada's most innovative environmental programming, addressing the needs of Canadians in their homes, workplaces and communities. There is a special emphasis placed on programming to involve youth in creative, meaningful and fun environmental initiatives.
Reports to:
- The President
Responsibilities
- Ensure quality, consistency and impact of all EDC external communications.
- Lead the components of organizational and program development in the areas of branding, promotions, messaging and distribution.
- Direct the management of a program portfolio.
- Responsible for overall direction of programs including strategic program design, supervision of program staff, program evaluation.
- Explore options for funding and make recommendations to the Development Team.
- Contribute as a member of the EDC Management and Development Teams
- Direct research, writing, editing, and production management of organizational resource materials, both print and electronic.
- Oversee web site development and electronic communications.
- Provide regular reports to the President and funding partners.
Qualifications
- Degree in Communications, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geography or related discipline.
- Superior communications skills and writing skills with proven experience writing for various target audiences.
- Five years relevant communications, social marketing and community mobilizing experience. Additional experience in developing and managing community-based programs would be an asset.
- Strong understanding of strategic use of Web resources.
- Well-developed marketing and media skills.
- Strong verbal, interpersonal and negotiation skills, including facilitation and supervisory abilities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Print and electronic production experience.
- Strong computer skills with special emphasis on MS Office Suite, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Application Deadline -- Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
Salary
- Commensurate with experience and includes employer paid health plan.
Term
- This contract is one-year in duration, commencing as soon as possible, with possibility of extension.
Submit a cover letter, CV and a short writing sample (no more than 4 pages) to:
Communications Director Hiring Committee
Earth Day Canada
Fax: 416-599-3100
jobs@earthday.ca
http://earthday.ca
* No phone calls please
* Only those considered for interviews will be contacted
* EDC is an equal opportunity employer
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FoodShare's Job Postings (2)
Posted: July 10, 2006
Deadline July 24, 2006
FoodShare Toronto, a non-profit organization that promotes healthy, affordable local food is seeking is looking to fill two positions:
FoodShare's Job Posting #1 :
Fresh Produce Market and Farmer Outreach Coordinator
FoodShare Toronto is looking for a passionate food systems Fresh Produce Market and Farmer Outreach Coordinator with knowledge of the Toronto's diverse high-needs communities, of alternative local food distribution (CSA's, food boxes, farmers' markets) and of Ontario farmers. The coordinator will implement and evaluate the markets to develop a sustainable model within FoodShare, and help us to continue to build positive relationships with farmers.
Qualifications:
- Must be flexible, creative and well organized
- interested in customer service
- have an interest in community development and food policy
- knowledge of and experience working with people of Toronto's diverse communities
- ability to work as part of a team
- good interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- computer experience
- the ability to work some evenings and weekends as required
- have a valid driver's license and able to drive small trucks and vans
- be over 25 years old to qualify for FoodShare's truck insurance
- ability to speak a language in addition to English is an asset
Salary: $36,000 plus good benefits plan
Deadline:
Please send resume and cover letter by Monday July 24, 2006 to:
- Email: zahra@foodshare.net
- Fax: 416 363-0474, attention Zahra Parvinian
FoodShare welcomes applications from persons of all cultural and racial backgrounds and is an equal opportunity employer.
We regret that only applicants being interviewed will be contacted for interviews.
<http://www.foodshare.net>
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FoodShare's Job Posting #2:
Community Food Animator Project Coordinator
FoodShare Toronto is looking for a passionate food systems community developer, the Food Animator Project Coordinator, with knowledge of the City and Toronto's diverse communities and Ontario farmers to coordinate the Food Animator's Project and the Toronto Farmer's Market Network. This coordinator will work with local partners to animate communities to start food projects in their neighbourhoods, coordinate a network of farmer's markets, develop food policy recommendation and be involved in project design, evaluation, policy development.
Qualifications:
- Must be flexible, creative and well organized
- have an interest in community empowerment and food policy
- knowledge of and experience working with people of Toronto's diverse communities
- good interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- computer experience
- ability to work as part of a team
- the ability to work some evenings and weekends as required
- have a valid driver's license
- be over 25 years old to qualify for FoodShare's truck insurance
- ability to speak a language in addition to English is an asset
Starting Salary: $40,000 plus good benefits plan.
Deadline:
Please send resume and cover letter by Monday July 24, 2006 to
- Email: jennifer@foodshare.net
- Fax: 416 363-0474, attention Jennifer Reynolds
FoodShare welcomes applications from persons of all cultural and racial backgrounds and is an equal opportunity employer.
We regret that only applicants being interviewed will be contacted for interviews.
<http://www.foodshare.net>