Jobs with Ecotrust
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Director of Communications
Guest Services Assistant
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Organizational Summary
Ecotrust's mission is to help build Salmon Nation, a place where people and wild salmon thrive. Ecotrust is dedicated to promoting sustainability for the rain forests of the northwest United States, Canada and Alaska. Ecotrust's programs and approach are based on the premise that economic, ecological, and social equity systems are mutually interdependent: the triple bottom line. Founded in 1991 and based in Portland, Oregon, Ecotrust works in five programmatic areas: Fisheries, Forestry, Native Programs, Food & Farms and Citizenship.
Ecotrust is a casual, team-oriented workplace located in Portland's historic Pearl District. Compensation commensurate with experience.
Ecotrust is an equal-opportunity employer and seeks to promote diversity through its hiring decisions.
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Title: Director of Communications
Company Background:
Ecotrust's mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates social, environmental and economic value. Ecotrust is both a think and do tank. Our role is to create, capitalize and communicate.
Our goal is to help the drivers of our economy develop fundamentally different ways of thinking. At Ecotrust we believe that any viable solution meets at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic success. We call this the e3 innovation.
Ecotrust has a sixteen year track record innovating e3 solutions from Alaska to California: saving temperate rainforest watersheds with First Nations communities, creating the world's first environmental bank, the first LEED Gold historic restoration, and the first ecological forest investment fund. We have published 25 books, manage 15 websites, and maintain a wide range of relations with thousands of donors, businesses, government agencies, and organizations in the northwest region and around the world.
Director of Communications:
The Director of Communications is a brand management position, responsible for ensuring the overall integrity of the Ecotrust brand, growing and aggressively promoting it and all related aspects of public relations, marketing, publications, earned media and media relations.
We are looking for a seasoned professional, comfortable with distilling complex messages into compelling stories.
Experiences and Skills:
Reporting to the President, the Director of Communications will manage all Communications, PR and Marketing efforts supporting Ecotrust's mission. The individual selected will have lead responsibilities in branding and messaging; collateral development, including both traditional and new media; preparing remarks, backgrounders and scripts for Ecotrust Management Team; media outreach and management, participating in a team-based environment, and providing support and counsel for programs and initiatives across the organization. The Director of Communications will:
- Work with internal staff and consultants to develop and execute brand discipline and a strategic communications program that enhances the visibility of Ecotrust as innovator
- Create a compelling suite of collateral materials for the organization and its programs
- Secure and track earned media
- Gain recognition for Ecotrust's many activities
- Increase the positive perception of Ecotrust within the donor community
- Manage a staff of writers and graphic designers to meet the program communications needs of the organization
Personal and Professional Characteristics:
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, public relations, business or a related field
- 10–15 years of experience and a proven track record of accomplishment in communications and marketing
- Demonstrated commitment to and experience in working in Ecotrust's core values areas of ecology, economy and social equity
- Demonstrated success in the development, management and implementation of communications strategies, including local and national press, and new media
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities effectively, assimilate information quickly, analyze problems and implement appropriate solutions is required managing a team of staff and contract designers, copy writers, and PR professionals
- Excellent relations with members of the local and national press, including trade press
- Demonstrated understanding of strategic planning, positioning, building brands and partnerships
- Exceptional interpersonal, project management, multi-tasking and written and oral communication skills, including an emphasis on feature writing
- The attitude of a doer, a tolerance for ambiguity, and low co-efficient of boredom
- Desire and proven ability to work in an intense, results-oriented environment
- Ability to work independently and develop a high functioning communications team
To learn more about Ecotrust visit our website at http://www.ecotrust.org
Contact:
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Ecotrust c/o MBL Group, LLC
Jim Morris, Principle
111 SW Columbia, Suite 1010
Portland, OR 97201-5844
Fax: 503-224-6707
Email:
Title: Guest Services Assistant
Reports to: Senior Event Coordinator
Status: Part time. Variable hours. Estimated 15-20 hours per week.
Deadline: May 16th, 2008
Guest Services Assistant: The Guest Services Assistant is an important member of the Ecotrust Event Staff. This person will help us service the green meetings and events occurring here in the Natural Capital Center. The Guest Services Assistant will be the main point of contact for our clients, greeting them and troubleshooting during the event as needed. This is a physical position. The Guest Service Assistant will regularly setup and breakdown the event: This includes moving tables and chairs. Additionally, this position provides housekeeping of the event spaces and provides security for events. This is a part-time position which requires working early mornings, evenings and weekends on a regular basis. The ideal candidate will be able to be flexible with their schedule. Qualified candidates must be an effective team player and committed to Ecotrust's mission.
Background: In the Fall of 2001 Ecotrust moved its headquarters to the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, an historic 1895 building in the Pearl District restored using environmentally benign building practices. The building has become a gathering place and marketplace for the exchange of environmentally and socially responsible goods, services and ideas for the Pacific Northwest. The Natural Capital Center features environmentally sensitive construction, a community of tenants and a very unique event center. The event center is an integral part of Ecotrust's mission of encouraging the exchange of ideas for a sustainable future.
Duties include:
- Main point of contact for clients on the event day
- Setup audiovisual equipment and troubleshoot as needed
- Setup and teardown for events
- Light housekeeping of event spaces, to include but not limited to: wiping down tables and chairs, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming and mopping floors, taking out the trash, recycling, and composting
- Light office work
- Building security (unlock and lockup)
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Customer service experience
- Highly personable
- Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot as needed
- Able to lift 50lbs or more (must be able to move conference center furniture on own)
- Enthusiasm for the mission of Ecotrust
- Familiarity and comfort with audiovisual equipment
- Work well in a fast paced environment
- Self motivated and proactive
Compensation: This is a part time, hourly position. Starting pay is: $13.50 an hour. Ecotrust is an equal opportunity employer.
Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and completed application to:
Laleña Dolby
Ecotrust
721 NW 9th Ave., Suite 200
Portland, OR, 97209
