[Seniorresources] Connect Southside Job Posting

[kristen kaplan]

Are you interested in nonprofits, your local community and looking for the
perfect part-time job? Or know someone who is? 

Connect Southside, a new information tool and resource for the nonprofit
community, is now launching to serve Petersburg, Chester, Colonial Heights,
Hopewell and the counties of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex and portions
of Chesterfield County. The project seeks a high‐energy, committed
professional to coordinate the work. Connect Southside is part of a
nationally recognized consortium of community‐building initiatives that
includes Connect Richmond and Connect Rappahannock. The project has broad
community support and funding from the Cameron Foundation.

The job includes: community relations; writing a weekly electronic
newsletter on nonprofit issues; managing simple Web‐based communications
tools; presenting to and working with nonprofit and government leaders and
managers and organizing events to market the project. Interests in
nonprofits, social policy and public policy and community‐building
preferred. Bachelors degree preferred. Attention to detail and proven
writing and proofreading skills are essential. Familiarity with the
Southside region is preferred. Residents of the area will be given priority
in hiring. The successful candidate will receive training and support from a
team in Richmond. The position is open now but the start date can be as late
as September 15.

This part‐time position averages 20 hours per week and offers professional
office and meeting space at the brand new Nonprofit Resource Center at the
Appomattox Regional Library in Hopewell. The option to telecommute and
associated expenses/equipment provided. Salary is $17,000 and includes
limited benefits, such as sick time and 457 investment opportunity.

Comprehensive resumes, including volunteer experience, and a cover letter
addressing your connection to the Southside region and/or your interest in
nonprofits
should be addressed to: Kristen Kaplan, Associate Director, Connect Network,
205 W. Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23220. Email:
richmondinfo at connectnetwork.org. Phone: (804) 827‐2168. Fax: (804) 827‐
2166.

Kristen Kaplan, MPA
Associate Director, Connect Network
205 W. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23220
www.connectnetwork.org
"Information for a stronger community"

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: winmail.dat
Type: application/ms-tnef
Size: 5792 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mail.connectnetwork.org/pipermail/seniorresources_connectnetwork.org/attachments/20070630/cab44cdc/winmail.bin