Commercial Alert job announcement
Title
Executive Director
Start date
January 2, 2007 or as soon as possible
Summary
Commercial Alert is seeking an executive director to lead
its efforts to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere.
Commercial Alert is a nonprofit consumer, public health and advertising watchdog group. It opposes the commercialization of culture, education and government, and seeks to reduce the incidence of marketing-related diseases, such as obesity, alcoholism and tobacco-related illnesses.
This is an excellent opportunity to direct a healthy, growing, high-profile public interest organization.
Responsibilities
Program leadership. Create and implement program strategy and tactics.
Chief spokesperson. Promote Commercial Alert’s mission to the media, legislators and the general public.
Fundraising.
Maintain and expand Commercial Alert’s donor base.
Financial management. Oversee Commercial Alert’s financial planning and management, including bookkeeping and cash flows.
Administration. Manage all administrative duties, including payroll and all federal and state reporting requirements.
Human resources. Hiring and manage all staff except executive director.
Qualifications
Applicants must have excellent writing, public speaking,
fundraising and political skills.
About Commercial
Alert
Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture
within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and
subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and
democracy.
For more information about Commercial Alert, please visit our website at www.commercialalert.org.
Compensation
$40,000 per year plus health and vacation benefits.
Location
Application process
Application review begins immediately.
Please send cover
letter and resume to:
Gary Ruskin
Executive Director
Commercial Alert
Email:
gary@commercialalert.org
Postal mail:
Commercial Alert
Fax:
(503) 235-5137