Position Title: Director of Marketing & Communications

Supervisor: Senior Director of Advancement

Salary and Benefits: The starting salary range is competitive, with excellent benefits that include paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance; an employer-matched retirement fund; paid vacation, personal, and holiday leave; and professional development opportunities.

Posting Date: December 28, 2010. The position is available immediately and will remain open until filled. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Location: Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) is a dynamic and influential non-profit organization. OEC is seeking a key staff member to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the environmental field to reach existing critical target audiences, develop new audiences, and build OEC’s capacity to communicate its mission and successes. The Director of Marketing & Communications will report directly to senior management and will serve as the staff liaison to the OEC’s Board of Director’s Communications Committee. The Director will integrate marketing principles throughout the organization, which will include supporting membership development, fundraising efforts, and environmental policy and outreach campaigns. The Director will develop and implement marketing strategies to increase the OEC’s support base, and will create communications strategies that strengthen the organization.

The Cleveland Foundation is seeking undergraduate, recent college graduates and graduate students to apply to our summer internship program. This program offers students meaningful career-related work and knowledge about the Greater Cleveland non-profit community. Interns are paid $12 per hour for full-time work and attend a weekly seminar highlighting key organizations and programs being conducted in the local nonprofit and public sectors.

The application form can be accessed online The application deadline is February 5, 2010. Personal interviews with select applicants will be conducted by early March. Interns will be notified of their acceptance into the program on or around April 1. The internship program begins on June 7, 2010 and ends August 20, 2010.

All applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Be an undergraduate or graduate student in good standing or a recent graduate of a local accredited college or university who resides in the Greater -Cleveland area such as Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga counties.
• Have a strong academic record (3.0 grade point average or above).
• Have strong research, computer, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Interest in the non-profit or public sector.

A selection committee will review applications, conduct interviews and select the interns. Every effort will be made to match the interns and host sites according to the interests of the interns and needs of participating nonprofit or governmental agencies. If you have any questions about the program, contact Nelson Beckford, program officer at (216) 615-7259 or nbeckford@clevefdn.org.

Beyond Pesticides Ohio has an Internship Position for a person with an interest in environmental activism to assist in preparations for our National Pesticide Forum to be held April 9-10, 2010 at Case Western Reserve University. This is unpaid position and requires from one to a few hours per week. Work can be done almost entirely from home via computer and phone. For more information about the Forum visit our website at http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum/index.htm  

For more information about this position contact Barry Zucker, Executive Director, Beyond Pesticides Ohio at 216-291-3424