Marine Conservation Leadership Position Available
Added to website: 03 July 2007
Position: Director, Washington DC Office, Blue Frontier Campaign
Reports to: President, BFC
Location: Washington DC
Starting Date: Late Summer 2007
The Blue Frontier Campaign is committed to building unity, providing tools and increasing awareness of the solution oriented ocean and coastal protection movement. It has organized national and regional conferences, tours and celebrations of the sea, and produced organizing brochures, books including the Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide and 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, and online resources including Blue Notes emails. It also works on school curriculums, print, radio, and TV stories and the bluefront.org website.
With founder David Helvarg establishing a West Coast Office BFC is looking for a motivated independent person to run our DC office. The job will include fundraising and development for BFC, basic financial administration, organizing a national Blue Vision Summit in the summer of 2008, working on the website, and with the media as well as a wide range of marine organizations. The Director will also oversee interns and volunteers, and do conference outreach both on Capitol Hill and to local and regional seaweed groups across the nation.
We’re looking for someone who is self-directing and entrepreneurial, has experience or familiarity with running the day-to-day operations of a small NGO, and is passionate about restoring our living seas through bottom up citizen action. Writing skills are a plus.
Work is based in Washington DC. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Submit resume and cover letter to:
David Helvarg
Helvarg@bluefront.org
510-778-8470
202-387-8030
