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Executive Director -- Natural Resources Council of Maine

The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) seeks an executive director to lead one of the nation’s most successful and highly regarded state environmental advocacy organizations. NRCM is Maine’s largest environmental advocacy organization and plays a leading role in state environmental affairs. It also plays a national role, including as a member of coalitions working at the federal level on environmental issues affecting Maine and the nation. The Board of Trustees has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in recruiting the new executive director. The search is actively under way, will remain open until an appointment is announced, and is currently scheduled to conclude in the winter of 2010-11. Inquiries, referrals, and resumes are encouraged by email and in confidence, with a cover letter from applicants sent to 4079@imsearch.com.

Interim Director of Programs -- Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

The Director will provide strategic grantmaking and management support to the organization?s growing program team, playing a leadership role in the startup phase of this new organization. Over the past four months, the program staff at Shakti has grown from having one to five staff people. While each new staff member is an expert in his/her sector, most are engaging in grantmaking for the first time in a country with little history of strategic grantmaking. The Interim Director of Programs will help staff develop and refine sector-based strategies and research, building internal capacity to engage in effective grantmaking and field building. This one-year, contract assignment (with option for extension) is ideal for an innovative and analytical leader with a background in strategic grantmaking or management consulting, exposure to the environmental field, and interest or prior work experience in India. The ideal candidate for this position is a strong manager with at least 10 years of work experience which includes work with foundations and strategic grantmaking, as well as exposure to the environmental field (preferably in energy or the power sector); Indian language skills and work experience are preferred but not required. ClimateWorks Foundation will cover the cost of relocation and is open to a variety of work exchange, secondment, or contract arrangements. Shakti hopes to fill this position as soon as possible.

Operations Coordinator -- Management Assistant Group

MAG is seeking an Operations Coordinator for a salary of $38-45,000 DOE. The Operations Coordinator will be given overall supervision by the Manager of Institutional Development while the Deputy Director supervising the direct administrative support for her and the Executive Director supervising the accounting support. The Operations Coordinator will also work closely with the accountant on the finance duties. How to Apply Email a resume and cover letter to Sandra Kim, Manager of Institutional Development, at skim@magmail.org. This is a rolling application process so early applications are advised. Thank you for your interest in MAG.