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Organizer-staff person for Forest Park Southeast Community Association
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The neighborhood
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The Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhood is in central St. Louis City with a
socially, economically, and racially diverse population. The FPSE Community Association is made
up of all who live in or own property in the neighborhood and representatives of the
neighborhood's churches, businesses, and social agencies. Its Community Council recognizes that
communication is critical and seeks to give neighborhood people complete and accurate
information about all issues which affect the health and welfare of the community and to enable
people to express their views and promote their ideas to the Council and to all of the
neighborhood.
For details, see
http://stlouis.missouri.org/forestparksoutheast (particularly the
Constitution).
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Responsibilities
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The three primary responsibilities of the organizer-staff person will be:
- to get
the views and wishes of neighborhood people by regularly canvassing the neighborhood;
- to
staff the Council by coordinating the agendas and reports of the Council and its various
committees; and
- to support the Council's work as one of nine Sustainable Neighborhoods in
the St. Louis region.
All responsibilities will be related to the implementation of the
plan for physical development and
human services
that the Council adopted in July, 1999.
Particular duties will be to:
- listen to residents, business persons, and representatives of existing organizations,
recording the information gained from them, and giving the information to Council
members;
- invite and move more people to participate in Council activities;
- publicize the neighborhood's development plan and the various projects underway to
implement it;
- get more people to participate in evaluating and implementing further projects to
realize the neighborhood plan;
- coordinate the Association and Council meetings, attend the meetings, report on
developments at the meetings, and maintain a list of Council projects and the status of
those projects;
- work with professional staff already assisting redevelopment efforts of the FPSE
Housing Corporation and Washington University Medical Center; and
- maintain contacts with the other Sustainable Neighborhoods, Area Resources for
Community and Human Services (ARCHS), the Regional Housing and Community
Development Alliance (RHCDA), and other community-wide organizations.
The organizer-staff person will be accountable to the Community Council,
primarily through its executive committee. Work assignments will be from the Council. The
organizer-staff person will also be accountable to Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative
Coordinators on administrative matters, including payroll, leave, and fringe benefits and regularly
meet with and report to the coordinators.
Qualifications
- Familiarity with the neighborhood, its residents, businesses, organizations, and plans;
neighborhood residency preferred
- Organizing experience, preferably in communities with members of diverse backgrounds
Strong writing and speaking skills
- Ability to work on concurrent multiple tasks
- Ability to use computers for word processing, e-mail, and Internet research preferred;
willingness
to develop such skills is essential
- Availability for evenings work, with starting time adjusted accordingly
- Ability to promptly prepare accurate reports of activities
- Good sense for marketing neighborhood activities both within and outside the neighborhood
- Commitment to the neighborhood's goals as embodied in the Association's Constitution
- Combination of education and / or work experience that includes a bachelor's degree or
four
years of community experience. At least two years experience in areas that include
community organizing, group facilitation, community or urban development, or human
services.
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Salary
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$ 27,000 to $ 32,000, depending on qualifications and experience.
Benefits include health and medical benefits, mileage reimbursement, training
opportunities, and some area travel.
To apply
N.B: if you are responding because this page is the first notice of the posting, pleas e-
mail your resume to the co chairs,
Greg Campbell and
Bob Babione.
Submit a resume and reference list to Lisa Potts of ARCHS, 4236 Lindell
Boulevard, Suite 400,
St. Louis, Missouri 63108 by June 26, 2000. Selected candidates will be interviewed
by the Council's personnel committee and Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative Coordinators.
FPSECC and ARCHS are equal opportunity employers.
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