<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Toxic Free NC is hiring a Policy Director! Please help us in sharing this opportunity.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(This is a revised version of an earlier posting, with increased responsibility and salary.) </span></div><br><br><div style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join the Toxic Free NC team!</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Policy Director</span></div><br><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Toxic Free NC fights for environmental health and justice by advocating for safe alternatives to harmful pesticides and chemicals in agriculture and consumer products. We’re seeking a Policy Director to ensure that public policy is responsive to those most affected by toxic pollution. The Policy Director is a champion for justice, strategically advancing our platform through coalition partnerships, advocacy that builds public participation, and issues-based campaigns that move the needle toward safer policies that protect everyone in our community.  </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Responsibilities: </span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Leads Toxic Free NC advocacy for the protection of public health and the environment based on rigorous and transparent science</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Serves as a policy expert and regulatory watchdog on pesticides and adjacent issues in North Carolina</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Increases public awareness and involvement in policy-making</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Develops campaign strategies and leads issues-based campaigns</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Builds and strengthens coalition partnerships</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Prepares policy briefs, position papers, and action alerts</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:27pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">• Participates in, and helps shape, Toxic Free NC’s collective leadership model </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here’s what we’re looking for:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Policy experience with environmental or health advocacy issues, or work on issues-based campaigns</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Clear and compelling public speaking and written communication skills, with the ability to convey scientific concepts to any audience. </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Embodies Toxic Free NC’s mission and values, including a commitment to addressing systemic inequity</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Must have a valid driver’s license and ability to travel throughout North Carolina and occasional travel outside the state</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:8pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Big plus: knowledge of pesticide issues, food systems, organic agriculture, and/or environmental justice issues in North Carolina</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:9pt"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Helpful but not required: training or educational background in environmental policy, public policy, environmental science, public health, chemistry, or a related field</span></div></li></ul><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Benefits:</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a full-time position (40 hours/week) with paid vacation, holidays, and health and dental benefits. The starting salary, commensurate with experience and other factors, is $50,000-60,000 annually. The job is based at our office in downtown Durham and requires occasional travel around the Triangle and the state. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To apply:</span></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Send us a cover letter, résumé, two writing samples, and three job related references to <a href="mailto:jobs@toxicfreenc.org" target="_blank">jobs@toxicfreenc.org</a> with the subject line “Policy Director Application.” Applications are due by </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 5, 2022. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We want you!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Toxic Free NC is an equal-opportunity employer. We value the lived experience of community members impacted by environmental exposure and we are committed to creating an inclusive and anti-racist working environment. Women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and especially those with personal connections to communities impacted by pesticides are strongly encouraged to apply. If you feel that you are a good fit but don’t meet all the above-mentioned requirements, we encourage you to apply by including a statement of how you would contribute to the role.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><b><font color="#a64d79">Phoebe Gooding, M.S. </font></b><b><font color="#a64d79">(she/her)</font></b></font><div><div><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#38761d" size="1"><b>Program and Organizing Director</b></font></i></div><div><font color="#38761d" size="1"><b><i>Just and Sustainable Agriculture</i></b></font></div><div><font size="1"><a href="https://www.toxicfreenc.org/" target="_blank"><b><font color="#a64d79">Toxic Free NC</font></b></a><br></font></div><div><a href="mailto:phoebe@toxicfreenc.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="1">phoebe@toxicfreenc.org</font></a></div></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1">(919) 589-3589</font></div><div><a href="https://www.hawksnesthealinggardens.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#a64d79" size="1"><b>Hawk's Nest Healing Gardens</b></font></a></div><div><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="1">Durham County occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary land of the Eno, Lumbee, Sappony, Shakori, and Tuscarora peoples. <a href="https://native-land.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://native-land.ca/</a></font></i><br></div></div></div></div>
</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">be a kind human</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bonita Green</font></div></div></div></div></div>