Open Positions:

• Community Outreach Coordinator with Live Smoke Free (smoke-free multi-housing)
• Policy Outreach Specialist with Project WATCH (countering tobacco marketing)
  
• Youth Worker- Community Outreach Specialist with Ramsey Tobacco Coaltion (reducing tobacco industry influence)

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Community Outreach Coordinator with Live Smoke Free (smoke-free multi-housing)

The Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota is seeking a full-time Community Outreach Coordinator for its Live Smoke Free program.  This position will work to increase the number of smoke-free apartment buildings in the Twin Cities metro area.  Live Smoke Free assists tenants and landlords in finding solutions to secondhand smoke problems through adoption of smoke-free policies for apartment buildings. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

The Community Outreach Coordinator will assist the LSF program team in promoting the LSF program, with particular responsibilities as follows:

• Work with apartment renters over the phone and in face-to-face meetings to find solutions to secondhand smoke problems.
• Work with apartment owners and managers over the phone and in face-to-face meetings to educate them on the benefits and steps to adopting smoke-free policies for apartment buildings.
• Represent Live Smoke Free at community events, including health fairs, community celebrations, and housing industry conferences.
• Contribute to Live Smoke Free communications, including newsletters, media releases, and web site.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1-2 years work experience in community organizing, public health, public policy, communications, marketing, or related field
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Outgoing personality; able to relate to people of all racial and economic backgrounds
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Able to organize and coordinate multiple projects at once without losing attention to detail, including database and budget management
• Knowledge of tobacco prevention and control strategies and/or knowledge of the housing industry
• Operational knowledge of MS Office programs, including MS Access; Adobe InDesign a plus!
• Must have use of a reliable automobile, be willing to travel throughout the Twin Cities metro area, and able to work some evenings and weekends

SALARY & BENEFITS

This is a 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) grant-funded position.  Starting salary $36,000 or depending on qualifications.  Benefits include health insurance and retirement contributions.

HOW TO APPLY (Deadline: February 6, 2012)

Send resume, cover letter, list of references, and recent writing sample or print material you created to:

Jeanne Weigum, President

Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota 

2395 University Ave. W., #310, St. Paul, MN 55114

or email all materials to jobs@ansrmn.org

Please reference “Live Smoke Free Community Outreach Coordinator position” in your subject line

Visit our website at www.mnsmokefreehousing.org  for more program information.

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Policy Outreach Specialist with ProjectWATCH (countering tobacco marketing)

The Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota is seeking a full-time Policy Outreach Specialist for its Project WATCH program.  This position will work to increase policies that protect youth and young adults from tobacco marketing.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

The Policy Outreach Specialist will assist the Project WATCH program team in promoting the program, with particular responsibilities as follows:

• Work with decision makers from across the state to adopt policies that limit tobacco marketing and youth access to tobacco;
• Represent Project WATCH at community events, including health fairs, community celebrations, and conferences; and
  
• Contribute to Project WATCH communications including newsletters, media releases, and web site.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1-2 years work experience in community organizing, public speaking, public health, public policy, communications, marketing, or related field
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Outgoing personality; able to relate to people of all racial and economic backgrounds
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Able to organize and coordinate multiple projects at once without losing attention to detail
• Knowledge of tobacco prevention and control strategies
• Experience with community organizing
• Operational knowledge of MS Office programs
• Must have use of a reliable automobile, be willing to travel throughout the state, and able to work some evenings and weekends

SALARY & BENEFITS

This is a 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) grant-funded position.  Starting salary $36,000 or depending on qualifications.  Benefits include health insurance and retirement contributions.

HOW TO APPLY (Deadline: January 20, 2012)

Send resume, cover letter, list of references, and recent writing sample or print material you created to:

Jeanne Weigum, President

Association for Nonsmokers—Minnesota 

2395 University Ave. W., #310, St. Paul, MN 55114

or email all materials to jobs@ansrmn.org

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Youth Worker-Community Outreach Specialist

The Ramsey Tobacco Coalition (RTC), a program of the Association for Nonsmokers-MN (ANSR), seeks a 1/2 time employee to assist in reducing the tobacco industry's influence in the community.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work directly with inner city youth groups to carry out advocacy projects;
• Conduct community outreach to schools, nonprofits and community festivals with the goal of decreasing tobacco marketing in the community;
•  Assess communities for enforcement of current sign regulations;
•  Through local community media avenues, promote RTC and ANSR.  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1-2 years' work experience in community organizing, youth development, public speaking, public health, public policy, communications, marketing, or related field;
•       An applicant without a BA who has extensive experience working with inner city youth will be considered;
• Experience working with and training youth, ages 12-18;
• Excellent oral and  written communication skills;
• Comfortable and competent with public speaking;
• Operational knowledge of  MS Office programs;
• Must have reliable transportation and be willing to work some evenings.

To be successful at this position the applicant will have:

• Ability to be a part of a team;
• Understanding of policy approaches vs. educational approach;
• Must be self-started, able to identify new opportunities while effectively using existing resources;
• Ability to work independently and organized.

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement for travel
• Flexible schedule
• Opportunity to make a difference in the lives of youth and the community

Salary:  20 hours per week, with a starting salary at $17.00/hour

Time Commitment:  This is a grant funded position through December 2012.

Send resume and cover letter to:  Jeanne Weigum, President - Association for Nonsmokers- MN 
 2395 University Ave W. #310  St. Paul, MN  55114 or email all materials to jobs@ansrmn.org