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Position Title<\/span> ECTA job opportunity, Business Manager Friday, October 31, 2014 Position Title Business Manager, East Coast Trail Association Position Summary The East Coast Trail Association (ECTA) is seeking a Business Manager to help coordinate and implement the work of the Association. Reporting to the VP of Finance & Administration your primary responsibility will be to support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-60","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10083,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9429\/revisions\/10083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastcoasttrail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Business Manager, East Coast Trail Association<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Position Summary<\/span>
\n<\/span>The East Coast Trail Association (ECTA) is seeking a Business Manager to help coordinate and implement the work of the Association. Reporting to the VP of Finance & Administration your primary responsibility will be to support the Association’s strategic objectives to achieve a sustainable trail. As such you will support the work of the core ECTA committees responsible for Membership & Volunteers, Finance & Administration, Marketing & Communications, Fundraising & Revenue, Land & Legal, and Trail Management.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As Business Manager for the ECTA, you have experience working in the not-for-profit sector flanked by solid business acumen gained from working with government and business stakeholders. You possess superior presentation and writing skills and strong project management\/organizational skills. You are a self-starter with a professional demeanor who consults and collaborates to deliver results.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Primary Functions<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Act as a resource to the Board of Directors, Executive Committee to support and implement objectives and policy decisions<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support the ECTA annual budget process and assist with funding proposals<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Manage and produce content for ECTA website, newsletter and social media channels<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Coordinate the development of communications and marketing materials that resonate with a range of audiences<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support community outreach, event planning, marketing partnerships<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support sustain the trail initiatives to raise funds for the upkeep and enhancement of the trail<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support and maintain relationships with municipalities, funding agencies, government, donors, other non-profit organizations and business organizations<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Assist with recruitment of seasonal trail maintenance personnel and manage staff and volunteers supporting the ECTA office<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support membership communication, development and retention activities<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Support volunteer recruitment, recognition and retention programs<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Coordinate the Associations AGM and orientation for in-coming Board members<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Represent ECTA on committees, networks and joint projects<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Monitor community and tourism initiatives that may impact trail management<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Education\/Experience & Skills<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Bachelors degree in the social sciences or business<\/span>
\n<\/span>– 3-5 years experience in managing in the not-for profit sector, government or related field<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Experience in the recreation or cultural\/tourism sector is an asset<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Knowledge of and aptitude with Microsoft Office and other communications software and platforms (Constant Contact\/MailChimp, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). Knowledge of design software is an asset<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Strong presentation, writing and editing skills<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Event planning experience including stakeholder engagement initiatives and special events<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Strong project management skills<\/span>
\n<\/span>– Ability to work independently and handle a varied and demanding workload<\/span>
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\n<\/span>HOW TO APPLY<\/span>
\n<\/span>Candidates for this position must submit their resumes with a cover letter to John Bruijns, VP Finance & Administration, ECTA Board of Directors at office@eastcoasttrail.com with the subject line – Business Manager, East Coast Trail Association – by Wednesday November 12, 2014. While ECTA appreciates all applications, only those candidates considered for an interview will be acknowledged.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"