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Job Opportunities
Part-time Position Available
Accreditation Manager
NOFA Organic Land Care Program
CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association)
The Organic Land Care (OLC) Program, an initiative of the Connecticut and Massachusetts chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) is looking for a highly motivated person to manage our growing multi-state accreditation program for organic land care professionals. Ours is the first program in the U.S. to define organic landscaping standards and accredit professionals in organic land care. (A listing of accredited professionals is available at www.organiclandcare.net/AOLCP/statelist.php and additional information on the Organic Land Care Program can be found at www.organiclandcare.net) Our accredited professionals have demonstrated a commitment to Organic Land Care by taking our intensive 5-day course, passing our Accreditation exam, earning four continuing education credits per year and pledging to provide organic land care according to NOFA standards. There are currently over 400 Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals working in 17 states. We promote our accredited professionals through our website, annual Guide, and community outreach. We also offer update courses and networking opportunities for our accredited professionals.
Description of work:
- Managing the accreditation program: registering and maintaining contact with the accredited professionals, notifying them about opportunities for continuing education credits, working to ensure annual renewal of their accreditation
- Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date database of accredited professionals and the services they provide. We will use this database to create the annual NOFA Guide to Organic Land Care
- Facilitating networking, exchange, and support among the accredited professionals
- Publicizing the accredited professionals to the wider public in need of their services
- Recruiting accredited professionals to participate more fully in all aspects of the Organic Land Care Program (including teaching in the Organic Land Care courses)
- Coordinating the annual update course
- Participating fully in the monthly meetings and the work of the Organic Land Care Committee, which oversees the Organic Land Care Program.
- Attend the last day of the each of the NOFA Organic Land Care courses held in CT, MA and RI to facilitate the gathering and distribution of information for accreditation and for the Guide to Organic Land Care.
The scope of the job within the Organic Land Care Program as a whole has the potential to grow significantly, contingent on additional funding.
This is a part-time position for an estimated 600 hours of work with pay commensurate with experience. The work would start in July 2008, with most of the hours between January and May, 2009. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to Ashley Kremser, akremser@ctnofa.org, or CT NOFA, Box 164 Stevenson, CT 06491.