Executive Assistant

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Voices of the Soil is growing, and for the right individual offers a unique opportunity to participate in a dynamic and rewarding work experience.  A leader in urban agriculture technologies with a focus on soils, community and sustainability, Voices of the Soil past projects include: EcoYouth, a youth environment leadership program, its participants the recipient of the 2003 Emerald Award – Youth Category; EcoCamp, a day camp introducing nature and growing to children age 8-12.  Today it supports community garden activity in the Edmonton area; Cityfarm, a place of discovery to grow food, care for animals, the environment and each other; and EnviroPerfect Solutions, an organic turf management system!

As the Executive Assistant your exceptional communication and organizational skills will make a positive contribution to this growing, leading-edge organization. You are an independent worker, and thrive in a fast paced, changing environment to support the implementation of various project action plans.  You easily adapt your strong administrative proficiencies to changing situations, allowing you to take charge of new, diverse challenges such as troubleshooting project management reporting systems, planning special events, coordinating volunteers, etc. As well, your strong skills set will help you to anticipate the needs of the Director and the organization to confidently execute solutions.  
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Qualifications:
•        Demonstrates interpersonal and organizational skills that support the activities of the Director.
•        A self starter! Keen, positive, proactive attitude to assess a situation, task or project and how best to apply skills and strengths to support the Director to meet deadlines and project outcomes.  
3 B, O  U8 q# e' p6 M: _•        Expert in MS Office, experience with database and web technologies; and an excellent understanding of project accounting practices.
( c* ^& K+ {6 X& I5 i: [•        Exceptional writing skills, experience with proposal writing.
•        Knowledge or a background in gardening or agriculture, and interest in environmental education.

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) i, E& m: v  h% [        Please email resume by September 30, 2008
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Felicity