Position Announcement: Executive Director, Nebraska Appleseed Center

Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest

Nebraska Appleseed, a nationally regarded nonprofit, nonpartisan law
project, seeks a new Executive Director to lead a staff of 11 highly
dedicated professionals in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Executive Director leads
the fundraising, day-to-day operations and staff. Nebraska Appleseed's 2007
budget is $650,000. Its revenue base consists of public support from
individual donors, law firms, foundations, and other grantmakers.

Core Values. Common Ground. Equal Justice. These are Nebraska Appleseed's
guiding principles, and have been since the Center started "sowing the seeds
of justice" in 1996: a focus on advancing policies and practices that
promote self-sufficiency for Nebraska's working poor families, promoting the
integration and participation of immigrant populations in communities across
Nebraska, providing safe and adequate child welfare and foster care services
to children who need protection, increasing low-income people's access to
the legal system, and supporting democracy by removing barriers to
low-income people's participation in the electoral and public policy
decision-making processes. Our goal is equal justice and full opportunity
for all Nebraskans, we focus on core values we all share, finding common
ground we all can agree on, and ensuring everyone has a voice.

Through our staff and volunteers, Nebraska Appleseed has a unique
combination of expertise, flexibility, and independence to help achieve
progress for people who need it. Our staff includes lawyers, social workers,
community educators, law students, and webmasters, who join their skills
with private law firms, civic leaders, other professionals, and community
members to seek lasting public interest solutions. We use many different
"paths to justice" - community education, negotiation, research, network
building, legislation, and precedent-setting litigation. More information
on our many successes can be found at www.NeAppleseed.org.

Nebraska Appleseed is affiliated with the national Appleseed organization of
Washington, D.C. Appleseed Centers (currently there are 16) are
independent organizations linked by a national network. Each Center
recruits its own leadership, pursues its own sources of funding, and
develops its own projects and strategies for reform, although, there are
issues on which Appleseed Centers work collaboratively.

Nebraska Appleseed is governed by a fifteen member Board of Directors.

The new Executive Director must have the following qualifications:

* Passion for Nebraska Appleseed's mission;
* Ability to provide vision and strategic thinking, identify and
analyze Nebraska's important public interest issues, master complicated
legal issues, and a commitment to enhancing the impact of the organization
both locally and nationally;
* Ability to inspire, mentor, and lead an experienced, dedicated, and
harmonious staff;
* Astute political sensitivities for working with public officials on
the local, state, and national level;
* Experience with fundraising;
* Strong communication, writing, and media skills;
* Communicate effectively with Board members and fundraising sources.

Compensation

Nebraska Appleseed offers a competitive nonprofit compensation and benefits
package for this position that is commensurate with skill and experience.

Application

Please forward a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and references to:

Allen Overcash, President, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public
Interest


Questions may also be directed to this email address w/ the same subject
line.

Do not send your application to the Nebraska Appleseed office.