<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Please share widely with anyone who may be interested.</div><div>Thank you.</div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">OPERATIONS</span> <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">DIRECTOR</span> JOB OPENING<br>Full time with benefits.<br>Application Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013 to <a href="mailto:chyn@ucimc.org" target="_blank">chyn@ucimc.org</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Urbana-Champaign </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Independent Media Center<br>202 S. Broadway Ave. Urbana 61801</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><u><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); "><a href="http://www.ucimc.org/" target="_blank">www.ucimc.org</a></span></u> • </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><u><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); "><a href="tel:%28217%29%20344-8820" value="+12173448820" target="_blank">(217) 344-8820</a></span></u></span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UCIMC), a local grassroots organization committed to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice in the Champaign County area, seeks a permanent, full-time <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Operations</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Director</span>.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; ">We are seeking a person with a commitment to social justice, strong customer service and communication skills, with an attention to detail. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">The UCIMC <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Operations</span> <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Director</span> actively fills vacancies, handles leases and venue contracts, organizes the finances and files, and manages facilities needs. The <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Operations</span> <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Director</span> supervises the UCIMC bookkeeper and maintenance personnel, manages contracts, and reports directly to the board. </span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Qualifications:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Understanding of and commitment to the IMC mission and social justice work</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Strong customer service skills and attention to detail</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Experience with rentals, tenant relations, and facilities preferred</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Experience managing and supervising personnel preferred</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Proficiency in QuickBooks, Excel, Word, and web updating preferred</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Ability to work effectively with changing priorities and to communicate changes to members</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Mature judgment, strong organization and communication skills</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Ability to multi-task and work with a variety of people in a diverse environment</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Willingness and ability to work flexible hours.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Strong commitment to team-building, collaboration, and positive relationship-building</span><br></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Job Duties:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Contracts: Venue, Room Rental, Parking, and Fiscal Sponsorships</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Ensures full occupancy of all rental and parking spaces through regular advertising and showing of space, and signing of leases.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Manages and maintains space rental and parking agreements, collection of fees, anticipating and securing renewals, and keeping a current list of tenants. </span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Oversees and maintains all aspects of venue contracts, e.g. signing contracts, collecting monies, security coverage, etc.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Serves as contact and manager of fiscal sponsorship agreements</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Keeps the UCIMC public events and internal business calendars up-to-date.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Sends out semi monthly announcements of upcoming events and volunteer opportunities to the IMC-events listserv and posts the same to social media.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Support the programming committee in responding to space inquiries and providing tours.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Mail and Correspondence<br></span></b></p><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; ">Receives, records, and directs phone correspondence to appropriate persons during office hours</span><br></b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; ">Monitors, files or directs mail and correspondence to proper persons or locations</span><br></b></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Finance and Reporting</span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Monitors insurance policies, tax reporting, and legal contracts of the IMC to ensure they are maintained and up-to-date</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Updates the membership list with new members and sends out renewal notices monthly</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Organizes revenue and bills to be paid by the bookkeeper</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Emails monthly reports requested by working groups</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Insures financial bookkeeping records are complete and current</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Assists with annual audit or financial review</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Attends finance committee meetings</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Understands IMC record keeping and filing systems, both financial and non-financial, and keeps them current and organized by fiscal year.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Plans with board committees to ensure each month’s workplan represents the priorities of the IMC and are balanced with other work.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Supports working groups with the financial aspects of approved grants.</span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></b></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Maintenance<br></span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Monitors and schedules work of contracted staff</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Oversees technical contract with vendor for support of internet & phones</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Oversees maintenance projects and contracts</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Maintain key list and distributes keys</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Work with the Facilities Committee to address security issues and building issues</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Additional Duties:</span></b></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Attends UCIMC Committee meetings when requested</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Keeps regular office hours and manage day-to-day issues as they arise</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Salary: </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">$12 per hour. 40 hours a week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "><b>Benefits:</b></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">10 paid national holidays if a holiday falls on a regularly scheduled workday.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">12 all purpose days - one earned for each month of work.</span><br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; ">Up to $100 a month reimbursement for documented health insurance.</span><br></li></ul><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Supervision and Evaluation:<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">The Board of Directors will evaluate the <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Operations</span> <span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">Director</span> at least annually.<b></b></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Promotion of diversity:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center is an AA/EEO employer. Women, people of color, and LGBT persons are strongly encouraged to apply.</span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">To apply:</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; ">Attach in an email your <b>cover letter, resume, and contact information</b>(name, address, phone number, email) for 3 people who can serve as references by email to Danielle Chynoweth at <a href="mailto:chyn@ucimc.org" target="_blank">chyn@ucimc.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; "><b>Deadline: Sunday, December 1, 2013</b></span></p></div></body></html>