[MPWG] Job Available: Natural Products Brand Administrator in Asheville, NC

[Jeanine Davis]

Natural Products Brand Administrator Job Description
The NC Natural Products Association seeks to fill a one year temporary
position of Brand Administrator to report to and assist the Board in a wide
range of administrative, communications, and brand development project areas
centered on successfully introducing and growing the new Blue Ridge
Naturally brand in the natural products industry. The Brand Administrator
will need to be very self-motivated, organized, and resourceful in executing
various routine and special assignments, and in establishing
solutions-oriented and sustainable reporting, decision making, and
communications systems that can adapt to rapid organizational growth, as
this is a start-up organization. 
Compensation: $40,000 to $48,0000 per year as a contract position,
commensurate with job responsibilities and relevant qualifications.
This is a one year position with potential to continue based on funding and
the success achieved in meeting goals during the first year.

More details:
This position will report to and assist the NCNPA Board in a wide range of
administrative, communications, and brand development project areas centered
on successfully introducing and growing the new Blue Ridge Naturally (BRN)
brand in the natural products industry. The chief purpose of the position is
to successfully build and maintain the institutional capacity of NCNPA to
administer the BRN brand as a self-sustaining stand-alone enterprise serving
natural products businesses in the 23 counties of Western North Carolina. As
NCNPA is still a start-up organization, the Brand Administrator will need to
be very self-motivated, organized, and resourceful in executing various
routine and special assignments, and in establishing solutions-oriented and
sustainable reporting, decision-making, and communications systems that can
adapt to rapid organizational growth. 

Responsibilities and project assignments will include:
*	Serving as the primary contact and client interface for the BRN
brand: responding timely to client inquiries; maintaining phone, e-mail, and
social media client communications and outreach; educating regional
stakeholders on the brand's significance; and speaking at events to
potential BRN clients.
*	Conducting client site audits and facilitating mentoring and
training events with NCNPA-approved affiliates, specifically NCSU Herbs of
Commerce and/or Cooperative Extension, the BioNetwork's Natural Products
Laboratory, SBTDC, Blue Ridge Food Ventures/Advantage West, Bent Creek
Institute, and other WNC regional affiliates.
*	Maintaining the BRN brand's on-line client interface elements
through the BRN web site, the BRN client web sales portal, and related
client database management tools.
*	Managing NCNPA's BRN-related accounting and financial record-keeping
on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual bases using QuickBooks Pro (or
similar accounting software) and following generally accepted accounting
practices, while preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual internal financial
reports for the NCNPA Board. 
*	Managing and establishing an accounts payable and accounts
receivable system for NCNPA's BRN-related activities, anticipating the
start-up of expense and revenue activities in October 2012. 
*	Authoring and revising BRN eligibility, admissions, and audit
related client forms, procedure documents, and reports.
*	Participating actively all NCNPA Board and NPIAC Executive Steering
Committee meetings and conference calls, and recording, preparing, and
circulating key BRN-related notes and assignments from each meeting. 
*	Managing, updating, and improving the content, accuracy, and timely
functionality of the BRN web site and social media interfaces. 
*	Preparing legal business agreements, including NDAs, MOUs, and
General Terms and Conditions Agreements for BRN clients according to
approved template documents. 
*	Traveling to and attending scientific meetings, symposia, client
on-site training events, and trade shows, as needed, to build BRN brand
awareness and client uptake. 
*	Facilitating and participating in year-end financial audits, as
needed.
*	Other assignments, as required and authorized by the NCNPA Board of
Directors.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

A working knowledge of 501(c)(3) non-profit organizational management ,
particularly in public-private partnerships is highly desirable. Positive,
outgoing, articulate, and team-oriented collaborative communication and
interpersonal skills are needed in order to interface successfully with a
wide range of scientific, agricultural, and executive counterparts and to
provide effective client relationships. A prior working understanding of
natural products as a sector and branding of products is highly desirable.
Ability to prepare, audit, and interpret organizational scientific,
manufacturing, and financial reports is necessary and the ability to make
audit reporting recommendations based on those reports is highly desirable.
A proven working knowledge of fundamental accounting principles and
bookkeeping techniques is essential, along with grant-writing and on-line
website management. Minimum 5 years' working experience in the natural
products economy.
1. Required Minimum Training: A Bachelor's degree in related fields; or an
equivalent combination of certified education or experience. Demonstrated
proficiency in QuickBooks Pro (or higher accounting), Microsoft Office Suite
applications, web design languages, and database management is essential.
2. Additional Training/Experience: Prefer certificate in sustainable
agriculture, organic or kosher manufacturing, and/or quality management.
Demonstrated success in life sciences-related local, state, or federal
grant-writing preferred. Specific experience with funds or grant management
accounting is highly preferred. Supervisory and administrative operations
experience is also preferred. 
3.Life Experience: Prefer a demonstrated personal and professional
involvement in natural wellness and healthy lifestyles. Prefer knowledge and
literacy in botanical and/or integrative wellness therapies.

If interested, please send cover letter, resume, references, and two support
letters by e-mail attachment to the attention of Annice Brown:
abrown at sbtdc.org 
Please do not call for more information.
Position posting will close on August 31, 2012.	


Jeanine M. Davis, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 
Dept. of Horticultural Science, NC State University 
Email: Jeanine_Davis at ncsu.edu  <Jeanine_Davis at ncsu.edu%20> 
Websites:  http://ncherb.org <http://ncherb.org/>
http://ncspecialtycrops.org <http://ncspecialtycrops.org/>
http://ncorganic.org <http://ncorganic.org/>  
Blog:  http://ncalternativecropsandorganics.blogspot.com
<http://ncalternativecropsandorganics.blogspot.com/> 
Twitter: http://twitter.com/JeanineNCSU 
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Address: Mtn. Hort. Crops Research & Extension Center 
455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759 
Phone:  828-684-3562   FAX:  828-684-8715 


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