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Harvest Foundation position

By JohnL on Aug. 19, 2007.

Program Officer – Education
The Harvest Foundation
www.theharvestfoundation.org
Martinsville, Virginia

Position Summary:
Program Officers are the primary grant-making professionals at the Harvest Foundation. Program Officers are assigned to work closely with community organizations, local leaders and officials to determine needs and opportunities for grant making. Program Officers work independently as well as in teams and depending on experience and expertise may be involved in non-grant making activities such as program development and strategic planning. Program officers must have deep conceptual and analytic ability; written and oral communication skills; professional integrity; judgment; vision and creativity; attention to detail and follow through; programmatic knowledge base; management of paper flow and time; cultural competence; collegiality and collaboration; and human relations and team building skills.
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