Kennebec Valley Organization

TITLE: Administrative Assistant

SUMMARY: The Administrative Assistant will provide administrative and staff support to the general organizational operations under the direct supervision of the Staff Director.

This is a part-time position based in Waterville, Maine.

Kennebec Valley Organization is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the belief that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity.

To apply email resume to Nicole Brown, Staff Director—nicole@kvorg.org

The Organization

KVO is a regional organization of religious congregations, labor union locals, community groups and other voluntary institutions in central Maine. Our mission is to bring people together across lines of religion, gender, political ideology, race and social status to act together on issues of common concern. KVO is a member of the InterValley Project (IVP), a network of seven organizations in all six New England states.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Answer office telephone; respond to direct requests for information and/or forward messages to appropriate staff.

 Make sure the office is kept in orderly and clean fashion

 Assist with review of administrative procedures and development of systems to assure compliance

 Perform outgoing meeting reminder calls to leaders within the organization

 Maintain master calendar of organizational meetings

 General office duties such as typing, bookkeeping, flow of correspondence, filing, requisition of supplies, faxing, etc.

 Coordinate materials for meetings, training sessions and other activities of the organization

 Maintain and update database as needed

 Receive and distribute all incoming mail and coordinates outgoing mail

 Lead person in providing support of mailings or coordinating bulk mailing processes

 Provide meeting support as needed (e.g., scheduling space, coordinating food, logistics, preparation of materials)

 Assist in the updating of the website

 Maintenance of office files and filing of new items

 Responding to staff requests for administrative support as needed

 Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested with a sense of humor and team spirit

QUALIFICATIONS:

 Minimum one year office administrative support experience is preferred.

 Excellent organizational skills (oral and written) and the ability to excel at details, multi-tasking and working under a deadline.

 Must have some experience and skilled in the use of software programs such as MS Word, ACCESS, PowerPoint, Publisher and Excel.

 Commitment to the organization’s mission is preferred.

The MMTB is up and running with over 50 members and 100 different services on offer, and a downtown Waterville office in the old Laverdiere's building (179 Main Street, Suite 201). Contact MMTB Coordinator Stacey Jacobsohn at 872-2909 or info@midmetimebank.org. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.midmetimebank.org/

KVO and our allies on the Health Care forAmerica Now Coalition helped to turn out almost 200 people to threeBureau of Insurance public hearings in March to speak out againstAnthem's proposal to raise rates by an average of 18% on over 12,000individual health insurance policy holders, even as the company reapsbig profits.

In May, Commissioner of Insurance Mila Kofman rejected the full increase, calling the request "excessive and unfairly discriminatory

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In March , Bureau of Insurance Commissioner, Mila Kofman, held publichearings on Anthems proposed rate increases in Bangor, Portland andGardiner. Members of the public overwhelmingly disapproved of Anthem'sproposal--which includes a 34% increase on certain policyholders.

Over a dozen KVO members joined 40 other citizens, at the Gardinerhearing. KVO members Eunice Spooner, Jean Chaude and Kathy Lowe, alongwith scores of others, gave testimony against the proposed hikes. (Seenews coverage below). In all, KVO and our allies on the Health Care forAmerica Now and Maine Voices for Coverage coalitions helped to turn out200 people to the 3 hearings. In past years, fewer than a dozen peoplewould turn out to such hearings.

An exciting result of this round of hearings was CommissionerKofman announced she will be holding hearings statewide to disucssoverall reform of the Healthcare and Insurance system.

MAY 19, 2009 UPDATE: Inresponse to the public outcry and her bureau's own analysis,Commissioner Kofman announced that she would reject Anthem's rateincrease request unless they cut it nearly in half. This actionwill save millions of dollars for about 12,000 Maine individualpolicyholders struggling to maintain their uncertain grasp on healthcoverage!

KVO and our allies on the Health Care for America Now Coalition helped to turn out almost 200 people to three Bureau of Insurance public hearings to speak out against Anthem's proposal to raise rates by an average of 18% on over 12,000 individual health insurance policy holders, even as the company reaps big profits.

KVO is very excited to announce we have hired Nicole Brown as our new Lead Organizer! After a successful search process that attracted many qualified candidates, our Personnel Committee and Executive Council are very impressed by Nicole's credentials and talents, and believe she will do a stellar job. Come meet her at the next KVO meeting or event, or call her in the office at 873-5844. Our outgoing lead organizer, Dan Koehler, will continue to work with the organization through the summer in a supporting role.