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     The City of Nacogdoches is searching for a chief service officer, a volunteer with experience in community organizing to help shape the local volunteerism.

     For a one-year term, the Nacogdoches’ chief service officer will be a senior member of the mayor’s leadership team, responsible for the development and implementation of a high-impact service plan that leverages citizen service to address the city’s most pressing challenges. In developing the plan, this volunteer will work with administration experts and other key stakeholders, identify specific strategies to address community concerns, and plan service-related events.

     This initiative is supported in part by AARP. For more than 50 years, AARP has been serving its members and society and creating positive social change. Now, the membership-based advocacy organization is helping bring Cities of Service to smaller cities across the country, including Nacogdoches.

     “We are extremely excited to be partnering with AARP in this endeavor,” said Nacogdoches Mayor Roger Van Horn. “What a wonderful example of private-public partnership that will benefit our city so greatly.”

     Last fall, Mayor Van Horn signed a “Declaration of Service,” committing to lead a multi-year effort to expand community service and volunteerism. In doing so, Nacogdoches joined hundreds of cities of all sizes across the country participating in Cities of Service. For more information about the declaration and the Cities of Service program, visit: http://www.citiesofservice.org/

     “We look forward to helping the city shine a spotlight on the great volunteerism already taking place while laying a framework to enable volunteers to have an even bigger impact where it’s most needed,” said AARP’s Associate State Director of Outreach Marla Turner, whose work centers around East Texas.

     Strong candidates for the chief service officer position will have:

● Experience in program or business design, management, or evaluation,
● Entrepreneurial spirit,
● Initiative, persistence, and positive attitude,
● Flexibility to meet multiple and unpredictable demands,
● Well-developed interpersonal and team working skills, and
● Strong communication skills.

     Applicants should send a resume to Turner (msturner@aarp.org). AARP will help identify strong job candidates and the mayor’s office will make the final selection.