[van-announce] SFPIRG is hiring for the summer!

[hiring at sfpirg.ca]

The Simon Fraser Public Interest Group [SFPIRG] is hiring for 3 summer
student positions! These positions are pending funding from HRSDC, please
read on for a full description of the job duties and eligibility
requirements as stipulated by HRSDC. Application procedures and full
address is at the very bottom of the email. More information about SFPIRG
and better formatted, easier to read job postings are available on our
website, http://ww.sfpirg.ca

Summer Student Positions: Pending Funding
SFPIRG is a student-directed social and environmental justice organization.
We work to dismantle racism, sexism, heterosexism and other forms of
discrimination and oppression. We are a collectively run organization that
works by consensus. We are looking for 3 students to fill our 3 available
summer positions for 6-16 weeks (depending on funding) starting in May 23,
2006. Applicants must be able to work up to 20 hours a week, during office
hours. The wage rate is $16 an hour. This position is funded by the Human
Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). This funding stipulates
that students must be between 15-30 years of age and have been a full time
student in the spring and be returning as a full time student in the fall.
Unfortunately, international students do not qualify under this HRSDC
funding.

***COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR***
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Design outreach materials for the fall semester - posters, leaflets, ads
etc.
-Co-ordinate and design Alternative Guide to SFU and the SFPIRG annual report
-Assist the Antithesis Magazine collective with editing and layout
-Update and manage website
-Assist students with finding material in the resource library
-Answer the phones and perform reception-related duties
-Participate in ongoing projects and work with volunteers on communications
projects

Skills:
-Graphic design skills
-Knowledge of layout and design programs (photoshop, indesign etc)
-Friendly, approachable with excellent interpersonal skills
-Organised and resourceful
-Familiar with SFPIRG philosophies and commitment to the issues of social
and environmental justice
-Capacity to be self-directed and work in a collective structure using
consensus decision-making
-Familiarity with Windows-based computers
-Experience or ability to work with volunteers and groups from a diversity
of backgrounds

SFPIRG, Attn: Communications Hiring Committee
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd, 2006 at 12:00 noon. No
phone or e-mail inquiries, please. Late applications will not be accepted.
We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

***COMMUNITY OUTREACHER***
Duties and Responsibilities:
-work with the ARX Coordinator and ARX Working Group to implement the
Action Research Exchange (ARX) project – a research
initiative

to link
SFU student researchers on campus with community groups in the Lower
Mainland in need of research (www.sfpirg.ca/arx)
-coordinate outreach to existing and new community contacts to solicit and
facilitate research projects and partnerships (including presentations and
tabling at community events)
-help to design and implement a contacts database
-manage and maintain correspondence between ARX and community groups
(email, phone, mail)
-support the Working Group in reviewing and assessing incoming research
proposals (this includes liaising with community groups to enable them to
submit successful proposals)
-attend all ARX Working Group meetings and ARX events

Skills:
-good communication skills (approachable, responsive, clear)
-organised, resourceful, and self-initiated
-knowledge of the non-profit sector and progressive community groups in
Lower Mainland
-sensitive to and aware of social and political issues in the social
justice community
-experience and/or interest in community research and alternative research
methodologies
-capacity to be self-directed and work in a collective structure using
consensus decision-making
-windows-based knowledge and experience with Microsoft Access (database
software) an asset
-ability and willingness to work with volunteers and groups from a
diversity of backgrounds

If interested, please submit cover letter and resume to: SFPIRG, Attn: ARX
Hiring Committee
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS FRIDAY MAY 12th, 2006 at 12:00 noon. No phone
or e-mail inquiries. Late applications not accepted. Only short listed
applicants contacted.


***CAMPUS OUTREACH COORDINATOR***
Duties and Responsibilities:
-work with the ARX Coordinator and ARX Working Group to implement the
Action Research Exchange (ARX) project – a research
initiative

to link
SFU student researchers on campus with community groups in the Lower
Mainland in need of research (www.sfpirg.ca/arx)
-research courses, professors, and departments for fall outreach
-do faculty outreach to solicit and facilitate research projects and
partnerships (including presentations and tabling on campus)
-manage and improve the campus outreach contacts database
-maintain correspondence between ARX and campus groups (email, phone, mail)
-prepare a schedule for classroom speaking in the fall
-prepare and design outreach materials for classroom speaking and faculty
presentations
-attend all ARX Working Group meetings and ARX events

Skills:
-strong organizational skills
-resourceful, and self-initiated; able to work in a collective structure
using consensus
-good speaker with friendly, accessible manner
-knowledge of SFU student groups and experience networking with faculty
-experience and/or interest in community research and alternative research
methodologies
-windows-based knowledge and design/lay-out experience (to design outreach
materials)
-some volunteer coordination and event organizing experience

If interested, please submit cover letter and resume to: SFPIRG, Attn: ARX
Hiring Committee
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS FRIDAY MAY 12th, 2006 at 12:00 noon. No phone
or e-mail inquiries, please. Late applications will not be accepted. We
regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

***APPLICATION PROCEDURE:***
SFPIRG is an affirmative action employer. In order to increase the range
and diversity of skills, perspectives and experience presently existing
within SFPIRG, hiring preference shall be given to qualified applicants
from groups who face systemic barriers to employment (such as women, people
of colour, queer folks, people with disabilities). Applicants who wish to
be considered for affirmative action are encouraged to discuss this in
their cover letter. We also encourage applicants to include other skills
and experiences in addition to those outlined above.
If interested, please submit cover letter and resume to:

SFPIRG
TC 326, SFU
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Tel. 604-291-4360
Fax. 604-291-5338
hiring at sfpirg.ca
www.sfpirg.ca