[van-announce] Job Posting: SFPIRG Research and Education Coordinator

[SFPIRG]

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JOB POSTING
SFPIRG Research & Education Coordinator
(Part-time, permanent position)
Wage rate: $23.66/hr with benefits
Hours: 25-28 hours/week        

The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group [SFPIRG] is a student-based social justice resource centre located at Simon Fraser University [SFU] in Burnaby, BC. SFPIRG is focused on providing skills training, learning opportunities and resources to students on a wide range of social and environmental justice issues. The Action Research eXchange [ARX] is a program of SFPIRG that facilitates connections between community organizations that need research but have limited resources and SFU students who take on that research for course credit.

This position is responsible for managing the ARX program, coordinating board development as well as working in conjunction with the staff collective and board of directors to manage the organization. The position involves extensive work with volunteers, temporary staff and students. Applicants must be able to work efficiently in a chaotic environment and provide a strong leadership role in mentoring, organizing and running the ARX program and SFPIRG as a whole. An emphasis on process is key, meaning that applicants must value collective work within an anti-oppression framework.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Action Research eXchange Program:
*Facilitate research partnerships between students and community organizations: set up and facilitate initial meeting between student researchers and community groups; set research parameters; provide support throughout the research process; ensure project and evaluations are completed.
*Manage the process of accepting new community research proposals: community outreach, proposal development and evaluation.
*Develop strategies for effective program management and long-term planning.
*Ensure ARX legal and policy framework is up-to-date and appropriate including research ethics, research publication standards, and criteria for accepting community proposals.
*Recruit, train, supervise and appreciate volunteers and temporary student staff involved with ARX.
*Develop campus and community outreach strategies in conjunction with the Media & Programming Coordinator.
*Network with faculty, SFU departments, and other SFU groups to promote ARX and build partnerships to support the program, including maintaining a faculty advisory committee.
*Manage the online ARX project database and project files.
*When possible, provide resources and training for students on progressive research methodology.

Organizational and Collective Duties:
*Work with the other staff to manage SFPIRG: staff and maintain the office; respond to requests from students and the public; participate in SFPIRG events organizational work, initiatives and events.
*Plan, develop and implement orientation and ongoing training of the student volunteer board of directors.
*Contribute to ongoing organizational development of SFPIRG including strategic planning and staff collective development.
*Work with the staff collective to determine and prioritise the goals for each semester and to delegate the day-to-day management of the organization.
*Ongoing and rotating committee work to implement the organizational goals.


Skills and Experience Required:

*Program management experience in progressive non-profit organization: ability to translate vision into action, understand budget/finances, carry out policy work, and prioritize and delegate tasks.
*Experience and interest in working collaboratively in a collective setting.
*Experience and interest in working in a mentorship capacity with young adults.
*An understanding of the academic process and experience with the structure and requirements of university courses.
*An understanding of the theory, ethics and practice of progressive research methodologies, particularly community-based and Participatory Action Research, within an anti-oppression framework.
*Commitment to social and environmental justice and progressive social change, with a strong anti-oppression analysis and practice.
*Excellent communication skills: clear written and verbal communication, networking, conflict resolution, facilitation, collaborative working style, ability to dialogue with diverse parties, ability to openly give and accept feedback.
*Experience coordinating volunteers including recruitment, training, delegation and appreciation.
*Ability to work efficiently in busy, people-filled, self-directed environment.
*Extremely organized with excellent time-management skills.
*Solid computer skills (word processing, email, internet, database).
*A sense of humour.

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. 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. SFPIRG is committed to accommodating people with mental and physical disabilities, including, for example, obtaining necessary adaptive technologies.

Please submit cover letter and resume to: (email, snail mail and fax are all welcome)
SFPIRG, Attn:  Research & Education Coordinator Hiring Committee
For email submissions: Please include cover letter and resume in ONE attached document, with your name as the title of the file.
                                        
This is a unionized position with CUPE.                                
Deadline for application is Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am.
Interviews will be the week of July 12-17th.
Starting date: Week of Aug 3, 2009
Posted: June 10, 2009.

No phone or email inquiries, please. Late applications will not be accepted.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

SFPIRG
TC 326, SFU, Burnaby, BC  V5A 1S6. Coast Salish Territories.
Tel. 778.782.4360   -   Fax. 778.782.5338
hiring_arx at sfpirg.ca  -   www.sfpirg.ca

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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
  ~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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 http://www.sfpirg.ca            (778) 782-4360


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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
  ~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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 http://www.sfpirg.ca            (778) 782-4360