Job Posting Summer 2012
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JOB POSTING Position: Alternative Welcome Week/Diversity Festival Coordinator Contract: Full-time (30 hours per week) for 10 weeks Term: Start date end of June (may be negotiable) & end date end of August/beginning of September 2012 (may be negotiable) Wage: $12.00 per hour Application Deadline: Friday, June 8, 2012 by 5:00 pm What is OPIRG? The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) - Windsor is a student funded, nonprofit corporation at the University of Windsor. Our mandate is to promote education, research, and action on environmental and social justice issues as directed by our volunteers. OPIRG-Windsor reaches these goals through conducting public interest research, educating and raising awareness, and taking action by developing and implementing strategies. Employment Equity Statement: OPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized communities bring to our organization and invites aboriginal people, people of color, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, single parents, members of ethnic minorities, immigrants and people with disabilities to apply. We encourage applicants to describe the contributions and experiences they, as individuals who identify with marginalized communities, would bring to the OPIRG organization in their cover letter. All applicants are asked for a brief statement on their views of power and oppression. The OPIRG Dillon Hall office is wheel-chair accessible. Alternative Welcome Week/Diversity Festival Coordinator Responsibilities: Generally, the Alternative Welcome Week Coordinator will be working with the Special Events Committee and will be required to plan a series of events, with emphasis on a Diversity Festival as the highlight, for September’s Alternative Welcome Week. Specifically, their responsibilities will include: • Becoming familiar with OPIRG’s mandate, structure and policies. • Becoming familiar with information relating to OPIRG – Windsor’s history as an organization and Alternative Welcome Week. • Working with Special Events Committee to develop a detailed summer work plan • Working with Special Events Committee to re-write the text and re-design the layout of key organizational brochures • Working with Special Events Committee to organize logistical aspects of the week events, including equipment rental, contacting speakers, booking venues, designing posters, issuing press releases, and all other marketing and promotion. • Organizing and coordinating the recruitment of volunteers (tabling, class and residence speaks, etc.) • Organizing orientation and training programs for new volunteers. • Maintaining mailing and phone lists of volunteers • Maintaining information flow (i.e. keeping volunteers informed of events,
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meetings, etc.) Coordinating the volunteer office & library working schedule Communicating and co-operating with other campus and local organizations who have aims similar to OPIRG. Participating with other staff, the board, and volunteers in the reviews of organizational and staff priorities and the reviews of projects and programmes required to ensure the smooth operation of OPIRG-Windsor. Organizing volunteer appreciation for the end of the week Preparing a final report on the position to be presented to the Board of Directors.
QUALIFICATIONS Essential Skills Writing, seeking information, job-task planning and organizing, document use, reading text, problem solving, oral communication, decision making, significant use of memory, working with others, computer efficiency, word processing, email efficiency, spreadsheet efficiency, and a demonstrated interest in social justice, anti-oppression (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) and environmental issues Other Important Skills Continuous learning, numeracy, demonstrated ability to work independently Assets Experience with planning events, event promotion, and designing promotional documents using desktop publishing software REQUIREMENTS OPIRG has received a Canada Summer Jobs grant to cover part of the costs associated with this position. As a result we must hire someone fitting within the granting guidelines. All applicants must: • Be between 15 AND 30 YEARS OF AGE (INCLUSIVELY) at the time of hiring • Have been registered as full-time students in the previous academic year, and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year • Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act • Be legally entitled to work in Canada according to relevant provincial legislation and regulations. Job Specifics: Position: Alternative Welcome Week/Diversity Festival Coordinator Contract: Full-time (30 hours per week) for 10 weeks Term: Start date end of June (may be negotiable) & end date end of August/beginning of September 2012 (may be negotiable) Wage: $12.00 per hour Application Deadline: Friday, June 8, 2012 by 5:00 pm
Interested applicants should email a resume and cover letter, essay (details below) and three references (with phone numbers) to OPIRG-Windsor no later than 5pm on Friday, June 8, 2012. Applications should be sent as PDFs. All applicants must include an essay/piece of writing (not to exceed 500 words) that addresses one of the following: 1. Please describe how you would problem solve the following scenario: You have been working on a pamphlet that advertises the various volunteer opportunities that are available at OPIRG-Windsor. During the process you have worked with the Volunteer Coordinator to write the text but have been encouraged to choose the graphics and the design by yourself. When you present the completed design with graphics to the Volunteer Coordinator, they say that it will have to be changed because one of the photos could be interpreted as a stereotype of women. How would you work to fix this problem? 2. Please describe how you would problem solve the following scenario: You are responsible for making sure that the room gets set up for OPIRG’s Celebration of Diversity night. Several volunteers have arrived to help with the set up. You have handed one of them a list of the tasks that need to be completed. Ten minutes after the arrival of the volunteers you come back and realize that none of the tasks are being done. How would you make sure that the tasks get completed on time? No phone calls please. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Please email applications to the attention of: Hiring Committee OPIRG–Windsor [email protected]
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meetings, etc.) Coordinating the volunteer office & library working schedule Communicating and co-operating with other campus and local organizations who have aims similar to OPIRG. Participating with other staff, the board, and volunteers in the reviews of organizational and staff priorities and the reviews of projects and programmes required to ensure the smooth operation of OPIRG-Windsor. Organizing volunteer appreciation for the end of the week Preparing a final report on the position to be presented to the Board of Directors.
QUALIFICATIONS Essential Skills Writing, seeking information, job-task planning and organizing, document use, reading text, problem solving, oral communication, decision making, significant use of memory, working with others, computer efficiency, word processing, email efficiency, spreadsheet efficiency, and a demonstrated interest in social justice, anti-oppression (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.) and environmental issues Other Important Skills Continuous learning, numeracy, demonstrated ability to work independently Assets Experience with planning events, event promotion, and designing promotional documents using desktop publishing software REQUIREMENTS OPIRG has received a Canada Summer Jobs grant to cover part of the costs associated with this position. As a result we must hire someone fitting within the granting guidelines. All applicants must: • Be between 15 AND 30 YEARS OF AGE (INCLUSIVELY) at the time of hiring • Have been registered as full-time students in the previous academic year, and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year • Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act • Be legally entitled to work in Canada according to relevant provincial legislation and regulations. Job Specifics: Position: Alternative Welcome Week/Diversity Festival Coordinator Contract: Full-time (30 hours per week) for 10 weeks Term: Start date end of June (may be negotiable) & end date end of August/beginning of September 2012 (may be negotiable) Wage: $12.00 per hour Application Deadline: Friday, June 8, 2012 by 5:00 pm
Interested applicants should email a resume and cover letter, essay (details below) and three references (with phone numbers) to OPIRG-Windsor no later than 5pm on Friday, June 8, 2012. Applications should be sent as PDFs. All applicants must include an essay/piece of writing (not to exceed 500 words) that addresses one of the following: 1. Please describe how you would problem solve the following scenario: You have been working on a pamphlet that advertises the various volunteer opportunities that are available at OPIRG-Windsor. During the process you have worked with the Volunteer Coordinator to write the text but have been encouraged to choose the graphics and the design by yourself. When you present the completed design with graphics to the Volunteer Coordinator, they say that it will have to be changed because one of the photos could be interpreted as a stereotype of women. How would you work to fix this problem? 2. Please describe how you would problem solve the following scenario: You are responsible for making sure that the room gets set up for OPIRG’s Celebration of Diversity night. Several volunteers have arrived to help with the set up. You have handed one of them a list of the tasks that need to be completed. Ten minutes after the arrival of the volunteers you come back and realize that none of the tasks are being done. How would you make sure that the tasks get completed on time? No phone calls please. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Please email applications to the attention of: Hiring Committee OPIRG–Windsor [email protected]
