Are you a student who cares about social and environmental justice? Are you looking for summer work? We’re hiring!
The application deadline for Speed River Project Events Support work study position is 24 May at 11:59 PM.
Please submit your one page cover letter, your one page statement on Power and Oppression, and your resume to the email contact listed below. Details on the positions can also be found below!
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Start Date: June 16th, 2019
End Date: August 16th, 2019
Responsibilities
- Become familiar with relevant OPIRG policies and procedures relating to the workplace and programming
- Work with Speed River Project Coordinator to plan, promote, deliver and evaluate river rehabilitations events.
- Prefer to work outside environment to plan and implement and evaluate Speed River Project’s Tree planting and park maintenance events
- Work with OPIRG Speed River project’s volunteers to deliver tree planting events around Speed and Eramosa river park around Guelph
- Assist to develop and distribute events flyer and promotional materials
- Assist to reorganized and label all tools for inventory and help to updates display board
- Assist in office reception duties (answering phones, assisting visitors, etc.)
- Work with the Speed River Project Coordinator to create a promotional plan for the Speed River Project new banner
- To post events in Speed River Project event
Scheduling Details:
- 1-10 hours per week
- Availability during OPIRG Guelph office hours (Summer hours currently Tuesday thru Thursday 10:30am to 4:30pm).
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated interest in social, and environmental justice
- Ability to work without close supervision and engage in problem-solving
- Knowledge of anti-oppression theories and ability to put that knowledge to use in the OPIRG environment
- Knowledge and interest on land and water ecosystem, environmental justice
- Knowledge and interest of native plant species will be extra assets
- Ability to work flexible hours (including evenings and weekends)
- Enthusiastic and approachable
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English
- Ability to use Facebook and other social media as a promotional tool
Preferred Qualifications
- Comfort with basic graphic design an asset
OPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized communities bring to our organization, and invites Indigenous people, people of colour, poor and working class people and those on social assistance, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, queer-oriented people; transgender, transsexual, intersex and two-spirit people; single parents, members of ethnic minorities, immigrants, people from non-academic backgrounds and people with disabilities to apply. We encourage applicants to describe the contributions and experiences they would bring to OPIRG in their cover letter. We regret that the OPIRG office is not currently wheelchair accessible.
This position is part of the campus Work Study program. To apply, you must be approved for Work Study through Student Financial Services.
These jobs are 10 hours per week for 10 weeks (12 June – 16 August) and the pay is $16.40 per hour.
Only students currently enrolled for the Summer Semester are eligible!
To apply, email organizational@opirgguelph.org
All applicants must provide a cover letter, resume, statement on Power and Oppression and the email you received that states you have been approved for the Work Study Program.
For information on Work Study, who is eligible, and how to apply to the program, go to https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/ws/index