Aug 8 2012
QPIRG-McGill is hiring!
QPIRG-McGill is hiring two (2) part-time positions:
- Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) Coordinator
- Resource Centre Coordinator
Deadline: Tuesday, September 25th at noon
***In order to qualify you MUST be approved by McGill as a work-study student. For more info about the work-study program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/workstudy/students *** 1) Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) Coordinator Committed to social justice? Need a job? QPIRG-McGill is now hiring a Community University Research Exchange (McGill) Program Coordinator. In order to qualify you MUST be approved by McGill as a work-study student. For more info about the work-study program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/workstudy/students ******APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th at NOON*** Community University Research Exchange (McGill) Program Coordinator The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) is a database by which students can integrate their academic research with the work of local movements and activist organizations. Through the administrative infrastructures already in place at McGill and Concordia University, students may complete a CURE research project as an independent study course, internship, or thesis advised by a departmental professor, or as a term project for an upper-level class. By connecting students to nonprofit community groups with limited resources, we hope to encourage and support academic research that is socially relevant. For more information about CURE visit:www.curemontreal.org About QPIRG-McGill: The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill is a non-profit, student-run organization that conducts research, education, and action on environmental and social justice issues at McGill University and in the Montreal community. With such a broad mandate, QPIRG brings together a wide range of activists interested in many different issues. For more information about QPIRG visit: www.qpirgmcgill.org Responsibilities: To co-ordinate the overall activities of the QPIRG-McGill’s portion of the CURE Program: Working in collaboration with a CURE committee, comprised of members of QPIRG Concordia and McGill, to coordinate the CURE project during the summer. Updating the CURE website and database. Outreach and communications with McGill departments and faculty to raise awareness about CURE Working specifically with McGill professors to integrate CURE into their curriculum. Organizing a schedule of classroom visits and tables on the McGill campus during the school year. Helping to plan a CURE awareness-raising events during the year. Co-facilitating a review of current CURE projects Undertaking community outreach to raise awareness about CURE and soliciting new proposals. Working with community groups in developing CURE projects Working collaboratively with staff and board of QPIRG Concordia to meet short and long-term goals for the project Submitting a final annual report detailing work completed to the QPIRG General Assembly at the end of the March. Applicants Should Have: • Strong organizational skills; • Excellent interpersonal skills; • Knowledge of social justice issues; • Good research and data management skills; • Ability to work independently and with groups; • Knowledge of campus environment, including campus organizations and departments; • Ability to take initiative and work independently; • Creative problem-solving skills; • Skills in poster/flyer design and printing; • Knowledge of local social justice milieu; • Written and spoken French is an asset. Details: $10.00/ hr., 15 hours/ wk (Fall and Winter semesters) Start Date: Monday, September 10thth, 2012 QPIRG recognizes and welcomes the unique contributions that individuals from diverse communities bring to our organization, and invites individuals from these communities to apply. We encourage participants to describe the unique contributions they, as individuals with diverse experiences, would bring to the QPIRG-McGill organization, in their cover letter or resume Please submit your cover letter and resume before the APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AT NOON. Submissions can be made via email at qpirg [at] ssmu.mcgill.ca , or can be dropped off at our office from Monday to Friday 11-5pm. If submitted via email, please write: “Attn: Hiring Committee – CURE” on the subject line. QPIRG-McGill 3647 University Street – 3rd floor Montreal, QC H3A 2B3 For more info, please contact the QPIRG coordinators or the CURE program coordinator hiring committee at 398-7432. For more information on QPIRG visit our website: http://qpirgmcgill.org and for more information on CURE visit http://curemontreal.org 2) Resource Centre Coordinator QPIRG-McGill is now hiring a Resource Centre Coordinator. In order to qualify you MUST be approved by McGill as a work-study student. For more info about the work-study program, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/workstudy/students ******APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th at NOON***** Resource Centre Coordinator Responsibilities: To co-ordinate the overall activities of the QPIRG-McGill Resource Centre: • Assist volunteers, students and the general public in accessing the library’s resources (books, magazines, movies, CDs, etc.); • Manage and update subscriptions; • Keep track of borrowed items and maintain/update the library database; • Order new books, videos, etc.; • Co-ordinate with other QPIRG staff members; • Coordinate with other alternative/radical libraries to update an online/searchable database of resources; • Manage resource centre budget; • Advertise Resource centre to McGill students through outreach, events, online presence, etc. Applicants Should Have: • Strong organizational skills; • Excellent interpersonal skills; • Knowledge and analysis of social justice issues/literature; • Good research and data management skills; • Previous library experience an asset; • Ability to take initiative and work independently. • Knowledge or experience with cataloging books and organizing materials (desired but not required) • Knowledge of QPIRG-McGill and its working group. Details: $10.00/ hr., 15 hours/ wk (Fall and Winter semesters) Start Date: Monday, September 10thth, 2012 QPIRG recognizes and welcomes the unique contributions that individuals from diverse communities bring to our organization, and invites individuals from these communities to apply. We encourage participants to describe the unique contributions they, as individuals with diverse experiences, would bring to the QPIRG-McGill organization, in their cover letter or resume Please submit your cover letter and resume before the APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AT NOON. Submissions can be made via email at qpirg [at] ssmu.mcgill.ca , or can be dropped off at our office from Monday to Friday 11-5pm. If submitted via email, please write: “Attn: Hiring Committee – CURE” on the subject line. QPIRG-McGill 3647 University Street – 3rd floor Montreal, QC H3A 2B3 For more info, please contact the QPIRG coordinators or the CURE program coordinator hiring committee at 398-7432. For more information on QPIRG visit our website: http://qpirgmcgill.org and for more information on Resource Centre visit http://qpirgmcgill.org/library (Student Life and Learning) Morton Mendelson in the James Administration building – who are known as “#6party” – would sit at the bargaining table
