QPIRG Concordia is hiring an Assistant Resource and Space Coordinator!!
The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia is a resource centre for student and community research and organizing. We strive to raise awareness and support grassroots activism around diverse social and environmental issues. Our work is rooted in anti-oppression analysis and practice. We seek to make campus-community links and inspire social change through engaging, inclusive and non-hierarchical approaches.
DATES: Summer (June – Sept 2024)
DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 11th, 2025 at 11:59 pm
STARTING DATE: June 16th, 2025
HOURS: Flexible hours. Please contact us for details.
WAGES: Contract will pay $4,760 over 8 weeks.
This position is funded by Canada Summer Jobs and has certain eligibility requirements:
– be between the ages of 15 and 30 (at start of employment)
– be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
– have a valid Social Insurance Number
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Assistant Resource and Space Coordinator will work in collaboration with QPIRG staff and volunteers. The main tasks of the position include organizing resources and the space for our 45 working groups and many space users.
Description of tasks:
Banner Library
- gather all the banners in the space and make a call out to the community for banners to be donated to the banner library and/or get permission from working groups to add their banners to the library
- iron and photograph them
- organize them according to issues
- upload the pictures to our library and/or archive catalogue so they can be checked out and returned
- work in collaboration with the archive and library coordinator
- Come up with a system for caring for the banners and archiving/throwing them away when needed
- Come up with a simple and smooth process for adding new banner donations to the library
- Promote the banner library offline and on social media
Audio and Visual Equipment
- Make sure inventory is up to date and well labelled
General
- Do an inventory of all the boxes of resources in the space and materials that have not been put away
- Come up with a system to make the resources easily accessible and organized in a way that is simple to upkeep
- Donate or dispose of resources that are no longer useful or working
- Go through the boxes that each working group keeps in the space
- Contact each groups using the storage area to determine what is needed and what can be disposed of or archived
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
– Sense of initiative and ability to work autonomously
– Ability to work alone as well as in a group
– Ability to communicate with people of diverse backgrounds
– Demonstrated skills in organization and time management
– Skills in the recruitment, retention, and coordination of
– Written and verbal communication skills in English and French
– Creative problem-solving skills
– Comfort with computers in Mac and PC environments
– Commitment to social justice and to QPIRG’s mandate to counter discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, religion, colour, dis/ability, size, and class
ASSETS
– Knowledge of the Concordia community, including student groups
– Volunteer experience and/or working within a volunteer organization
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY:
QPIRG Concordia has an employment equity policy in effect. QPIRG values the contributions that individuals who identify as members of marginalized communities bring to our organization. We encourage Indigenous people, people of colour, people with disabilities, people identifying as LGBT*QI, women, immigrants and people from working class backgrounds to apply. We recognize that this list is neither exhaustive nor representative of the intersectionality present within each individual. We encourage these individuals to apply for these positions, and to describe their unique contributions in their applications. If you would like to be considered for employment equity, please answer “yes” to that question on the Google Form. No further elaboration is necessary, but you are free to add more information if you would like.
A full copy of the employment equity policy is available here: http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20110317_employment%20equity.pdf
HOW TO APPLY
Please fill out this google form by 11:59pm on June 11th, 2025 to apply.
https://forms.gle/YBqcniyckBshRquC6
If you require assistance filling out the form or have questions please contact us:
E-mail: hiring@qpirgconcordia.org with “DisOrientation Coordinator” in the subject line.
ABOUT QPIRG CONCORDIA: The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia is a resource centre for student and community research and organizing. We strive to raise awareness and support grassroots activism around diverse social and environmental issues. Our work is rooted in an anti-oppression analysis and practice. We seek to make campus-community links and inspire social change through engaging, inclusive and non-hierarchical approaches.-> For more information about QPIRG Concordia, visit www.qpirgconcordia.org