Assistant Facilitator (CreateAction Intern)

The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is seeking an intern to work with our Scaling Innovation for Sustainability Project. We are seeking someone who is interested in developing their skills and experience towards a longer term career in community development and/or research, and who is currently unemployed or under-employed. Applicants must be 30 years of age or younger at the time of hiring, have a post-secondary degree or diploma and be out of school. This internship is part of the Canadian CED Network’s CreateAction Work Experience Program, which is funded by Service Canada.

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Responsibilities of the Position:

The responsibilities associated with this internship position include:

Participating in and supporting the work of one of the three research clusters (RCs), both as a learning experience and to contribute to project development;
Assisting in identification of points of convergence between work in the three RCs and assisting with means to facilitate cross-fertilization and joint work across the RCs on specific cross-cutting themes;
Conducting specific pieces of data mining research to feed into the work of the RCs and the overall SIS Project;
Participating in and supporting webinars on themes related to the SIS Project, both as a learning experience and to contribute to project development;
Assisting in wider knowledge mobilization drawing on content from the webinars, e.g. turning webinar content into articles for professional and popular media;
Supporting the steering committee in synthesizing the work of the RCs and drafting the research framework and plans for consideration at the BALTA symposium;
Assisting with planning and organization for the symposium; and 8. The internship will be structured to enable the intern to participate in CCEDNet coordinated peer learning and joint project development for one day per week.

Qualifications:

An undergraduate degree or diploma in a field relevant to this project.
Some knowledge and/or experience and/or degree studies with one or more thematic aspects of the project (social economy organizations, sustainability, environment, transition towns, community development, economics, etc.) would be an asset.
Strong organizational skills.
Strong basic communication skills. Comfort with working in a virtual/online community and using internet mediated communication. • Demonstrated ability to learn quickly.
Comfort with working in a community-university research partnership milieu.
Experience and demonstrated ability in being self-managing while accepting broad supervision.

To be eligible to participate in this program applicants must also meet the following conditions:

between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection;
graduated with a degree or diploma from a post-secondary institute, college, university or CEGEP;
out of school;
a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee status has been conferred;
not in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits;
can demonstrate a lack of labour market attachment to field of study (under-employed or unemployed);
can demonstrate that working in the field of community economic development is a career goal; and
has not previously participated in a Career Focus work experience placement.

Submit an Application:

Please submit a current resume, cover letter explaining your qualifications for the internship and the relevance of the internship to your longer term career goals and a list of 2 references to: swulff@athabascau.ca

This position is being offered through the CreateAction Work Experience Program. CreateAction is administered by the Canadian CED Network, with funding provided by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.