Start date: ASAP
Location: ON campus Concordia EV 7th Floor
Other: Part Time — 25 hours per week —
At District 3, we strive to provide our members with the best experience everyday! To be able to do this, we look to attract the most creative and innovative people to join our pool of talent. If you are the type of person that enjoys working with others in a friendly atmosphere, and is willing to go the extra mile to achieve goals, this is the place for you.
Context:
A job to work in a team dynamic to fuel social entrepreneurship through youth in Concordia University and Montreal in the context of the RECODE “Entreprendre autrement” program.
District 3 Innovation Center:
District 3 is an entrepreneurial community at the heart of Concordia University. Our mission is to bring people together, to create, transform, and innovate. It’s an open work environment where ideas grow into businesses and the creative meets the analytical to leverage each other’s skills. We want to empower students, alumni, and the Montreal community by linking them to coaches, mentors, entrepreneurs, and experts. With the right D3 resources members reach their full potential and establish tools for their careers
RECODE “Entreprendre autrement”:
RECODE is a J.W. McConnell initiative across Canada to fuel social innovation in higher education. At the Concordia level, it is a partnership between District 3, TIESS, and “Chantier de l’économie sociale” and a “Je Vois Montréal” project named “Entreprendre autrement”. This project has a goal of creating in a social entrepreneurship and social economy context 1000 projects engaging 100 000 people within 100 weeks through the mobilisation of Montreal’s youth and a network of ambassadors
Your Responsibilities:
As the Social Entrepreneurship Logistics Manager, you shall work together with the member of the District 3 team to support many of the activities;
- Develop promotional tools to promote social entrepreneurship in D3/Concordia/Montreal in concert with the D3 Communications Team;
- Attend and network at various events to augment D3 visibility;
- Recruit potential social entrepreneurs/teams;
- Coordinate all aspects of interaction with our community including meetings and appointments;
- Create recruitment, as well as, informative & community events for social entrepreneurship, in concert with the Ambassadors & the D3 Communications Team;
- Assists the RECODE manager in coordinating the ambassadors in Concordia;
- Develop and maintain links with all relevant institutions and student groups at Concordia;
- Stimulate discussion in District 3, Concordia & Montreal on social innovation, social impact and how to evaluate them.
Requirements:
- Knowledge of the world of social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, social economy (or a willingness to learn);
- Experience in creating promotional material;
- Experience in event organisation;
- Preferably bilingual (minimum: a working understanding of French);
- Preferably a knowledge of the Concordia eco-system;
- Action orientated work dynamic.
TO APPLY: Send us a letter telling us a story about how you envision yourself being at District 3, and why you’ll be the best person to pick for this position, in addition to your CV.
Contact: Dylan Hervé, dylan at d3center.ca
