CFI Ontario is Hiring an Intern
May 13, 2008
The Centre for Inquiry Ontario is Hiring an Intern!
Position starts beginning of June. Deadline to apply: May 27. If you are unable to submit a full application by this date please contact us regarding your interest in this position as soon as possible.
Thank you all for supporting CFI's successful development and expansion in Canada. To keep up with our flurry of activities, we are ready to immediately bring on board our first paid intern, so please spread the word. The job provides intellectually stimulating work with opportunities for travel, writing, and media appearances.
Last summer several interns supported CFI staff at various Centres for Inquiry throughout North America. One intern helped run the Convocation of Students and Community Leaders at CFI Transnational; another spearheaded student organizing meetings at Manhattan-area colleges; a third assisted with statewide marketing and publicity at CFI Tampa; and a fourth attended congressional briefings while at CFI's D.C. Office of Public Policy.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will assist with ongoing programming, event planning and hosting, promotions, newsletter publishing, social services, campus outreach, membership and development committees. He/she will also take charge of special projects at CFI Ontario, such as for example: video processing, library cataloguing and databasing, grant writing, and multimedia projects like podcasts. The individual will also provide assistance where appropriate with ongoing support to our new CFI Communities in Canada and major political initiatives. There will also be numerous leadership opportunities through support staff and volunteer recruitment, training, supervision and delegation.
How to Apply
If you are interested in applying for an internship, please email a cover letter, resume/CV and writing sample as a text, Word or PDF attachment, to Justin Trottier at jtrottier@centerforinquiry.net. Include a brief statement of your academic background, interests, your activities with the skeptic or humanist movements, other extracurricular, community, work or voluntary experience of relevance, and why interning at CFI is something you want to do. You are also encouraged to include any documentation or samples of your relevant experiences (eg. media coverage of your event, political policy statement you wrote, poster you created, etc).
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the overall growth of the secular community in Canada and to strengthen your relationship with CFI. We hope you will consider joining us.
Position starts beginning of June. Deadline to apply: May 27. If you are unable to submit a full application by this date please contact us regarding your interest in this position as soon as possible.
Timing/Duration:
The daily and weekly time commitment and position duration are flexible but would start at the beginning of June and last at least until the end of August. Please indicate your daily and weekly availability (full time, part time or something else) and how long you could work, in your application.
Job Requirements:
An understanding of the freethought/humanist/skeptic community and/or some demonstration of commitment to the values of free and critical inquiry is essential.
To perform this job successfully an individual must possess excellent skills in organization, promoting and leading. The individual must also have the ability to exercise independent judgment and manage multiple priorities, the ability to organize and lead volunteers, strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to represent CFI via public speaking and media appearances. The job frequently involves speaking in front of crowds, some political lobbying, petitioning or other PR activities for which the successful candidate must be comfortable, experienced and proficient. Knowledge of the non-profit sector and community development strategies is ideal.
Since there is some travel access to own car is very helpful. In addition, because the computer resources at CFI Ontario are limited, access to own laptop is also ideal.
Additional Technical Knowledge
To assist in specific projects, the following technical background is helpful, though not completely required. Candidates without such background should still apply. Candidates with such technical knowledge should highlight it in application:
Web development experience
Basic image editing skills in Adobe Photoshop or similar program
Experience using and maintaining SQL databases (eg. MySQL) or similar technology
Basic understanding of video technology and video editing, uploading and embedding (e.g. through youtube or google video)
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher or similar program for poster and ad creation