Mobilisation Coordinator
- Contract
Company Description
With over 20,000 members, SSMU’s role is to represent undergraduate students and to offer them services since 1908.
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Comptant plus de 20,000 membres, le rôle de l’AÉUM a été de représenter les étudiants de premier cycle et de leur offrir des services depuis l’année 1908.
Job Description
The Mobilisation Coordinator will support SSMU-affiliated campaigns’ growth and mobilization efforts by acting as a liaison between these campus groups and the rest of the student body. They will engage individual students through information discussions and popular education, and may operate through pre-existing channels which reach large numbers of students, notably faculty associations and clubs, for increased efficacy.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Building student consciousness about the political activities of the Society through presentations, popular education, and other strategies as determined in collaboration with campaign organisers.
- Working with the SSMU Campaigns Coordinators to provide information about support the Society can offer to nascent campaigns.
- Assessing campus support for and concerns about existing campaigns for the purpose of structure testing.
- Maintaining relationships with official bodies of student democracy such as department and faculty associations for use by campaigns.
- Other campaign-related tasks as needed.
Qualifications
- Knowledge or interest in political affairs, organizing, and social movements;
- Organization skills;
- Verbal communication skills;
- Knowledge of structures and consultative processes used by faculties and departments of the University;
- Knowledge of campaigns on campus is considered an asset;
- Good communication skills both in English and French are desirable.
Additional Information
- Paid position: $13.59 per hour
- Hours: Approximately 10 hours per week
- Contract: September 1st, 2019 through April 30th, 2020
- Deadline to apply is August 23, 2019
- http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/