Communications and Member Engagement Assistant

2 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada Science Atlantic Full time

**About us**

Science Atlantic is a charity with a mission to connect diverse post-secondary science communities in Atlantic Canada. We are nimble, supportive, and collaborative, and provide positive work placements for students and youth.

Our work environment includes:

- Work-from-home days
- Casual work attire
- Relaxed atmosphere
- Flexible working hours
- On-the-job training

Note: Applicants do not need a science background to be suitable for this position.

**The Project**

We are in the process of digitizing documents to capture the history of our 60+ year old charity. The outcome of the project will be to increase accessibility to resources through our website and to promote the organization.

**Responsibilities**
- Provide project and administrative assistance to volunteer-based committees
- Assist with the development and delivery of key messages to current and potential partners, supporters, and members
- Assist with reports, presentations, webpages, and other materials
- Review and correct scanned materials
- Identify interesting historical information for newsletters, social media, etc.
- Create web pages and other visuals

**Required Competencies**
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Detail-oriented to find and correct potential mismatches of scans from original materials
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, including formatting, generating tables of contents, inserting images, and other advanced functions
- Responsible and able to work independently (virtual/hybrid work environment)
- Ability to work well in a team of staff and volunteers, mainly virtually
- Asset: Experience with PDF manipulation tools
- Asset: Working knowledge of Zotero or other referencing software
- Asset: Beginner level experience with Adobe Suite, Canva, or other graphic design experience
- Asset: Beginner level experience with Wordpress or other web content management system

Note: training can be provided for most software used.

**Placement Outcomes**:

- Working on projects in a pivoting organization
- Supporting volunteers in a member-based organization
- Improving written communication skills
- Creating tangible products that can be shown to future employers as examples of work
- Contributing to projects that are significant to the success of the organization
- Increasing knowledge and experience with new software
- Working as part of a team in a member-based, mission-driven organization
- Contribute to projects that will increase member engagement
- Support communications with our constituents
- Create searchable, digitized copies of historical documents
- Create engaging media content based on the history of the organization

**Experiences of previous employees**:

- “It’s a great place for your experiential learning.”
- “One of my favorite parts of working at Science Atlantic is having the opportunity to learn new skills both about your specialty and outside of it.”
- “While I learned many skills during the nine months, the biggest skill I learned was confidence.”

**Job Types**: Seasonal, Internship / Co-op
Contract length: 9 weeks

**Salary**: $16.25 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Halifax, NS B3H4R2

Expected start date: 2023-05-15



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