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Education and Outreach Intern


Description

The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, an organization committed to the advancement of a culture of peace and human rights, is looking for an intern to support public education and awareness raising to strengthen food security and anti-poverty work. This work is in collaboration with Righting Relations, a national network of adult educators and community organizers working towards radical social change and just in Canada.

The intern will work with team members across the country and curate content from research and asset building conducted throughout 2020. The intern will then use social media and online spaces to plan and push out education that supports vulnerable community members in strengthening their food security and highlights innovation in grassroots work around food security and anti-poverty.  In addition to communications, the intern will support the team in planning and hosting online events to promote awareness, education and collaboration.

Applicants must be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Curate and design graphics and visual assets from content captured through the 2030 Agenda project

  • Plan out a calendar of outreach on social media and events

  • Coordinate logistics for events

  • Support the promotion of events

  • Schedule social media and online outreach 

  • Monitoring and reporting analytics

  • Assistance with reporting to funders and stakeholders

  • Collaboration with team members from the John Humphrey Centre and Righting Relations

Knowledge and Skills

  • Technical and graphic skills in the use of digital design, editing and scheduling tools and platforms including Canva

  • Familiarity with Google Workspace and Tools

  • Social media content management

  • Writing and editing skills

  • Time management

  • Strategic thinking 

Education Required

  • High school diploma or more

  • We will strive to make this position accessible to those that are in need of opportunities and experience and will not put limitations in relation to education

Send your Resume and Cover Letter to info@jhcentre.org by November 15, 2021

Internship Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Hours per week: 35 hours per week

Number of weeks: 18 weeks

Start Date: November 29 2021

End Date: March 31 2022

Neximar Alarcon