Community Organizers (Canada Summer Jobs)

Position Summary

The Community Organizer will support several initiatives in engaging community members alongside other HOUSE team members, primarily engaging post-secondary students on the issue of affordable housing for students through education, community consultation, organizing and volunteer engagement.

Role and Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison between HOUSE, local student union(s), post-secondary institutions, local government officials, community organizations and the real estate sector.

• Reach out to community members (municipal, provincial/territorial, university administrations, student unions, indigenous stakeholders and elders, etc.) through a variety of means to facilitate the development of partnerships and collaborative sponsorships that can advance the case for affordable student housing.

• Oversee all community engagement, outreach and housing education activities on campus, including postering, informational tabling, leafleting, public consultations and workshops.

• Event planning and organizing, including room booking, ordering A/V equipment and refreshments, promotion of the event, preparing and erecting event signage, booking speakers (if required), preparing presentation or materials (if required).  Examples of events could include: housing consultations, housing rights workshop, community meal, deputations in support of housing at City Hall, housing rally, public town hall, housing information session.

• Plan and help run community engagement opportunities, such as interviews, workshops, and consultations using a cultural competency framework, anti-oppression lens and informed consent. Present your findings to a large range of audiences, including HOUSE team members, stakeholders, and community members.

• Documenting all events, including taking notes, videos and photos. 

• Scheduling meetings, and taking clear/concise minutes for all meetings [consider multiple staff calendars when scheduling meetings, keep executive schedules updated by adding Google Calendar events, maintaining digital organization of meeting minutes in HOUSE and affiliates’ drives].

• Assist in the production of local print, web and social media materials for the campus.

• Maintain social media for the local campus. 

• Conduct primary research in the form of surveys, focus groups, and interviews to inform datasets and report writing.

• Conduct secondary research in the form of searching for research and newspaper articles, public records, and census data usage to inform datasets and report writing.

• Recruiting, training and on-boarding new volunteers.

• Create and manage relationships with community organizations, respond to partnership and collaboration opportunities, and provide consistent updates and information to these organizations.

Salary: $20/hr, 30 hours per week, 12 weeks

Contract Type: Fixed term – Full-time, flexible start date, May/June 2025 to July/August 2025

Location: Hybrid (In-Person/Remote)

• In-person work at one of these locations: Winnipeg, MB ; St. John’s, NL ; Charlottetown, PEI ; Toronto, ON ; Waterloo, ON ; Whitehorse, YK

Application Deadline: 6:00 pm on Monday, April 21, 2025