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Current Positions

Campaign Team

Internship Opportunity: Conflict Free Campus Campaign Coordinators
STAND’s CFCI initiative is Stand Canada’s new partnership with the Enough Project, which attempts to engage Canadian students, members of parliament, and the public at large in an effort to raise awareness about conflict-free minerals. The initiative aims to implement advocacy measures to ensure that places like university campuses minimize their consumption of certain minerals, the extraction and production of which threatens the political stability of countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the livelihoods of their citizens.

STAND will officially launch the campaign in January 2013. The Campaign Director is seeking to hire a team of four part-time interns to begin preliminary preparations straight away.
Stand Canada is a national advocacy organization with chapters across the country, which aims to make genocide prevention a cornerstone of Canada’s foreign policy. We are dedicated to making it easy to act against genocide. Through tools like 1-800-Genocide and our monthly STAND Digest, we make it easy for Canadians to stay updated on the current situation in Sudan, South Sudan, and DRC, and provide them with actions they can take on a daily basis to make a difference.

1. Media Coordinator:

  • Successful candidates will be responsible for searching for national and local media coverage leads, write press releases, and coordinate event dates.
  • Successful candidates will be expected to dedicate 5-8 hours per week to the position.

2. Social Media Manager:

  • Successful candidates will be responsible for creating and monitoring social media channels for the CFCI campaign, including maintaining and updating such channels on Facebook, Twitter, STAND’s listservs, etc.; they will also search for online leads and opportunities to plug STAND CFCI social media pages.
  • Successful candidates will be expected to dedicate 5-8 hours per week to the position.

3. Content Writers (2):

  •  Successful candidates will be responsible for preparing resources – including information packages, fact sheets, and pamphlets – regarding the CFCI campaign for university administrations, chapters, Parliament, and corporations.
  • Successful candidates will be expected to dedicate 5-8 hours per week to the position.

Applications should be directed to Dana Ayrapetyan and should be sent to darapetyan@standcanada.org. Please quote “Campaign Team” in the subject line.
Applications should include a brief cover letter and CV. Please provide a short writing sample as well if applying to the Media Coordination or Content Writing positions.

STAND Digest Staff Writer

STAND Digest is Stand Canada’s monthly news and policy publication, which focuses on Canadian foreign policy with regard to Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and also local Sudanese politics. Through news updates and editorials, Digest writers explore the complex socio-political climate of the region, in an effort to keep STAND chapters, students, activists and other readers updated and well-informed. The Digest also includes a monthly release of STAND National’s current policy recommendations.

This is a part-time, internship position.

Successful candidates will be critical members of the STAND Digest team. You will contribute to each issue by submitting a column – either a news update, feature, or editorial piece – at the end of each month.

  • Successful candidates will be expected to write accurate and analytical articles that are timely and relevant.
  • Successful candidates will be responsible for writing one article per month, on a topic of their choosing.

Applications should be directed to Tyler Fox and should be sent to tfox@standcanada.org. Please quote “STAND Digest Staff Writer” in the subject line.

Applications should include a brief cover letter indicating your topical interests, if any, a CV and a short writing sample.

Volunteer Opportunities for Stand High School Chapter Team

Interested in joining the Stand High School Chapter team? Please submit your application to Gabriela Lopez at glopez@standcanada.org with a resume and cover letter explaining why you want to join the team.

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Volunteer Opportunities for Stand University Chapter Team

 

Chapter Digest Writers (6)

Stand Canada’s Chapter Digest is currently seeking people interested in sharing advocacy stories, tips & experiences to join our team of writers.

The Chapter Digest is a twice-monthly newsletter that helps connect chapters and supporters from across the country. Highlights include features on:

  • Chapter of the month (high school and university)
  • “Stand on the Hill” – highlighting a Member of Parliament who is a Stand supporter
  • Tips on effective advocacy

Read past issues of the Chapter Digest here.

This is a new project for Stand and team members eager to help this project develop further are welcome.

Responsibilities

  • 12 month commitment to work with the Chapter Digest editor to produce your article once a month
  • Production of an article on an issue or event related to chapter development or highlighting chapter accomplishments

Qualities Desired

  • Self-motivated
  • Enjoys writing
  • Works well with deadlines
  • Background knowledge about grassroots advocacy & chapter development is a strength

Perks

  • A practical opportunity to put your research and advocacy skills to use in the context of an NGO seeking to enforce international human rights law in Darfur
  • Gaining real-world experience with a national, not for profit organization
  • Opportunity to work with and learn from Stand’s Advocacy team
  • Cultivate relationships with youth committed ending genocide whenever and wherever it occurs

To Apply

The application has three parts:

  1. Submit a writing sample
    • Please submit a 1 page writing sample to give us a sense of your writing style. It can be anything you like: a blog post, editorial, extract from an academic paper etc. Submitting a piece on a human interest issue (community events, etc) is recommended, but not required.
  2. Submit a CV
    • Tell us a bit about yourself. The emphasis should be on chapter experience with Stand. Let us know which chapter & events you’ve participated in.
  3. Submit a cover letter
    • Let us know why you’re the best candidate for the position including why you would be good at the particular section you have chosen to apply for. The letter needs to have the following important information:
      1. Information about your plans for the next 12 months, including where you will be located and what your primary activities will be
      2. Why you want to be a Chapter Digest writer for the coming year and why you want to write a particular section.

Please submit your application to Gabriela Lopez at glopez@standcanada.org.

 

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Volunteer Opportunities for the Fundraising Team

Events Team Member (2)

Time Commitment: 2-3 Hours/week

Mission Statement:  To help develop and execute engaging and innovative events for Stand that support organizational growth, fundraising and advocacy activities.

Responsibilities:

  • To work as part of the events team to generate ideas, plan and execute events!
  • To assist in the execution of Nation-wide events campaigns (such as film tours, speaker events)
  • To think outside the box
  • 48 hour turn-around time on emails
  • To make fundraising an easy, fun and fulfilling activity for the organization!

Qualities Desired

  • Desire to make a difference for the people of Darfur!
  • Self-motivated
  • Creative and dynamic
  • Reliable
  • Willing to seek out new information
  • Experience planning events an asset

Note: Currently the National Events team is working out of Toronto – as the organization grows, we will be developing positions in other areas of the country. If you would like to start a branch of the National events team in another city, we welcome your application.

Perks

  • Joining an incredible network of volunteers and learning from their experiences
  • The ability to be creative and have fun while making a difference!
  • Real-world event planning experience – the events can be as big as you want them to be!

To apply:

  1. Submit a CV
    • Tell us a bit about yourself.
  2. Submit a cover letter
    • Let us know why you’re the best candidate for the position including why you would be good at the particular section you have chosen to apply for. The letter needs to have the following important information:
      1. Information about your plans for the next 12 months, including where you will be located and what your primary activities will be
      2. Why you want to be an Events Team Member for the coming year
      3. What you bring to a position (highlighting things that may not be clear on your CV)

Please submit your application to Gabriela Lopez at glopez@standcanada.org.

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Advocacy Team Roles

STAND Advocacy Researcher Position

Advocacy Researchers play a critical role in developing STAND Canada’s advocacy strategy by informing our  positions, campaigns and advocates by conducting research on behalf of the National Advocacy team for both  our national- and chapter-level advocates.

Mission Statement: Successful candidates will be critical members of the STAND Canada’s  national advocacy team.

Time Commitment: approximately 5-10 hours per week until the end of Parliament’s
Spring 2012 session (usually early June)and may need to do occasional work evenings and weekends

Responsibilities:

  • Monitor House of Commons, Senate transcripts (a.k.a. Hansard) for mentions of Darfur/Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, genocide, etc;
  • Keep track of opportunities for STAND to meet Members of Parliament and Senators at public events nationally, such as at conferences and social events;
  • Compile background on key MPs as necessary.
  • Attend regular telephone meetings to distribute assignment with the Advocacy Director and Deputy Advocacy Director .
  • Researchers keeping-track of Hansard and MP meeting opportunities will need to submit their findings at least once per week (however, splitting-up the work over the week and submitting items as completed is recommended)

Qualities Desired:

  • Should be available to develop resources, conduct research and write reports for STAND Canada’s national and chapter teams
  • Will have a good knowledge of human rights issues, Canadian national politics, political science, international relations, international development or a related field;
  • Will be committed to social justice issues and, more specifically with genocide and crimes against humanity prevention
  • Should be able to work with minimal supervision and should be self-driven;
  • Should be able to work as part of a team
  • Bilingualism is valuable, but not required

Perks:

  • A practical opportunity to put your research and advocacy skills to use in the context of an NGO seeking to enforce international human rights
  • Opportunity to work with and learn from Stand’s Advocacy team
  • Cultivate relationships with youth committed ending genocide whenever and wherever it occurs
  • Gaining real-world experience with a national, not for profit organization

To apply:

    1. Submit a CV
      • Tell us a bit about yourself.
    2. Submit a cover letter
      • Let us know why you’re the best candidate for the position including why you would be good at the particular section you have chosen to apply for.
Please submit your application to  Scott Fenwick, Advocacy Director at STAND Canada, and should be sent to sfenwick@standcanada.org. Please quote “Advocacy Researcher” in the subject line.

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