[sust-mar] To the Root Workshop Coordinator, contract/intern, Halifax

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Position: To The Root Workshop Series Coordinator
Organization: Loaded Ladle
Location: Kjipuktuk/ Halifax, Nova Scotia
Eligibility: age 30 & under

Term: 8 weeks, January 3rd to February 26th (non-negotiable due to funding requirements)
Wages and hours: 20.5 hrs/week at $22.02/hr for 8 weeks
Application due date: Wednesday December 15, 2021 at 12pm (noon)

About the Loaded Ladle

The Loaded Ladle is a non-profit open food cooperative based out of the Dalhousie Students’ Union Building. We operate by students and for students and strive to address injustices within the global food market, particularly in how it affects university campuses and marginalized communities under capitalism.

Key terms

Food sovereignty: emerged from La Via Campesina, a global peasant movement, as the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, as well as the right to define their own food and agricultural systems.

Food justice: the acknowledgement that our food system is not neutral; we do not have a level playing field. The rules, who gets to set the rules, and the functioning of our food systems contain oppressive and colonizing forces that create and sustain inequities.

Anti-oppressive framework: This framework actively works against oppression. Oppression is the use of power to disempower, marginalize, silence or otherwise subordinate one social group or category, often in order to further empower and/or privilege the oppressor. An anti-oppressive framework actively fights against racism, ableism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, colonialism and all other forms of intersecting oppressions.

Consensus based-decision making: a creative and dynamic way of reaching agreement between all members of a group. Instead of simply voting for an item and having the majority of the group getting their way, a group using consensus is committed to finding solutions that everyone actively supports, or at least can live with. This ensures that all opinions, ideas and concerns are taken into account. Through listening closely to each other, the group aims to come up with proposals that work for everyone.

Non-hierarchical framework: a flat management structure, where employees work towards a common purpose, without a designated management team.

Employment Equity

The Loaded Ladle commits itself to an equity-based approach to hiring, which prioritizes hiring people from historically marginalized groups. The Loaded Ladle commits itself to an anti-racist, equity-based approach to hiring, which incorporates an awareness of systemic oppression. The Loaded Ladle will prioritize applications from people who face racist, ableist, classist, homophobic, transphobic, colonialist, and other forms of oppression. We value lived experience and an interest in food justice work. We value people's histories, identities and backgrounds and encourage people to self-identify in their cover letter.

Description

The purpose of “To The Root Workshop Series” is to facilitate discussion and action on food justice, food sovereignty, and/or food sustainability. The series will use skills-based learning, group discussion, and hands-on action on campus and in community.

The employee will be responsible for outreach, administrative tasks, logistical planning (location, size, and scale of the event), as well as creative work, such as material-making, event promotion, and workshop organization and facilitation. There will be at least 1 full-time staff person from the Loaded Ladle working with this employee on a daily basis.

Tasks Include: 
• Developing exciting workshop ideas, events, and outreach related to food justice
• Contacting potential facilitators and a keynote speaker(s)
• Booking event spaces
• Creating a schedule for the workshop series
• Creating and monitoring the event’s budget
• Building partnerships with community and student organizations
• Attend monthly Board meetings, and staff meetings as needed
• Monitoring up-to-date COVID-19 regulations and ensuring that the event is in compliance.

Qualifications 
• Organized and able to juggle multiple tasks
• Able to take initiative on tasks and work independently
• Experience coordinating events
• Possesses interest or experience in social justice and food justice movements (through paid or volunteer work, lived experience)
• Committed to anti-oppression and consensus-based decision making.
• Enjoys working in a non-hierarchical and collaborative workplace.
• Experience in group facilitation and active listening training (considered an asset)
• Must be willing to work some weekends and evenings

Funding-Related Requirements

This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs Program; this means applicants must be:
• Between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;
• A Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act*; and
• Legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial / territorial legislation and regulations.

*International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.

Working Environment
• The candidate will have the option to work from home and/or work in the Loaded Ladle’s office space, which is located in Dalhousie Student Union Building.
• Some in-person work will be required for the workshop series itself (COVID-19 regulations permitting).
• The candidate will be expected to attend occasional staff, Board, and committee meetings in-person (though accommodations can also be made for attending virtually).

To Apply

Please apply through our Google Form, which includes a place to attach your resume and cover letter: https://forms.gle/CJd5iQtBn4zfC2VL9
Alternative application formats welcome (i.e. video or phone call); contact us to discuss info at loadedladle.com

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Cover Letter Requirements

In your cover letter, please introduce yourself, experience, and qualifications, as well as your general idea for the To the Root workshop series. Include details such as a general theme, workshop topics, and potential community partnerships

Applications are due Wednesday, December 15th at 12pm (noon). Interviews will take place December 16th-18th, 2021. Interviews can take place virtually via Zoom or in-person at the Dalhousie Student Union Building (applicant’s choice). Accommodations will gladly be made as necessary during the interview process. 

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