Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art ,Gallery Community Outreach Assistant Jobs in Canada

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description

EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY

The
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art invites applications for the position of

COMMUNITY
OUTREACH ASSISTANT

Application
Deadline:
3pm Thursday May 7th, 2015
Interviews
Conducted: Saturday
May 9th, 2015

Start Date: Tuesday May 12th,
2015

End Date: August 31st, 2015

Remuneration: $13/hr, 35hrs/week

THIS IS A GOVERNMENT
FUNDED SUMMER STUDENT CONTRACT UNTIL AUGUST 31, 2015.

The Alternator
Centre for Contemporary Art is a non-profit artist-run centre in Kelowna, BC.
Our mandate is to support the development of innovative contemporary work by
local, national and international emerging and mid-career artists. The
Alternator operates two exhibition spaces, hosts an artist co-op program and
facilitates a number of weekly and monthly community-based arts events.

Working with the
gallery manager, the employee will participate in a range of arts based
community outreach activities. The preferred applicant will have experience in
the visual and/or media arts and preferrably a familiarity with artist-run
centres. He/she is a highly responsible team player with excellent
interpersonal and organizational skills and is able to demonstrate personal
initiative and leadership within a collective environment.

Major
responsibilities include: supporting the Alternator’s community outreach
activities, assist in daily administrative duties including volunteer
coordination, general exhibition installation and maintenance, and offer
support to the gallery manager and Board of Directors.

Assets include:

• Excellent oral and
written communication skills

• A familiarity with
the Mac environment, including Word, and Excel, (In-Design, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator an asset but not necessary)

• Physical ability
and knowledge to perform preparatory and installation work

• Ability to work
with a team as well as independently

Please note: this
position will require evening / weekend shifts.

To be elible you
must:

• be a student
between 15 and 30 years of age;

• have been
registered as a full-time student in the previous academic year and intend to
return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;

• be a Canadian
citizen or permanent resident, or have official refugee protection status under
the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (foreign students are not eligible);
and

• be legally
entitled to work in Canada, according to relevant provincial/territorial
legislation and regulations.

To apply, submit a
cover letter, resume and contact information for two references to peter@alternatorgallery.com.
Please write ‘Attn. Hiring Committee’ in the subject line. Include all
documents in a single PDF titled COAAppFirstnameLastname.pdf

For information
about the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, please visit
www.alternatorcentre.com.

Alternator Centre
for Contemporary Art