Loaded Ladle

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Employment Opportunity

The Loaded Ladle, B24-6136 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2

Workshop Coordinator

148hrs total at $18.75/hr
The work will mostly take place between mid-June and late-Aug (flexible schedule) including 25hrs to be worked in Sept & October for a total of 148hrs

Applications due 4:00pm, Friday, May 10, 2018

Apply with resume and covering letter in person, by mail, or by email to:

info@loadedladle.com  Please place job title in subject line.

About the Position…

Every Fall The Loaded Ladle hosts a weekend-long workshop series called To The Root. Past workshops have
included gardening, food preservation and herbal preparation workshops, as well as discussions centred on food sovereignty, food justice and food security in our own communities. The Workshop Coordinator will work with staff and board to organize this year’s edition of this workshop series.

The successful applicant will work with the staff/board collective to...

  • Identify potential workshop ideas, events, partners and facilitators;
  • Identify and engage a hosting venue;
  • Program and schedule the workshop weekend;
  • Create and distribute publicity and other related materials using print, social and public media;
  • Ensure workshop planning is within budget capacities;
  • Include organizational partners on campus and in the community;
  • Participate as a member of the staff/board collective managing day-to-day activities;
  • Perform other tasks as self-initiated or agreed within the collective.

The successful applicant will possess some or all of the following competencies…

  • Organized, able to manage multiple activities, flexible;
  • Able and willing to take initiative;
  • Interest and experience in facilitation and delivery of training
  • Interest and experience in event planning;
  • Experience in non-hierarchical, consensus-based human collectives
  • Interest and experience in social justice-based projects is an asset;
  • Interest and experience in movements for food sovereignty, food justice and food security is an asset;

Funding-Related Requirements:

This position is funded through a Canada Summer Jobs  grant. Eligible applicants…:

  • Are between 15 and 30 years of age at the time of hire; Eligibility is NOT restricted to students.
  • Are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or have official refugee protection status under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Students on study permits are not eligible);
  • Are legally entitled to work in Canada, according to relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations

Employment Equity:

The Loaded Ladle recognizes that with regards to people’s experiences and job qualifications, a ‘level playing field’ does not currently exist because of the structural injustices of our society.  We recognize that the Loaded Ladle and the public face of the broader food justice movement in North America is predominantly white and cis-gendered. We also recognize that the people most affected in the struggle for food sovereignty are people from historically marginalized groups. For these reasons, The Loaded Ladle believes that employment equity is a necessary practice to challenge some of these injustices. The Loaded Ladle sees Employment Equity as a pro-active measure to prioritize hiring people from historically marginalized groups. In order to be considered for Employment Equity, we strongly encourage people to self-identify in their cover letter.

About the Loaded Ladle:
The Loaded Ladle Halifax Cooperative, Ltd. is a non-profit Cooperative and a levied Society of the Dalhousie and King’s Students Unions. Our programming creates and sustains a dialogue in the Halifax community about food sovereignty, food justice, and food security with a critical perspective toward prevailing systems of injustice. During the school year, we serve plant-based meals four days per week on the Dalhousie University campus. Throughout the year, we provide servings in solidarity with others in our community.