Women's Collective Coordinator
- Program stream:
- Young Canada Works in Both Official Languages
- Job title:
- Women's Collective Coordinator
- Organization name:
- CJLO 1690AM
- Job location:
- Montreal, Quebec
- Length of assignment:
- 2018-05-07 to 2018-08-27 (10 weeks)
- Hourly wage:
- $12.50
Where: Montreal, QC
Wage: $12.50/hr
Duration: Monday, May 7th, 2018 - Monday, August 27th, 2018 (16 weeks)
To Apply: Please send CV and Cover Letter to manager@cjlo.com by April 1st, 2018 (11h59).
CJLO 1690AM is looking to hire a part-time coordinator to facilitate the Women's Collective over the course of the upcoming summer. Established in 2017, the Women's Collective is run by a group of dedicated volunteers and overseen by our Program Director, Allison O'Reilly. From its inception, the collective has experienced great success, recruiting over 30 members along the way. To build on the collective's success, CJLO is looking to hire a part-time coordinator whose mandate would include facilitating and managing the collective.
Tasks include, but are not limited to:
• Maintaining regular contact with members of the Women’s Collective through email,
newsletters, and meetings
• Scheduling and facilitating training for new collective members
• Assisting the program director in training new radio programmers with equipment and
on-air skills
• Assisting the production director in training new engineers in audio production
• Planning and executing relevant workshops for collective members
• Assisting collective members with the planning and execution of Femme AM, the bi-
weekly talk show by providing feedback, editing scripts, helping with booking of
guests, etc.
• Assisting collective members with the planning and execution of Yonic Youth, the bi-
weekly music show by providing feedback, assisting with playlist development,
booking bands for live sessions, interviews with local musicians and community
members, etc.
• Development of a feminist music showcase (booking artists, venue, sound technician, etc.) and promoting the
show through social media marketing, posters, notifying local media outlets, etc.
• Development of a music compilation devoted to local women artists (reaching out to artists for participation, scheduling sessions with engineers and the bands, artwork and distribution for compilation, etc.)
• Development of a Women’s Collective Zine (call out for submissions, assisting collective members with zine production through editing and feedback, reaching out to local artists)
About CJLO 1690AM: Formed in 1998 as a merger between CRSG and CFLI, two former stations, CJLO is Concordia University's one and only radio station. 100% non-profit, and run almost entirely by volunteers, the station is located in the heart of the Loyola campus in the NDG borough of Montreal. Our on-air personalities are the backbone of the station and there are over eighty DJ's spinning for your listening pleasure. Whether you are interested in Rock, Alt, Hip-Hop, RPM, Punk, Metal, Jazz, Blues, World, Country or Talk and Sports, CJLO has something for you, and is always looking for more on air talent.
About the Women's+ Collective: The goal of the Women’s radio collective at CJLO is to develop the involvement of self-identifying women and other gender minorities in community radio, as programmers, hosts, producers, artists, and listeners. The collective strives to shed light on women*’s issues and to diversify voices on the air. The collective aims to provide support through training, opportunities and information, within the CJLO, Concordia, and Montreal community.
Our Ideal Candidate:
• Self-identifies as female or any other gender-minority group
• Has a basic understanding of the campus-community radio and/or not for profit sector
• Has a basic understanding of how to use computers and access the Internet
• Has been previously involved in or is interested in community based initiatives in the arts and culture field
• Has advanced understanding of English and French
• Is in the process of or has completed a degree in Communication Studies, Journalism, Women Studies or
any other related fields.
For More Information About CJLO : www.cjlo.com
For More Information About the Women's Collective: https://cjlowomencollective.wordpress.com/
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