[Bcma-l] Job Posting - Community Services Assistant 5 - Community Outreach Intern

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

CITY OF SURREY
Parks, Recreation & Culture

Community Services Assistant 5
Surrey Art Gallery Community Outreach Intern
(Duration: May – September 2008)

Do you easily relate to youth from diverse backgrounds and interests, 
online and in person?

We are looking for a highly social and fun-loving individual, who is 
interested in art, communication strategies, and working with people 
with diverse cultures locally and globally. If you like to blog, 
video-conference, chat on Facebook and would like to share your 
enthusiasm for art and technology with youth of all ages, this is the 
position for you.

As the Surrey Art Gallery’s Community Outreach Intern, you will work 
within a team that includes three internationally recognized artists, 
and assist them to develop and test strategies to engage local and 
global participation. This team is working on a year-long TechLab 
digital art residency project, known as GLOCAL. GLOCAL will realize an 
interactive and on-line artwork that uses a relational database and 
social networking tools. Surrey has been designated as a Cultural 
Capital of Canada for 2008 and the GLOCAL project is one of its key 
initiatives. This project has also been supported by Arts Partners in 
Creative Development, with the final artwork planned for presentation in 
2010.

During the internship, the candidate will enhance their skills working 
with youth (including focus groups) and supervising volunteers. They 
will research and develop training materials for teachers on subjects 
such as social networking applications (i.e. Facebook), and 
collaborative learning. They will also gain significant knowledge about 
Creative Commons, digital art practices, and enhance their skills 
working with computers including video conferencing and online marketing.

Candidates should have excellent organizational, interpersonal and 
computer skills. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to 
plan and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Successful applicants 
must have experience working in teams and working effectively with youth 
and the public. Fluency in other languages is an asset.

Work hours are generally between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, with 
occasional evening and weekend hours.

This opportunity is grant funded to assist students who have recently 
completed their post secondary education gain practical work experience 
in their given discipline. Applicants must have completed a degree or 
diploma from a post secondary school in the areas of visual arts, 
computer science, digital media, interactive arts, communications, art 
education or arts management.

Compensation: $21.65/hour
Application deadline: 5pm March 26, 2008

www.surreycareers.ca

City of Opportunity. Progress Through Diversity.

The City of Surrey wishes to thank all applicants for their interest and 
advises that only
those to be interviewed will be contacted.