[BCMA] Community Engagement Intern - 6 month opportunity in Namibia

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Job Ad – Community Engagement Intern

Organization:  Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)

Host Organization: Museums Association of Namibia 

Location: Windhoek, Namibia 

Work term: October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018

Language of Work: English

Closing Date:  August 25, 2017

Salary:  $12.20/hour for 35 hours/week, paid every two weeks (gross pay of
$854 plus vacation pay of $34.16 included in each payment); $500/m housing
allowance; medical insurance and international airfare to and from Windhoek
provided.

This internship is funded by the Government of Canada’s Young Canada Works
Building Careers in Heritage Program. The intern will be employed by the
Commonwealth Association of Museums under the overall direction of the
Secretary-General and report to the Project Development Manager, Museums
Association of Namibia.

 

The intern will: 

1.      Assist in planning a regional workshop for the Human Remains
Management Project by identifying speakers and participants and assisting
with logistical arrangements such as venue, fund development, technical
requirements, and hospitality.

2.      Maintain communication among project partners in Namibia, South
Africa and Botswana and extend the partnership to include ICOM ICME, ETHCOM
and National Committees.

3.      Develop a basic project website using a free system such as Weebly
or Wordpress and post information from project partners that will be
launched during the workshop.

4.      Research and plan a travelling exhibition about human remains
management to increase awareness of the issue in southern Africa to be
launched during the workshop.

5.      Work with staff at the Iziko Museums of South Africa to identify
human remains to be repatriated to Namibia as a pilot repatriation
initiative

6.      Work with local indigenous communities to identify their concerns
about what to do with the remains once they are repatriated, plan for, draft
protocols and facilitate a pilot repatriation (if possible during the
workshop) 

7.      Assist MAN in initiatives to support the museum community in Namibia

8.      Develop a proposal to hold the CAM 2020 triennial general assembly
in Windhoek or elsewhere in the region, including potential host/partner,
dates, theme, funders, etc.

 

Qualifications:

·        University degree in a related field such as museum studies,
information management, history, native studies, cultural or physical
anthropology, archaeology

·        Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal)

·        An ability to read, assimilate, and synthesize specialist knowledge
acquired through research

·        Fluency in English

·        IT skills: Microsoft Word; Excel; email; and social media platforms

·        Graphic design skills not essential as the intern will be assisting
MAN staff with design skills, but would be helpful

 

Eligibility:

Must not have participated in a federal government internship program
previously; Canadian citizen or permanent resident with provincial health
enrolment. Open to young (under 30), unemployed and underemployed graduates
(must not have graduated more than 24 months previously). 

 

Send letter of interest and resume by email to Keely McCavitt, Internship
Coordinator, Commonwealth Association of Museums, 10023 93 Street, Edmonton,
AB, Canada, T5H 1W6;  <mailto:keely.jayne.mccavitt at gmail.com>
keely.jayne.mccavitt at gmail.com. Deadline for applications:  August 25, 2017

 

 

Catherine C Cole, MA, CFMA

Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates

Secretary-General, Commonwealth Association of Museums

Vice-Chair, ICOM CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities)

10023 93 Street

Edmonton, AB

CANADA, T5H1W6

CatherineC.Cole at telus.net

1-780-424-2229

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