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Description
VIU Sustainability provides opportunities to Vancouver Island University students who are inspired to make positive contributions to VIU’s sustainability efforts. Sustainability Fair Event Assistants will work with Facilities and Ancillary Services to model sustainable practices to the VIU community.
They influence and inform peers using behaviours that create and support an active sustainability culture. Student assistants play an important role in influencing and informing the VIU community in sustainable action through pre-event planning, communication, active hosting, and post-event reflection.
Position Requirements
The VIU Sustainability Assistant position has a wide range of duties, from pre-event planning to event strike.
Assistant activities include:
- Working together to plan and execute a sustainability event for the VIU community that introduces and reacquaints the community with services on and off campus.
- Reinforcing the culture of 'Everyone makes a difference' (during the planning and in actively hosting the event).
- Communicating the event to the VIU community through various modes, ranging from face-to-face to social media.
- Persuading the community to actively participate in this event.
- Assisting in set-up and take down of the event site.
- Assisting presenters with any needs they may have in documenting the event through social media.
- Reviewing the event and making recommendations/suggestions for future events.
Through these activities, intended skill/knowledge development will include, but is not limited to: developing a stronger understanding and practice of event planning, engagement, communication, and critical analysis.
The VIU Sustainability Fair usually occurs in late September. There will be a great deal of activity starting before, during, and after the event. Event assistants are expected to be available for some time during the day to help in delivering this event.
Several planning meetings will be held before the event, and Event Assistants are asked to attend at least one and/or stay in touch via email or another similar mode.
Post-event, Event Assistants will be asked to share thoughts/insights at scheduled sessions, which may be online group sessions.
Sign-up Directions
To learn more, please visit the VIU Sustainability Initiatives webpage.
Please send an email outlining why you are interested in this event to Margot Croft, Environment and Sustainability, Facilities Services/Campus Development. Margot.Croft@viu.ca
We look forward to hearing from you! :-)