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Communications Internship - Water Sustainability Project
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance in partnership with Water Canada
University House 4, University of Victoria
Position: 30hrs/week @ 16 weeks (flexibility can be discussed)
Stipend: $15/hour
Closing Date: Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Description of Project:
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria seeks a dynamic intern to join our team for a 2010 fall term position. The internship will be in partnership with Water Canada Magazine.
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance (http://www.polisproject.org/) is a transdisciplinary centre for research and action established in 2000 by the Eco-Research Chair at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Our mission is to cultivate ecological governance through innovative research, policy analysis and legal reform, as well as through education and community action.
The Water Sustainability Project (WSP) (http://poliswaterproject.org/) began in 2003 and is focused on reorienting Canadian water management from a supply development approach toward stewardship and managing demand as priorities for governments and decision makers. Our work at the WSP is guided by the belief that sustainable urban water management in Canada must be grounded in a focus on conserving the resource and protecting ecological function.
Over the years the WSP team has focused on producing a number of high quality and accessible research-based publications that are used to promote sustainable water management on many levels. These represent a substantial body of research and publications that we distribute as widely as possible through our growing network of water managers, experts, NGOs, members of the business sector and other academics.
The Communications Assistant will assist the WSP team to enhance the project’s communication capacity by further disseminating our research, and expand community engagement in an effort to develop sustainable water management in Canada.
Water Canada (http://watercanada.net/) magazine is committed to serving the country’s water industry leaders with national news coverage, relevant case studies, and insightful contents that promotes stewardship of Canada’s water and quality water for all Canadians. Here, key players come together to explore and discuss innovative solutions for the management of our most important natural resource. Water Canada is the only magazine dedicated to the Canadian water industry.
Responsibilities:
Communications support
- Review and update of Living Water Policy Project policy content
- Support for design, editing and final stages of publication of major report Still Flushing the Future? Urban Water Use in Canada
- Support for the Living Water Policy Project including web design, preparation, administration, and communication of water policy webinar series
- Writing of Fall Water Sustainability Project Newsletter
- Lead organizer on one panel discussion to be held at the University of Victoria
Communications support for Water Canada
- Provide two timely, well-researched articles about water policy in Canada per month (approx. 500 words each), and occasionally help with research for Western Canada water news articles. Topics will be determined by the Communications Assistant and Water Canada’s editor, Kerry Freek, who is located in Toronto.
Future WSP funding development
- Support Project Lead in seeking diversified general water project funds through application to funders, government and academic institutions
General program ‘in-house’ support
- Publications editing and design for various projects, workshop and presentation support, website updates, communications coordination,
and admin/reporting support
What we’re looking for:
Demonstrated experience using InDesign and/or other publishing programs such as Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Contributor and Fireworks experience with web design using Dream Weaver or other similar programs, strong copy editing and writing skills, proactive ability to work independently and as part of a team, good organization skills, experience with media relations (e.g. press releases). Interest in environmental issues and water policy encouraged. We are looking for someone for a 4 month time period with potential for ongoing, flexible work.
Page last updated: 07/12/2010
