Job Title: Communications Assistant
Remuneration: Unpaid
Hours per week: TBD
Deadline: N/A
Location: 49 Bathurst Street, Suite 201
Supervisor: Communications Officer
Director: National Director, External Relations
Are you interested in international development? Do you want to put your skills in journalism and communications to use for a more just and equitable world? Then join the team at Canadian Crossroads International.
Crossroads is currently recruiting an enthusiastic intern to support the expansion of its communications and media relations program. This position will provide work experience in strategy development, provide opportunities to do research, conduct interviews and write for our publications, to craft news releases and public service announcements, and to help build a national media contact list.
Working closely with the Communications Officer, the successful candidate will demonstrate superior writing, editing and proofreading skills and have high computer literacy. The ideal candidate will be results and detail-oriented, able to deliver on deadline and thrive working both independently and as a team. This position also requires creativity, strong organizational and analytic abilities and excellent communications skills.
Fluency in English is required, proficiency in French and Spanish is an asset.
Canadian Crossroads International is an international development organization that is reducing poverty and increasing women’s rights around the world. Working with local partners in 28 projects, in eight countries and supported by hundreds of volunteers each year, Crossroads leverages expertise and resources, North and South, required to help people overcome poverty and assert their human rights. Crossroads is currently working in Bolivia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Swaziland, Togo and Zimbabwe.
We look forward to hearing from you!
For more information please contact:
Candice O’Grady, Communications Officer
candice@cciorg.ca; 416-967-1611 ext. 222
www.cciorg.ca
