SUMMER EMPLOYMENT/WORK STUDY: Assistant, Canadian Centre for Traditional Music (CSTM)
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Location:
Cape Breton University-Remote
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Deadline:
June 23, 2021 at 5:00 pm
Canadian Society for Traditional Music (CSTM) Assistant
30 hours/week for 8 weeks.
Job Duties
- The student will help establish the CSTM in its new home in the Centre for Sound Communities and help prepare for the CSTM’s virtual conference in the fall.
- The student will organize the Society’s materials as they arrive and set up administrative and access procedures; they will coordinate communications and registration, primarily in relation to the fall conference; and they will support a summer-speaker series currently in development.
- Specific tasks will include drafting and tracking email communications, coordinating technical and promotional supports
Qualifications:
- Possess strong research, communication and writing skills
- Possess a passion for music and ethnomusicology, particularly in the area of tradition musics
- Experience with editing or event management (e.g. conference organization) is an asset
- Self-directed and organized
- Access to a computer and stable internet
- Students with evidence of experience in music, either in practice or in coursework, will receive priority consideration
- Must be a full time student in good academic standing
Learning Outcomes
Writing and communication skills (tasks ranging from email to blog posts); organizational and project management; understanding of and ability to analyze academic and music industry activities and administrative structures; familiarity with online communication and presentation systems and best practices.