TRAC Graduate Research Assistant Job / Research Creation

Posting period: August 25 to August 30, 2022

Description of duties: Reporting to Meghan Moe Beitiks, the candidate will be responsible for carrying out research tasks related to the SSHRC-Funded Project “Angles of Consequence”

Principal Investigator or Immediate Supervisor: Meghan Moe Beitiks, MFA

Salary information: $40.00 per hour

Approximate number of weekly hours of work: 8 hours

Planned start and end date of appointment: September 5, 2023 to May 1, 2024

Qualifications / skills required:

• Graduate student in the arts or sustainability. 
• Good spoken and written English 
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines. 
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills. 
• Ability to interact effectively with faculty and staff.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Some research skills appreciated: experiencing producing managing and designing for performances ideal. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Research climate impact and evaluation.
• Compile lists of organizations with the clearest, most powerful impact on the climate, as previously defined, both positive and negative.
• Seek out locations relevant to those organizations within Quebec.
• Travel to potential locations to evaluate their viability as performance sites, and support the travel and production of the test performances: interacting with the public, ensuring safety, etc.
• RAs will also need to present their research findings at various events at LePARC.
• Performance prop build and transportation, material sourcing, stage management, publicity, and documentation.

Application instructions: Please send your CV and cover letter to meghanmoe.beitiks@concordia.ca by the posting end date of August 30th, 2023.

*This position is subject to all conditions outlined in the TRAC collective agreement

Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification; candidates are invited to self-identify in their applications.