Positions available: 1

We are hosting an event on May 6th from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm called Engage MacEwan which is a networking event for instructors and community partners. The event's focus will be to identify potential community/course matches for the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 semesters after learning about the best ways to collaborate. Instructors from across all programs and faculties will provide a brief overview of the type of community partnerships they are looking for followed by network sessions between community partners and instructors to discuss collaboration opportunities.

We are looking for a student to support the logistics of the virtual platform, Symplicity, that the event will be hosted on. The student will be trained on the Symplicity platform by the Careers & Experience team.

This will be a 2 week project, 40 hours each week from April 26th - May 7th, 2021. The student must be available to work on event day, May 6th from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm.

We are looking for a detail oriented team player who is a people person and enjoys working with technology! Professional, written, oral and virtual communication skills will be essential to this role.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Working with professors to input project descriptions into Symplicity
• Assist community partners in creating their Symplicity profile and booth
• Provide assistance to the Careers & Experience in hosting Symplicity training sessions
• Being available to answer e-mails related to Symplicity questions
• May include working the virtual help booth the day of the event
• Attend virtual planning meets and take notes
• Prepare and share event debrief notes

The student will be working directly with Barb Hudkins, Experiential Learning Facilitator, and Tiffani Lok, Event and Database Coordinator