Maccess Logistics Executive

Reports to: Maccess Director   

Hours:  5-8 hours per week   

Term: Sept 1 to April 30 

When submitting your resume, please also submit a Word document (in place of a traditional cover letter) answering the following questions. Please note that answers can be point form: 

1. Maccess is a peer support service for students with disabilities, facilitated by students with disabilities. How do you feel that you fit into this vision? 

2. What skills, prior experience and/or qualities do you bring to the role? 

Maccess aims to build and maintain a campus that celebrates, advocates, and ensures inclusiveness in the area of disability.  We provide programming and events in an effort to establish a sense of community for those that self-identify as having disabilities or as disabled. In addition, Maccess strives to advocate on the behalf of students in a proactive and affirmative fashion and provide educational programming on and opportunities to learn about critical disability studies. 

Please note this posting will close Monday, May 19 at 11:59pm. 

The Logistics Executive is one of three members of the events team. Primarily, they will be responsible for organizing the logistics of Maccess events. This includes: booking rooms and equipment for events, scheduling events, managing set-up and takedown of events, and ensuring events are as accessible as possible. The Logistics Executive should be knowledgeable on accessibility best practices as they will be used as a consultant when planning events. 

If you are interested in this position but believe there exists any accessibility concerns surrounding the requirements of the job, please email the Maccess Coordinator at [email protected] to discuss how the position may be modified to fit your needs. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Awareness and understanding of topics associated with Maccess (i.e. intersectionality, critical disability theory, ableism, and human rights, mentalism/sanism, disability history, intersecting oppressions and invisible privilege). 

• Confidence and ability to challenge dominant views 

• Organizational and time management skills 

• Interpersonal skills 

• Communication skills 

• Creativity 

• Knowledge regarding ability based resources on campus is an asset 

Effort & Responsibility 

• Establish and maintain professional connections on and off campus 

• Maintain confidentiality of all individuals accessing the Maccess 

• Effort required to integrate various individuals and on campus groups to ensure an inclusive environment during all events and campaigns 

Working Conditions 

• Time demands may exceed stated hours of work 

• Most work can be completed in a shared office space 

Training and Experience 

• Necessary training will be provided 

Equipment 

• Personal computer 

Full job description can be found here 

When submitting your resume, please also submit a Word document (in place of a traditional cover letter) answering the following questions. Please note that answers can be point form: 

1. Maccess is a peer support service for students with disabilities, facilitated by students with disabilities. How do you feel that you fit into this vision? 

2. What skills, prior experience and/or qualities do you bring to the role?