Maccess Social & Political Advocacy Executives (3)

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 19th at 11:59pm.

The Social and Political Advocacy Executive is one of three members of the events team. They will be primarily responsible for the creation and implementation of campaigns and workshops that raise awareness and promote positive change of various social and political issues relevant to disability and ability in the McMaster community. 

Advocacy work will be carried out by creating educative workshops and campaigns that address relevant McMaster student issues surrounding issues such as awareness, social disability theory, the Mad movement, as well as critical analyses of the socially constructed dichotomies between physical health and mental health, and visible and invisible disabilities. This executive will work with both MSU and community partners in order to assure that the projects are highly inclusive, appropriate, and impactful. 

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 

Effort & Responsibility 

• Establish and maintain professional connections on and off campus 

• Maintain confidentiality of all individuals accessing the Maccess 

Working Conditions 

• Time demands may exceed stated hours of work 

• Previous experience planning events or workshops is an asset 

• 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?