JOBS & SUMMER JOBS

Position: Fair Trade Coffee Marketing Coordinator
Type: summer / seasonal contract
Organization: Breaking the Silence Network
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Note: Based in Halifax (required to work Saturday mornings at the Halifax Forum Farmer’s Market). Occasional meetings with Just Us! Coffee Roasters and Tatamagouche Centre in Grand Pre and Tatamagouche respectively.

Contract dates: May–August 2024
Schedule: 35 hours/week (remote work for 4 days Tuesday-Friday; Saturday mornings on-site)
Remuneration: $17/hour
Required: valid driver's license and have access to a car

Two Positions:

• Fair Trade Coffee Marketing Coordinator (8-week contract)
• Fair Trade Coffee Marketing Lead (student position: must have attended school in the spring and be returning to school in the fall of 2024; 14-week contract).

Organizational Background

BTS was established 30 years ago in response to the genocide and mass displacement of communities that occurred during the internal armed conflict in Guatemala. The network includes over 300 volunteer members throughout the Maritimes. BTS supports Guatemalan human rights and community development groups working for ongoing social, economic, environmental, and cultural justice. BTS centers the interconnectedness between the Global North and Global South as well as the responsibility of Canadians to engage in solidarity work by undertaking advocacy and education initiatives in Canada.

Organizational Commitment to Equity

The Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) acknowledges that systemic barriers disproportionately target and affect marginalized communities. We are committed to challenging these systemic inequalities and encourage applications from individuals that represent the full diversity of communities in terms of ability, age, class, gender, race, and sexual orientation. Furthermore, we recognize and value lived experience as a legitimate attestation of skills and abilities.

Position Description

Fair Trade Coffee Marketing Summer Lead will support BTS in the promotion of their Fair Trade coffee initiative. The successful applicant will work with BTS members in Halifax to support and promote the weekly sale of coffee and awareness of Fair Trade. Under the supervision of BTS staff and with the support of JustUs!, the Fair Trade Coffee Marketing Summer Lead will promote BTS coffee by producing written and visual content.

The ideal candidate for this position will have advanced organizational skills, be highly reliable, have experience handling cash and food, and possess a keen interest in researching and promoting social justice, Fair Trade, anti-oppressive partnerships, and BTS’s work.

Key activities for this position include:

• Weekly co-management of the BTS Coffee Kiosk at the Halifax Forum Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings (7:30 am to 1:30pm). This includes setting up and tearing down the kiosk coffee equipment and supplies and serving the public from 9am-1pm.
• Promoting the purchase and use of BTS coffee through visual and written content for brochures, information packages, social media, newsletters, and blog platforms.
• Conducting research to learn about fair trade, Small Producers Partnership, the Small Producers Symbol (SPP), BTS’s partners, especially the Highlands Committee of Small Farmers (CCDA), and current events in Guatemala.
• Participating in regular meetings with BTS staff and supervisors.
• Conducting administrative tasks including note-taking, file organization, progress tracking, ordering and maintaining inventory, and the use of excel.

Qualifications of Ideal Candidate:

• Experience transforming research into communications tools, including blogs, graphics, videos, webinars, presentations, etc.
• Experience using graphic design applications
• Interested in, and has a demonstrated commitment to, anti-oppression, community organizing, social justice, and solidarity work
• Works well in collaborative processes
• Possesses the organizational skills to work independently
• Highly reliable
• Possesses high cross-cultural awareness and strong interpersonal communication skills
• Past experience handling food and providing customer service
• Past experience handling money
• Holds a valid driver's license and has access to a car
• Will be considered assets: Knowledge of Guatemalan/Central American history and socio-political context. An understanding of fair trade, Small Producers Partnerships, Small Producers Symbol (SPP), and JustUs!’s approach to Fair Trade.

Application Process:

Interested applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with BTS and our fair trade coffee program through our website and the JustUs! website. Please send a resume and a one-page cover letter as a single document to btsmaritimescoordinator@gmail.com by midnight on April 29, 2024. Please indicate you saw this posting at GoodWork.ca.

We appreciate your interest in joining our team and look forward to receiving your application. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.