Accessibility O-Week Leader Volunteer Position - Halifax, Nova Scotia
About the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU): The DSU represents the collective voice of over 18,000 students in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The DSU advocates for student rights, builds community on campus through events, supports over 300 societies, and provides focused services to foster a supportive and positive student experience.
Responsibilities: Accessibility O-Week leaders are responsible for 1 on 1 interactions with particapants who require additional accomodations before and during orientation. Accessibility O-Week leaders will work directly with the Vice-President Student Life and the Events Commissioner to brainstorm ideas, communicate needs and accomodations of incoming students to the VPSL, making modifications to include students in O-Week activities, accompany students with accomodations throuought the entire event if required, help students map out O-Week programming, and ensuring their overall safety and happiness during O-Week. Accessibility O-Week leaders will receive anti-o framework, health and safety, harm reduction and naloxone, events coordination, and additional relevant training. Volunteer roles with the DSU can contribute to your Dalhousie Co-Curricular record. Orientation Week 2023 will occur primarily in-person.Leaders will receive DSU swag, exclusive opportunities for future volunteer roles, and a letter confirming their outstanding volunteer contributions to the DSU.
Accessibility O-Week leaders should expect to meet Weekly for the months of July, and multiple times per week leading up to O-Week. Senior O-Week leaders are required to be available in Halifax starting July.
Approximately 10 volunteers are required.
Qualifications:

• Students pursuing a degree related to adapted physical activity in recreation is an asset (Ex: Therapeutic Recreation, Occupational Therapy, Social Work)
• Previous experience in a setting where people with special abilities are the focus and knowledge on adapting activities to suit a host of needs.
• Must be available for in-person training and work in Halifax, Nova Scotia from July, 2023 to mid-September, 2023.
• Must be fully vaccinated, willing to wear PPE, and follow any and all Covid-19 health and safety regulations.
• Must be a Dalhousie Student currently enrolled, with third year standing or higher for Fall 2023.
  
• Previous experience with the DSU and/or O-Week leadership
• Must be a team player.

Reporting structure: Reports directly to the DSU Vice President, Student Life, and DSU Events Commissioner Term: July 2nd- September 15th, 2023 with potential for additional opportunities over the course of the 2023-24 academic year Deadline for Application: We will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis
We thank all our applicants for taking the time to apply. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
The Dalhousie Student Union welcomes the contributions that individuals from traditionally marginalized communities, as outlined under the prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, bring to our organization. These include racialized people; Indigenous people; women; lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer people; and people with disabilities. We encourage applicants to self-identify here if they are a member of a marginalized community.