Toronto Environmental Alliance

TEA is seeking Youth Volunteer Coordinators! (2)

The Toronto Environmental Alliance is seeking two Youth Volunteer Coordinators.

Position Type: Volunteer
Number of Positions: 2
Location: Toronto
Commences: March 24, 2009

TEA Youth Caucus
The Toronto Environmental Alliance is reviving its Youth Caucus and we are looking for two eager and experienced youth to lead the team as Coordinators. This is an opportunity for you to get involved in our organization as well as your communities on local, urban, environmental issues. Volunteering as a coordinator for TEA's Youth Caucus is an opportunity to learn new skills, participate in training youth, take on responsibilities, and acquire transferable skills helpful for the workforce. It also helps improve Toronto, by spreading the word about toxics in our environment, climate change, waste, local food, and much more.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design a recruitment strategy to bring new members into the Youth Caucus
• Liaise between youth caucus and TEA Volunteer Coordinator
• Develop a Volunteer Orientation Kit with TEA Volunteer Coordinator
• Create a Youth Fundraising and Event planning kit
• Create a Youth volunteer registration form
• Ask for help when you need it
• Track volunteer hours of members of youth caucus
• Assist in planning training opportunities for new members of the youth caucus
• Help out at special events
• Arrange socials and volunteer appreciation nights with staff at TEA
• Delegate jobs and roles to other members of the Youth Caucus
• Take initiative and follow through on commitments
• Be creative and work with a team of peers to develop fun programs and activities in your communities related to the environment

Qualifications:

• Available Tuesday evenings beginning March 24th
• Between 13-18 years of age
• Can commit roughly 10 hours of work a week and potentially more during the summer
• Enthusiastic and outgoing
• Interest in, and some understanding of environmental issues
• Must live in Toronto
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Experience working in and/or leading a group of peers at school or in the community

Reasons to Volunteer with TEA

• Gain skills, training and references for future volunteering and employment
• Meet new people and network with peers and professionals
• Develop solid leadership skills
• Acquire a deeper understanding of local, urban, environmental issues in the City of Toronto
• Work within your community on environmental issues affecting you
• We will provide workspace for you and a mailbox for the Youth Caucus
• Volunteering is fun

Application Procedure
Please submit a letter of interest, which includes:

• Your name, age, and contact information
• Any other groups, teams, organizations or after school programs you currently take part in or have in the past
• Why you think you would make a good youth caucus co-coordinator
• Skills you have and times you have used them (e.g. organizational, communication, and team work skills)
• Skills you would like to improve or acquire and why you think you could do that in this position
• Any ideas of activities, programs, and/or events you have for the position
• Anything else you would like to share

Please submit your letter of interest and resume by Monday March 2nd, 2009.

Interviews will be conducted between 4:30 and 7:30pm the evenings of March 10th and 12th.

Michal Hay
Toronto Environmental Alliance
30 Duncan Street, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2C3
Phone: 416 596 0660 | Fax: 416 596-0345

Email is preferred: michal@torontoenvironment.org
Please state in the email subject line: Youth Caucus Coordinator

Volunteer Phone Canvassers (15)

Position Type: Volunteer
Number of Positions: 15
Location: Downtown Toronto by Osgood Subway station
Duration: Multiple days available, Thursday November 13 to Thursday November 20
Application Deadline: As soon as possible

The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) is seeking Volunteer Phone Canvassers. We will be calling TEA members Thursday November 13 and Friday November 14, as well as Monday November 17 through to Thursday November 20. Volunteers must be available between 5pm and 8:30pm on any one or more of those days.

Canvassers will be informing TEA members about City-owned Toronto Hydro's attempts to put a wind measuring device in Lake Ontario to determine whether it makes sense to install windmills in Lake Ontario, about 2 km off shore. We also need canvassers to help encourage our members to attend the public meeting on November 24. For more information on the campaign, visit: www.torontoenvironment.org/windmills

Responsibilities

• Call Toronto Environmental Alliance members and discuss the plan to test wind speeds in Lake Ontario and the importance of Green Energy
• Inform members about the public meeting on November 24 and encourage them to attend

Qualifications

• Be available on one or more of the calling days: November 13-14, November 17-20
• Be available between 5pm and 8:30pm on those days
• Excellent communication skills
• Interest in, and understanding of environmental, diversity and equity issues

Volunteers will be briefed on the issue and how to make the calls. Snacks will be provided.

Application Procedure
Please submit a brief letter of interest as soon as possible.

Michal Hay
Toronto Environmental Alliance
30 Duncan Street, Suite 20, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2C3
Phone: 416 596 0660 | Fax: 416 596-0345

Email is preferred: michal@torontoenvironment.org
Please state in the email subject line: Volunteer Phone Canvass Position

Volunteer Surveyors of Local Ethnic Produce

Position Type: Volunteer
Number of Positions: 5-7
Location: Toronto
Duration: November 17 – November 28, 2008
Application Deadline: November 13, 2008

The Toronto Environmental Alliance is seeking Volunteer Surveyors of Local Ethnic Produce. This is a two week position, which requires volunteers to be available between 11am and 4pm weekdays.

Greenbelting Toronto - Local Ethnic Food Guides
TEA is developing our fourth local ethnic food guide. These guides highlight Toronto farmers' markets and food retailers selling Greenbelt-grown food that meets the needs of Toronto's diverse cultural communities.

TEA is seeking volunteers from Middle Eastern community to help with the development of our next guide.

Click here to see the South Asian and Chinese Food Guides

Responsibilities

• Conduct short surveys within grocery stores to determine if they carry local fresh food used in Middle Eastern cooking
• Identify the variety of cultural produce grown in Ontario

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Middle eastern community
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in a language other than English
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
• Interest in, and understanding of environmental, diversity and equity issues
• Must be available between November 17 and November 28, weekdays between 11:00am and 4:00pm

TEA will provide TTC weekly passes to those selected.

Application Procedure
Please submit a brief letter of interest and a resume by November 13, 2008 (preferably sooner) to the attention of:

Asumani Serungendo
Local Food Campaigner, Toronto Environmental Alliance
30 Duncan Street, Suite 20, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2C3
Phone: 416 596 0660 | Fax: 416 596-0345

Email is preferred: tea@torontoenvironment.org
Please state in the email subject line: Volunteer Surveyor Position

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted within 5 days of the application closing date.