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Job Posting: Communication & PR Interim Manager – Interim position (temporary leave replacement)

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Start Date: As soon as possible – 3-month contract

Salary: $60,000 to $70,000 annum

The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is seeking a bilingual, dynamic, tech savvy individual to provide communications, website and social media management, as well as other communications support and some in-house translation. QCGN offers a competitive salary, a generous benefit package including vacations and time off. Our offices are located in a central, downtown location in Montreal.

The QCGN is an incorporated not-for-profit organization that identifies, explores, and addresses strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of Quebec’s English-speaking communities. The QCGN and its member organizations work cooperatively and in partnership with community stakeholders, leaders, governments and institutions, to advance the interests of our minority community which counts more than 1 million English-speaking Quebecers.

Under the Director General, this position works to plan and implement media and public relations strategies in collaboration with other members of the team and works collaboratively with staff to develop and manage the QCGN website and social media tools like Facebook and Twitter. He or she is responsible for the daily monitoring of both French and English media in order to remain abreast of news and issues relating to the organization and the English-speaking community in Quebec, and the production of a daily news briefing, as well as internal and external newsletters.

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Job Posting: Bookkeeping and Office Administrator

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Salary Range: $40,000 to $50,000 per annum
Start Date: as soon as possible

The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is seeking a dynamic, detail orientated individual for the position of Bookkeeping and Office Administrator to support office IT systems and procedures, including bookkeeping (invoicing, tax receipting, expensing), human resources (recruitment coordination, off/on-boarding, staff events, payroll).

The QCGN is an incorporated not-for-profit organization, with 50-member organizations, that works cooperatively and in partnership with community stakeholders, leaders, governments and institutions to identify, explore, and address strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of Quebec’s English-speaking communities (ESCQ).

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You’re hired! Now stay home. New recruits navigate the pandemic working world

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Feeling pressured to overperform and prove himself is something 27-year-old Jama Jama can relate to, especially after landing a temporary job in October as an administrative clerk.

He describes it as “feeling stuck, feeling that it’s never enough, like most students or people of my generation.”

He’s been working remotely during the pandemic since graduating in May 2020 from Concordia University’s political science program.

As an extrovert, he’s found it challenging.

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