Teams: User Experience, Internal
Role: As a Takedown Request (TDR) Representative for the Paracor Initiative you’ll be processing specific cases where an authorized agent representing the interests of an organization, event or person who does not want to be referenced on the Paracor Database anymore.
Requirement: To apply for this position, you need to be able to prove that you have experience in mediation, arbitration, or copyright processing. You also need to be able to show through previous experience that you have handled confidential and sensitive information. We also require that you have 2 character references that Paracor can contact to identify that you are the right candidate for this volunteer position.
Perks:
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: User Experience
Role: As the Support Representative for the Paracor Initiative it’s your role to help website users with any questions they may have in navigating our website or from our Facebook Social Media
If you notice a reoccurring question you are in charge of creating a recommendations document on how you would modify or add-on a section to the website to resolve these issues in future.
It’s considered an asset if in your free time if you could review the site and make any recommendations on areas which promote confusion, frustration, include typo or general site bugs.
Area: General Site, Facebook Paracor Canada Message board, General Contact us, Help and Accessibility Site Sections
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Press
Role: As public relations representative for the Paracor Initiative its your job to create and maintain a favourable public image for the initiative. You will also be writing material for media releases, planning and directing public relations programs for Paracor.
In this role, you will also be the point of contact for the press who have sent a inquiry using the contact us form.
It’s considered an asset if you have connections in the press community already.
Area: Press Section
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: User Experience
Role: As an volunteer accessibility compliance aide for the Paracor Initiative your role is to review our website bi-monthly for accessibility issues. After each review, you are to compile a list of changes that need to be made to make the site more accessible (WCAG 2.0 AA+). The long-term goal is to push this site to WCAG 2.0 AAA rating or as close to it as.
You are also expected to help with:
It’s considered an asset if you have experience working on accessibility policies and have experience working with WCAG 2.0.
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Social Media
Role: As a volunteer, social media stories contributor for the Paracor Canada Facebook and YouTube page it is your responsibility to work with the social media video and article story leads to research, interview short clips or articles on the societal experiences of specific persons with disabilities. You are also a part of the process of getting the article posted on Facebook as well as getting the video published on the Paracor YouTube Account.
Area: Paracor Canada Facebook Page and the Paracor Initiative YouTube Page
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Social Media
Role: As a volunteer social media promoter for the Paracor Canada Facebook page it is your responsibility to promote the page, getting more likes and increasing how many people see each post. As a social media promoter, your also in charge of engaging people who see the post to comment and discuss.
It’s considered an asset if you can provide us actionable strategies to increase our promotion on Facebook and if approved implement them.
Area: Paracor Canada Facebook Page
Commitment: 2 new likes or 1 third party comment per week. It’s considered an asset if you can get a local news organizations Facebook page re-sharing or positively posting about us.
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Social Media
Role: As a volunteer social media contributor for the Paracor Canada Facebook page it is your responsibility to find interesting disability news that’s happening in Canada and share it on our page. This content can be in the form of videos or articles, and can be on subject’s adaptive devices or technologies, disabilities, accessibilities, awareness, mental health, community projects, adversity. We also ask that all posts have at minimum a short description and tags (such as #accessibility #disability #abilityawareness ...etc)
It’s considered an asset if you could invite your Facebook network to like and follow the page. Each additional like goes a long way to promoting adoption of the Paracor Initiative in Canada.
Area: Paracor Canada Facebook Page
Commitment: 2 Disability Posts minimum per week. It’s an asset if you could post 1 disability event in the Paracor Canada Facebook events section per month.
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area
Team: Internal
Role: As the news researcher for the Paracor Initiative you will be responsible for researching disability or accessibility news happening in Canada (Ottawa initially). Once news is identified you will need to fill out the Paracor News input form and add that news to the Paracor database.
It is considered an asset if you have connections in the disability/accessibility news community already.
Area: Paracor Initiative News Section
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Internal
Role: As the people (influencer) researcher for the Paracor Initiative you will be responsible for researching disability or accessibility influencers in Canada (Ottawa initially). Once a person is identified you will need to fill out the Paracor People input form and add that Person to the Paracor database.
If the Paracor community recommends an People that we don’t have in our database yet, it will be your responsibility to verify that the information is correct and then approve or make changes to the form before its added to the database.
Occasionally changes to a listed persons page may be needed, as well.
It is considered an asset if you have connections in the disability/accessibility Peoples community already.
Area: Paracor Initiative People Section
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Internal
Role: As the events researcher for the Paracor Initiative you will be responsible for researching disability or accessibility events happening in Canada (Ottawa initially). Once an event is identified you will need to fill out the Paracor Event input form and add that event to the Paracor database.
If the Paracor community recommends an event that we don’t have in our database yet, it will be your responsibility to verify that the information is correct and then approve or make changes to the form before its added to the database.
Occasionally changes to a listed event may be needed, as well.
It is considered an asset if you have connections in the disability/accessibility events community already.
Area: Paracor Initiative Event Section
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.
Team: Internal
Role: As a Paracor Advisor your responsible for providing guidance, feedback and connections to help direct how the Initiative moves forward. Guidance is provided through emails with the operations team directly.
Requirement:
To apply for this position you need to either:
Perks:
Team: Internal
Role: As the volunteer writer you’ll be responsible for writing, editing and proofreading blog post that are to be added to Paracor Initiative’s official blog.
It is considered an asset if you have excellent writing and communication skills as well as a determined attitude and the ability to take criticism.
Area: Paracor Initiative Official Blog
Perks:
Note: * If you do a good job
Training:
As soon as you apply and are accepted for this position we’ll help you get situated in the team and answer any questions you may have regarding your role. We will also educate you in regards to proper communication in the disability area.