Job Description: Bay Area Economic Summit Event Scribes and White Paper Research Assistants (2 Positions still open). June 21st 2016. Paid Opportunity.

Hosted by the Hamilton and Burlington Chambers of Commerce.

Background

What is a Chamber of Commerce?  Chambers of Commerce are membership associations representing the voice of the business community and major public sector institutions. With over 550 Chambers in Canada, they’ve  played a long standing role in city building and identifying the collective priorities of their communities to all three levels of government and citizens. The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1845 with Burlington coming later in 1947.

Collectively we represent over 2,000 organizations within the Hamilton and Burlington Communities. Our membership ranges from small 1-3 person businesses to the largest public & private sector employers.

History of the Economic Summit: The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has hosted the Hamilton Economic Summit over the past seven years, the summit exists as a one day gathering of over 300 key leaders within the community who came together to discuss and learn about the significant issues and opportunities facing the city. The Summit was focused around key target areas which led to the creation of initiatives like Hamilton Hive, Life Sciences Cluster Report and Renew Hamilton.

Last year, both communities hosted a successful inaugural joint summit to develop regional partnership concept for the Hamilton – Burlington “Bay Area” Region. We are hosting it again this year.

CLICK HERE to see last year’s White Paper & HERE for this year’s Agenda.

The Role (s)

This posting is primarily to recruit scribes, however preference will be given to candidates that can contribute to both stage 1 and 2 and develop the notes and supplement them with additional secondary academic research for the white paper.

Stage 1, Scribes: The summit has three series of four concurrent breakout sessions that require scribes. The sessions are led by expert panelists and the scribe’s role will be to take verbatim notes on presentation, discussion and help the moderators summarize the event.

Stage 2, White Paper Research Assistants: Based on suitability, Stage 1 scribes can ideally then continue their role over summer 2016 by becoming contributing authors on their scribed topics to the conference White Paper which will serve as the advocacy document for both chambers. Work can be conducted remotely and will be supported by Chamber staff and other project partners (e.g McMaster Research Shop). The expectation would be for roughly 5-20 hours of additional research over the summer to bolster the summit proceedings with academic research.

Other Details:

• The Scribes/Research Assistants will be paid a $100 Honorarium each.
• Scribes will be expected to bring their own note taking devices (e.g: Laptops or Tablets). Each room will have an audio technician who will be able to provide audio recordings to the scribes for review.
• Beyond the breakout session the scribes are encouraged to participate in the summit, lunch and post-event networking reception as any other delegate ($350 value).
• The Scribes and Research Assistants will be acknowledged as contributing authors to the final white paper.
• The Summit will be held on June 21st at the Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West, Burlington. Scribes are expected to attend 8am to 4pm.
• Additional details and full list of speakers can be found at http://bayareasummit.ca

How to apply:

Please email your resume to Huzaifa Saeed, Policy & Research Analyst at Hamilton Chamber of Commerce: h.saeed@hamiltonchamber.ca

Please feel free to add an optional note or cover letter explaining your interest in the role and your suitability for it based on past academic interests & experience.

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis with a firm deadline of Friday June 17^th @ 5pm.

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