Summer Student- Electric Vehicle Engagement Officer
CAA Atlantic - 8 Jobs
Dartmouth, NS
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Job Details:
CAA Atlantic is recognized as one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures! We're committed to supporting your development through comprehensive training programs and continuous learning opportunities - helping you advance your skills and achieve your professional goals. Our generous vacation allowance, annual incentive program, and top-tier benefits ensure you and your family are well taken care of.
CAA Atlantic is a member-based organization serving over 320,000 members across Atlantic Canada. Headquarters in Saint John, N.B., CAA Atlantic is part of the national CAA federation with almost 7 million members across the country! CAA is one of the largest, most trusted and respected consumer-based organizations in Canada. We provide emergency roadside assistance, travel services, and exclusive savings and rewards for our members. We're deeply focused on helping Atlantic Canadians travel safely and confidently, whether they are on the road close to home or planning trips around the world.
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As the Summer Student: Electric Vehicle Engagement Officer will be mainly responsible for educating the citizens of Atlantic Canada on the many benefits of electric vehicles and offering an opportunity to test drive an electric vehicle for themselves. The successful candidate needs to have a clean driving record, excellent communications skills and the ability to show passion and enthusiasm for electric vehicles. This Internship program will provide you with paid hands-on experience, mentorship opportunities, take part in a professional development conference and training, while supporting local environmental projects.
Working Conditions:
- Work outside during hot or rainy days
- Stand on their feet many hours a day
- Load and unload equipment when setting up and tearing down booths
- Drive to offsite locations, sometimes for multiple hours consecutively.
- Promote CAA Atlantic's EV strategy by engaging the public on the benefits of owning an EV and encouraging them test drive one
- Help develop and share content for social media, press releases and CAA's EV webpage
- Work with partners and colleagues to ensure events are delivered efficiently and effectively in key target regions and communities
- Liaise with community partners to plan and host test drive events
- Travel to and from and set up test drive booths at events (including evenings and weekends)
- Learn about EVs and their benefits, and be able to speak confidently and knowledgably about them to the public
- Be an engaging and enthusiastic representative of CAA's EV strategy for the public and other stakeholders
- Support the safe and responsible completion of EV test drives
- Support the measurement and analysis of key event metrics and success indicators
- Proactively provide ideas for improvement of EV events
- Maintain all event inventory (tents, tables, tablets, promotional items, etc.)
- Ensure proper Occupational Health & Safety procedures are followed
- Other related duties as required
- Have an aptitude for safe work practices and the ability to multi-task in a busy work environment
- Be able to work productively as part of a team while responding to feedback
- Demonstrated interest in future employment in the environmental or clean sector is considered an asset
- Must be a Canadian citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada
- Must be between the ages of 21 and 30
- Must be a full-time student intending to return to school in the semester following this internship
- Working towards a degree in Sustainability, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Business Administration, Community Engagement, or related field is considered an asset
- Excellent networking skills and a high comfort level with public speaking
- Passion for electric vehicles
- Must posess a valid Canadian driver's license and a clean Driver's Abstract from the Registry of Motor Vehicles
- Proficiency with common office software, such as Microsoft Office and Outlook
- Must posess excellent written and oral communication skills
- Valid First Aid and WHIMIS would be considered an asset
- Bilingualism (French) would be considered an asset
- Knowledgeable about automotive mechanics would be considered an asset
- Experience facilitating community outreach events would be considered an asset
- Experience organizing public education and training events would be an asset.
