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Major Dutiess and Respo
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documents
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materials
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in support of PI advancement initia
atives,
includ
ding cases for support, major gift proposals, etc.
Edit, copyedit
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and proofrea
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Institu
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Required:
 Unive
ersity degree
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strrongly prefe
erred
 Minim
mum of two years expe
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 Excellent scientiffic writing skills
 Excellent editoria
al and proo
ofreading skills
 Strong
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 Track
k record of effective
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prroject management
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Scienntific
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Assets:
 Experrience work
king with researchers on
o large an
nd small-sca
ale scientific
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 Scien
ntific writing for lay and
d/or scientiffic audienc
ces
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 Experrience work
king with a non-profit organizatio
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 Fluency in Frenc
ch
 Experrience/interrest in desig
gn, layout, and/or
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pho
otography
 Know
wledge of major
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Canadian and European granting pro
ograms
 Experrience in researching and
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writing major repo
orts, e.g., annual repo
orts, governm
ment
reporrts, position papers, ressearch sum
mmaries, brie
efing documents, etc..
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Hours of Worrk:
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eral hours of work are based
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on a 37.5 hour w
work weekk
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work week m
may be required
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Working Con
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d Physical Effort:
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 Work is normally performed
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al interior/o
office enviro
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 None
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mited physic
cal effort req
quired.
 None
e or very lim
mited exposu
ure to physical risk.
Perimeter Insstitute offerrs a dynamic team orie
ented workk environme
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ghly compe
etitive
sa
alary and benefits.
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Qu
ualified and
d interested applicantss are invited
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“Caree
ers” section by August 19th, 2011.
Perimeter Institute
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is an
a equal op
pportunity employer.
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All qualified
d candidate
es are enco
ouraged
to ap
pply; howev
ver Canadia
an citizens and Perma
anent Resid
dents will be
e given prio
ority
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