Join Our Team
ARE YOU ADVENTUROUS?
DO YOU LOVE TO CREATE, MAKE, AND SHARE?
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP CHANGE THE WORLD?!
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Our Story
Grey & Ivy is a multi-disciplinary collective of innovators, architects, tech designers, researchers, teachers, and more. Through our Design+Build educational programs and research, we have developed a strategy to facilitate Spatial Agency in communities worldwide!
We believe that awareness of design, making, and crafting wields power to improve our quality of living, inspire awe, and provide comfort and healing. It empowers people to take ownership of their careers and futures. We democratize the skills and knowledge of designers, architects, construction and trades workers to unlock ways for more people to influence and have meaningful dialogue with the built environment around them.
An essential part of what we offer is our Design+Build curriculum and educational workshops, where we guide communities and participants of all ages through the Grey & Ivy process. Together we reveal the story, then develop a concept through sketching and modeling using analogue tools and immersive technologies, and finally progressing into a fully realized design that can potentially be realized in the future.
Our goal is and will always be to put power back into the hands of communities by providing the necessary skills and knowledge to spark innovation and empower self-determined solutions!!
Connect.
Create.
Inspire.
Connect. Create. Inspire.
The Role
ROLE TITLE:
Design+Build Workshop Lead
ROLE DESCRIPTION:
At the heart of everything we do is the community. Every Design+Build workshop is guided by our team using the Grey & Ivy process and is intended to offer a space where everyone feels comfortable to discover and explore what they are genuinely passionate about and push the limits of what they can imagine! It's important to highlight that our process can also adapt and adjust at any time to meet the needs of any individual and/or community.
With this said, we are looking for a highly motivated individual who has a very BIG heart and possesses a strong passion for communication. This individual should be excited to play a small part in the many future stories of our youth and community members! Simply put, we do things a lot differently around here, and we are looking for someone who wants to help make a REAL difference!
ROLE REQUIREMENTS:
Full-Time availability.
Min. 3+ years of experience in teaching or creative fields such as design, making, technology, and/or construction. Either professional or demonstrable hobby/passion.
Strong passion for adventure!!
Must be able to travel and work within a wide range of communities located in remote and non-remote environments for 2-3 week durations.
Familiarity with sustainability concepts, architecture & design principles, as well as crafting, making & constructing.
Experience with public speaking.
Building trusting relationships and fostering a fun, safe, and inclusive learning environment for all participants.
Enthusiasm and dedication to student engagement, assessment, and well-being.
Not afraid of the unknown and able to be adaptive, flexible, and resourceful.
Excited to learn and build authentic learning experiences that weave together different perspectives and lived experiences through cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence practices.
HIGHLY REGARDED:
More than 5+ years of experience in teaching or creative fields.
Graduate degree in either education or architecture from an accredited post-secondary institution or college.
Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing and the Two-Eyed Seeing approach.
Proficiency with advanced technologies such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, LiDAR Scanning, Drone Operating, and Digital 3D Modeling.
Strong software skills using Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite & SketchUp.
If you would like to join us to help make a difference, please send us your Cover Letter and CV to: jointhestory@greyandivy.ca