Sexual Education Resource Centre Assistant

Direct Supervisor: Jodi VanderHeide
Term: November 9, 2026 – April 30, 2027
Hours: 0-15 hours per week

Remuneration: $18.55 / hr

SERC Assistant

About the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU):

The DSU represents the collective voice of over 18,000 students in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The DSU advocates for student rights, builds community on campus through events, supports over 250 societies, and provides focused services to foster a supportive and positive student experience.

About the Sex Education Resource Centre (SERC):

The Sex Education Resource Centre (SERC) is a confidential, non-judgmental, sex positive, and feminist information and navigation drop-in centre, providing peer-support on a continuum of issues related sex, sexuality, relationships, and sexual violence prevention. SERC operates on three pillars – support, education, and access – providing students with free safer sex and menstrual products, a lending library, resources and information related to sexual wellness and hosts various events and awareness campaigns on campus. We strive to be a safe space to ask questions, join discussions, and find information and resources!

Position Summary:

The SERC content creator will be an integral part of the SERC team, with the primary task of content creation, including posters for events, social media posts, and programming materials, as well as in delivering support to Dalhousie students in accordance with SERC’s mandate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Using Canva or other creative web software, create graphics for print or social media use;
• Committed to providing students with accessible and informative resources through various mediums, such as print, or social media;
• Engage in project development and event planning focused on the SERC mandate;
• Resource creation, including researching, creating and disseminating materials for the centre;
• Responsible for welcoming, answering questions, and providing resources to students who access the centre and phoneline (located in the basement of the DSU building);
• Committed to providing students with accessible and informative resources to support their sexual wellbeing, including knowledge on internal and external services;
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be a Dalhousie Student
• Must be available to work 12 – 4 pm for 3 days of the work week (Mon- Fri) additional hours based on availability
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Familiarity with social media platforms, such as Instagram
• Experience in support roles an asset
• Willing to engage in professional development opportunities

*Be prepared to present some examples of graphic design or creative work!

*The successful candidate should possess specific knowledge of sexuality, gender, and sexual identity, and issues of concern related to the development of positive sexual health in communities. A demonstrated commitment to work with individuals and groups with a wide array of backgrounds and identities should be evident within past work experience.

Terms and Compensation:

This opportunity is approximately up to 5 hours of work weekly until December 18 (training period), followed by an increase of up to 15 hours per week from January - April 2027 and compensated at a rate of $18.55 per hour.

Deadline to apply: Oct 31, 2026

We thank all our applicants for taking the time to apply. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

The Dalhousie Student Union welcomes the contributions that individuals from traditionally marginalized communities, as outlined under the prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, bring to our organization. These include racialized people; Indigenous people; women; lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer people; and people with disabilities. We encourage applicants to self-identify in their application if they are a member of a marginalized community.