I am super excited to post to this list that Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles,
based in Ithaca, New York, is hiring for a new part time position! I
expect it won't be enough hours to persuade people to move from say,
Beijing or Barcelona, but maybe Montreal or Syracuse ;)
And who knows - maybe we'll find out someone nearer to our town has been
lurking on this list all along.
About RIBs: Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles is a thirty year-old program of
the Southside Community center focused on a facilitated free and open
shop model. We do require a donation for parts, which is
pay-what-you-want. Our focus is on empowerment, via skill building,
confidence building and access to transportation. We serve an extremely
wide array of people in our local population, from people in the reentry
process from incarceration, college students pursuing PHDs, local
homeless, families of all social classes, and immigrants.
About The Southside Community Center: Established in 1938, the SsCC is
one of the nation's oldest African American community organizations,
tracing its roots back to the efforts of a small women's club 1927.
Since it's founding, it has nurtured a variety of programs designed to
"affirm, empower, and foster the development of self pride among the
African-American citizens of greater Ithaca..."
About Ithaca: Home to four higher education institutions including
Cornell University, Ithaca has a resilient cycling community and a long
tradition of political and social awareness.
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Position Title: Educator Mechanic, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles
Reporting To: Nydia Blas, Executive Director, Southside Community
Center, Nicholas Desystemizer, Director, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles
Compensation: $15.11/hour, 15 hours/week
Benefits: paid vacation and sick leave
Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a program of the Southside Community Center
and a skillsharing community bicycle workshop where anyone can come in
and work on their bikes, whether to repair, build, or simply maintain,
free of cost (except parts). For almost thirty years, RIBs has been a
fun and empowering space where people learn and help one another while
connecting with liberating and sustainable technology.
This position is seasonal, ending October 31, with the possibility for
scaled back hours over Winter. In season, it will be
15hrs/week(a)$15.11/hr, Saturday and Sunday from 12:30pm until 5:30pm, and
Thursday 6pm-close. The position will be completely responsible for
Thursdays, but will share the day with the Director from 2pm-5:30pm on
Saturday and Sunday. The position may require attending weekly hour-long
staff meetings, paid at the normal rate.
The applicant does not have to be mechanically proficient at the time of
interview, but they do need to have a passion for learning mechanical
skills such that they will eventually develop professional skills. This
position offers training which will precede assumption of regular hours,
and will consist of shadowing by the Director and Consulting Director on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Other days necessary for training
may be possible. All training will be paid at the working rate.
The primary skill the applicant must demonstrate at the time of
interview is the ability to work with people in an encouraging, patient,
positive, tolerant, and educational capacity while maintaining awareness
of all projects and people in the space. Ability to confront and resolve
conflict in a graceful and healthy manner (as far as possible) is also
necessary. Acceptance of and interest in human diversity is essential.
People with experience maintaining cohesion, balance, positivity, and
strength in highly populated communities are encouraged to apply.
Duty is to facilitate open shop hours as follows:
-Maintain an organized space
-Facilitate workflows and ongoing projects
-Maintain awareness of multiple participants, their situations, and
their projects
-Teach repair skills to participants
-Ensure the proper use of tools and space to minimize breakage, wear,
and damage
-Cultivate quality for all new and used bikes and hardware leaving the
shop
-Monitor and enforce safety standards for bikes leaving the shop
-Greet and orient new participants
-Coordinate volunteers
-Process bike donations
-Collect and secure monetary donations
-Perform necessary record keeping and reporting for all participants and
(if closing) monetary streams
-Maintain RIBs as as a safer and anti-oppressive space
-Observe and apply in practice the mission statements of RIBs and SsCC
-Assist the Director and Consulting Director as needed
This position must be filled as soon as possible, and therefore
candidates will be interviewed in the order they apply until the
position has been filled. Please respond with a cover letter and brief
resume. No specific format is required for the resume, content has
priority.
Send application to: cyclista.ribs(a)sspride.org or drop off in person at
305 S. Plain Street, weekdays 10am-7pm.
Thank you very much for your interest in this position. We look forward
to meeting you!
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