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Interested in working to preserve and promote heritage in the City of Edmonton? The Edmonton Heritage Council offers a variety of ways to work with us, from employment to short-term contracts to volunteer board and grant jury opportunities.
The Edmonton Heritage Council invites individuals who are engaged and passionate about heritage and culture in Edmonton to apply to be a juror for the Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) grants. The jurors will evaluate and select applications to receive grant funding. This is a paid role.
We are seeking jurors who meet one or more of the following criteria:
Has an active heritage practice
Actively participates in and is knowledgeable about the heritage or culture sector
Has experience in developing and completing projects related to heritage
Has experience in nonprofit governance, organizational leadership, and organizational financial management
Jurors must reside in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region boundaries and be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident 18 years or older. No previous experience in application evaluation or selection processes is required. Jury members will need access to a computer with a reliable internet connection to read and score applications via our online grant portal.
Role of the Community Juror
EHC selects three jurors and one alternate juror for each grant intake. Selected jurors receive a 1.5-hour virtual training on the HCIP grant stream they will be adjudicating. Using the grant evaluation criteria, jurors have one month to individually assess and digitally score the applications received during the grant intake. Guided by an EHC staff facilitator, jurors meet as a group in person to discuss the applications and select the applications that will be funded.
Jury panels are held throughout the calendar year one month after a grant deadline. Jury panel meetings vary in length depending on the number of applications received and can range from one four-hour meeting to four six-hour meetings. Meetings are scheduled in consultation with the jury panel to ensure everyone is available.
Jurors will be required to sign a Confidentiality & Conflict of Interest Form before receiving applicant material. Jurors will be provided with a Jury Handbook.
Juror terms are for two years. After the term ends, jurors are welcome to reapply to serve as a juror again. Jurors are eligible to apply for HCIP grants. If a juror has applied to an HCIP grant stream, they will not be selected to participate as a community juror for that stream.
EHC strives to reflect the diversity of our community in our jury panels to better represent a variety of perspectives.
We are seeking jurors who are able and willing to express their ideas, participate fully in collective decision making, and who possess the following key attributes and skills:
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Jurors recognize that many narratives intentionally exclude the presence and contributions of Indigenous peoples through historic and ongoing colonization. Jurors actively think about these exclusions in assessing applications, are knowledgeable about decolonization, and are personally engaged in decolonial practices.
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Jurors understand that certain communities experience discrimination due to their identities. This can include race, ethnicity, language, ability, gender expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, religion, newcomer experiences, and more. Jurors have worked to identify their own unconscious biases and seek to amplify diverse voices.
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Jurors work collaboratively with others and explore topics in a way that honours each other’s lived experiences. Jurors approach the jury panel meetings with a desire to learn from others and value each person’s unique point of view.
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Jurors possess strong active listening skills and listen to understand rather than to respond. Jurors make space for each other and can respectfully accept perspectives different from their own.
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Jurors thoughtfully consider and critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of an application. Jurors ask insightful questions and utilize their valuable background and expertise to determine whether the application will be a success.