LOCATION: EDMONTON, AB | IN-PERSON-BASED | CASUAL, UNION POSITION

Come be part of CKUA’s event team this summer – and beyond! We’re looking for a community-minded, energetic Special Event & Volunteer Coordinator to help bring CKUA to life at local festivals and events across Alberta. From live music to donor experiences, you’ll help create meaningful moments that connect people through arts and culture.
This casual role also includes year-round opportunities to support CKUA’s building rentals and volunteer coordination for a variety of events. Perfect for someone who thrives in a hands-on, people-focused environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Special Event & Volunteer Coordinator contributes to CKUA’s success by helping plan, deliver, and support a variety of events and volunteer activities. Working closely with the Event & Volunteer Manager, as well as colleagues across CKUA, this role ensures that events and volunteer engagements are delivered seamlessly and in alignment with CKUA’s brand, values, and goals.
This is a dynamic, hands-on position that offers the opportunity to be part of some of Alberta’s most vibrant cultural moments—especially during the summer, when CKUA participates in a variety of music festivals and community events. From behind-the-scenes coordination to being on-site and in the action, you’ll help bring CKUA’s presence to life in creative and meaningful ways. Your direct contribution helps ensure the consistency and quality required to promote the CKUA brand and fulfill our mission as a listener-supported cultural broadcaster.

THERE IS SOME URGENCY TO FILL THIS ROLE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES.

CKUA welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. We are particularly interested in and encourage applications from equity-seeking communities, including women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.
CKUA is a donor-supported arts organization that inspires and connects through the power of music, arts, culture and story. With a focus on musical discovery, we showcase the best creative work from Alberta and beyond and deliver it on-air, online and in-person.
In the spirit of our journey to promote reconciliation, we honour the truth of the shared history and acknowledge that we operate on Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 territories.
Treaty 6 territory is the traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakoda, Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway, Saulteaux/Anishinaabe and many others whose histories, languages and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community of Amiskwaciwaskahigan, also known as Edmonton. Treaty 7 is the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Kainai and Pikani, the Tsuut’ina and the Stoney Nakoda nations including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley nations. We also recognize the Métis people and the Inuit who make their home in Mohkins’tsis, also known as Calgary.