Career opportunities

There are no open paid opportunities with CDLI at this moment.

Practicum Placements

CDLI is currently open to inquiries from practicum students. Outside of practicums we are always open to opportunities to work with youth, students and life long learners. Send us an email if you have an idea for a practicum or special project you think would be a good fit with CDLI’s work. Current volunteer opportunities may also be developed into a practicum role if there is a fit. Take a look at the volunteer opportunities.

get an idea of what a practicum placement with us might look like below!

You can read about the experience of Carly (BSW spring 2022) to get a better idea of what is possible.

Community Development Practicum

Education Level: Bachelors level
Commitment: Minimum of 3 days per week with flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends
Length of Practicum: 4 months

The Community Development practicum will appeal to Master’s or Bachelor’s level students who are passionate or want to learn about and gain experience in community development. As a network, our work focuses on macro interventions and on convening people in conversation and connection rather than direct community interventions. Placements with us offer opportunities to expand and deepen your knowledge and practice in a number of areas, and develop a wide variety of skills.
Specific areas of focus:

Support a network (CDLI) that aims to build capacity of community minded people to collectively create positive change in their community

  • Initiate and coordinate working group of community development practitioners and members of the public for CDLI’s annual community development learning opportunity Mini Summit

  • Organize and facilitate CDLI learning and networking gatherings, Community Development Practitioner gatherings

  • Option to host and facilitate CDLI’s Success in Community Action training

Support the offering of open source learning for community minded people

  • Working with non-profits, community development practitioners and community minded people to identify possible session topics and delivery methods that are both interactive and able to be documented to expand the possible audience beyond those able to be there in person

  • Exploring virtual, hybrid and in person learning opportunities and tools to facilitate learning which includes considerations of safe and ethical spaces, accessibility and intentional diversity of topics

Support the Asset-Based Community Development Learning and Action Team & Anti-Racism and Decolonization Learning and Action Team

  • Opportunity to engage with the two LAT’s around the opportunities available for them through Mini Summit and also participate in the gatherings as a learning space

  • Opportunity to support initiatives underway in the LAT’s, which may include the development and delivery of different learning opportunities, community conversations, or materials

Lead communications & Social Media

  • Creating content focused on exploring the different learning opportunities offered at Mini Summit, highlighting the practitioners, community members and organizations involved

  • Create content focused on exploring different tools and resources relating to community development to support the continued learning from the sessions