Inspire Vancouver Research Intern

City of Vancouver

12d•$17 - $31•Hybrid

About The Position

Inspire Vancouver is the City of Vancouver’s cultural access program, funded by a .1% cultural access tax. The program supports arts, culture, heritage, and science organizations across the city with the goals of expanding access and engagement, strengthening the cultural community, boosting jobs and neighborhood pride, and encouraging creativity and learning. The program is guided by the Culture, Arts and Heritage Commission and a grant review committee of Vancouver residents. Inspire Vancouver emphasizes expanding access for people and communities who have historically faced barriers to participation. As a brand-new team, we are building our programs and our evidence base simultaneously, and this internship is crucial to that effort. The intern will help launch our community measurement and learning practice by designing and conducting culturally responsive surveys with key audiences and translating that data into compelling reports to demonstrate the program's impact.

Requirements

Experience conducting surveys and/or gathering community input
Experience creating reports from survey or research data (academic, professional, or volunteer experience all count)
Strong written communication skills
Interest in arts, culture, heritage, and/or science nonprofit organizations
Comfort with common survey, spreadsheet, and presentation tools

Nice To Haves

Experience engaging diverse or historically underserved communities
Bilingual skills (Spanish, Russian, Chuukese, Vietnamese, and other languages spoken in Vancouver are a plus)
Familiarity with data visualization tools or qualitative and quantitative research methods
Experience with community-based, participatory, or arts-based research

Responsibilities

Develop a survey and data collection strategy that reaches across Vancouver’s diverse communities, including residents, grantee organizations, and individual artists, historians, scientists, and cultural leaders.
Design survey instruments that are culturally responsive: accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of different languages, traditions, and lived experiences.
Use creative approaches to gathering input, such as in-person engagement at cultural events, partnership-based outreach, participatory or arts-based methods, and plain-language and multilingual options.
Pilot and refine survey tools with support and guidance from the Inspire Vancouver team.
Engage community members, grantees, and cultural practitioners in ways that build trust and encourage participation.
Ensure data collection follows ethical and privacy best practices.
Track participation and outreach efforts across different communities.
Clean, organize, and analyze survey data.
Create accessible reports and visual summaries that tell the story of the program’s impact.
Help prepare materials for public audiences, the Culture, Arts, and Heritage Commission, and Vancouver City Council.
Present findings to Inspire Vancouver staff and, as opportunities arise, to the Commission and City Council.