Summary:
Spence Neighbourhood Association is looking for a program coordinator for Building Belonging, a program for 6-12 year olds in the Spence Community. This is a full-time position (37.5 hours a week).
Building Belonging is an after school program for 6-12 year olds, which works on building connections between the community and its children. We are looking for an individual who is very organized, motivated and takes initiative. This is a co-coordinator position, so team work and communication skills are very important.
The applicant:
- Must have experience organizing programming for 6-12 year olds.
- Must have education or training in coaching, teaching or recreational programming.
- Must be able to provide clear direction and feed back to volunteers, youth participants and green team youth assistants.
- Must have an in depth understanding of inner city communities
- Must be able to communicate both verbally and in writing.
- Must enjoy team work and be willing to assist other youth program leaders.
- Must be able to provide a current criminal record check and child registry check
- Must be able to work afternoons/evenings
- Current First aid and CPR training and Drivers Licence are assets.
- Experience in coaching sports or supervisory experiences are assets
- Creativity and ambition an asset
Duties include:
- Advertising the programming to households in the community.
- Planning, organizing and setting up programming, including delegating tasks to volunteers and green team youth.
- Finding ways to build belonging – connecting kids to the community, the people in their community and helping them play a role in making it a good place to live through the programming.
- Running programming and fundraising with youth, Friday evenings
- Planning, preparing and serving a daily snack/lunch program.
- Keeping record of and reporting monthly on volunteer hours, attendance and activities
- Running a monthly Youth committee meeting
Deadline for Applications: Friday, October 8th, 2010
Resume with cover letter should be submitted to:
Spence Neighbourhood Association
Attn: Jamil Mahmood
430 Langside St.
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2T5
Fax: 986-7092
