North House Business Development Youth Intern
Job Type: Salary
Type: 30 hours per week for 12 months
Goal of Position:
To aid our Non-Profit organization to expand the existing Social Enterprise and to develop new ideas for Social enterprises.
Responsibilities:
- To supervise the existing catering business
- Create a business plan to expand and improve the business
- To create a marketing plan
- Design and implement workshops to improve employment skills of low or no income people
- Implement the business and marketing plans
- Assess barriers to success and report to the board of directors with ideas for remediation
- Work with the North House Enterprise committee to identify a new sustainable business opportunity.
- Work with the above committee to design a business plan to meet the needs of the organization
- Create and implement a plan to attract volunteers to support the organizations services
Qualifications:
-Post-Secondary degree or College Certificate in Business, Commerce, Human Geography, Community or Economic development or related areas.
- Commitment to working in a rural setting;
-Interest in innovative approaches to economic development for rural areas
- Excellent organizational skills
-Ability to work with a wide variety of people with diverse skills and backgrounds
-Experience in creating and facilitating workshops or the willingness to learn this skill set
-Excellent communication skills
-A positive, Non-judgmental attitude
-applicant must be under 30 years of age
Visit our web site: www.northhouse.ca for information about North House goals, values and mission.
Send resumes to:
northhouseoffice@bellnet.ca no later than Tuesday January 31st, 2012
Or contact Lois McIntosh at 705-426-1150 for further information
