Neighbourhood Safety Facilitator

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The Neighbourhood Safety Facilitator will work closely with residents of Portage la Prairie and community partners to enhance the feeling of safety in our neighbourhoods. The Facilitator will engage the community in addressing safety concerns and coordinate public education, community clean-up activities, graffiti removal and safety audits.
 
This is a part-time position at 22 hours / week. The wage is $13-15 per hour dependant on experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Engage the overall community, stakeholders, youth, service groups, businesses, etc in addressing neighbourhood safety concerns
  • Provide public education on community safety, including making presentations to groups, arranging media promotions and creating materials such as brochures and information sheets
  • Coordinate the PCRC graffiti removal program, including supervision of volunteers and summer students
  • Engage residents in general community clean up through the Keep It Clean program and our Community Clean ups and develop other programs
  • Coordinate safety audits with volunteer Safety Audit Teams and collate safety audits results into reports for the Public Safety Task Force and general public
  • Provide support to other neighbourhood safety projects and respond to emerging safety concerns

 Qualifications

  • Minimum high school diploma. Post secondary education preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively to residents and community partners and funders; both in writing and verbally
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Skilled in using Microsoft Office software programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and able to learn new programs
  • Interest in community revitalization and development.
  • Experience working with volunteers an asset
  • Acceptable criminal record check and child abuse record check.
  • Preference given to residents of Portage la Prairie

Submit an Application:

 

Elicia Funk, Executive Director
(204) 240-6471
 
Compensation: 
Deadline: 
4 Sep 2012
Phone: 
E-mail: 
Region: 
Location: 
Portage CRC
Portage la Prairie  Manitoba
Canada