IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
The Community Development Assistant will provide a broad range of support to Evergreen BC’s community development programs.
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and implement Evergreen’s ‘Architects of a Green Legacy’ summer Youth program
• Develop and distribute promotional materials for the ‘Architects’ program and recruit students for the program
• Build partnerships with other community groups and organizations to further program goals
• Assist in developing and leading education/training workshops for youth in the ‘Architects’ program and guide youth project development.
• Develop project budget and track expenses for the Architects program
• Work with the Community Development Program Manager to further develop project concepts to meet programming goals.
• Support the delivery of other community development and urban ecology programming across the Metro Vancouver area as required.
Skills and Qualifications:
• Strong event planning and coordination skills
• Experience with group facilitation, particularly with at-risk and/or multicultural youth groups.
• Experience in program development and coordination an asset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong knowledge of sustainability, community development, urban agriculture and youth leadership principles
• Positive, outgoing and not afraid to get your hands dirty!
To apply, you must:
• Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment;
• Have been registered as a full-time student in the previous academic year and intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year;
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; and,
• Be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations.
Work terms:
This contract runs until September 1st of 2012, for 38 hours per week at $13.50 an hour.
Please submit your resume and cover letter with 2 references by email by 5 pm on Wednesday, May 17th to infobc@evergreen.ca.
By Mail to Evergreen, 107-555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1E2
Evergreen welcomes applications from persons of diverse backgrounds and is an equal opportunity employer.
We sincerely thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. No phone calls please.
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