General description
The incumbent candidate supports the participants learning experience within Katimavik’s volunteer service program by stimulating the development of participants’ core competencies. In this role, the candidate will have opportunity to use her or his sense of leadership and organization skills within a Canadian community. She or he manages the dynamics and logistics related to group living. He will supervise every aspect of the project, including administration, managing the budget and liaising with the community.
Requirements
• A university degree/diploma in education, social work, tourism and recreation, community-based intervention or other related professional experience;
• 2 to 3 years work experience, including experience with young people between 15 and 25 years of age;
• Bilingualism;
• Driver’s license for a 12-passenger vehicle (or eligible to obtain it);
• Satisfactory criminal record check;
• Working knowledge of the MS software suite and the Internet;
• Available to live with a group of eleven participants for the full duration of the mandate, in a region selected by the employer.
Types of experience that represent an asset:
• Experience in a youth program either as participant or facilitator;
• Travel or work experience abroad;
• Experience in coordinating activities.
Main responsibilities
Group dynamics
• Facilitate and maintain a favourable climate for group living;
• Insure that living and work areas are safe, healthy, and hygienic, in accordance with local or provincial regulations as well as Katimavik directives;
• Ensure that participants take part in planned work and learning activities;
• Apply rules of conduct, policies and procedures in conformity with the Katimavik national directives;
• Ensure that participants receive necessary orientation and training;
• Prepare participants for their return to daily life when the program concludes.
Learning program
• Ensure the planning and implementation of the learning program, in conformity with the Katimavik national directives;
• Foster experiential learning; seize learning opportunities as they arise;
• Evaluate to what extent the goals and objectives of the program components were attained;
• Ensure follow-up on the individual learning plans of participants and facilitate their realization.
Community relations
• Promote a favourable image of the program in the host community;
• Integrate into the community in order to have a thorough knowledge of its resources, history, environment, and of its people;
• Maintain good working relationships with Katimavik partner organizations, work supervisors and members of the local Katimavik committee;
• Ensure an on-going liaison between participants, partner organizations and work supervisors;
• Develop a community relations network and support participants’ integration into the host community;
• Communicate with local media regarding each key step of the project or event, in conformity with regional directives;
• Contribute to the development of projects, at the request of the Regional Director.
Administration, finances and logistics
• Manage the project budget;
• Account for all material and financial resources for the project;
• Implement the project’s logistical plans;
• Ensure transportation of participants and maintain the project vehicle;
• Submit the required reports, in conformity with Katimavik administrative directives.
Work relationships
• Work closely in collaboration with regional office personnel;
• Complete all related tasks that the project coordinator may assign.
Competencies
Developing others
The incumbent candidate knows how to detect the potential in each person and believes in their ability to learn. He can recognize both efforts made as well as actual progress. He demonstrates creativity within the art of facilitation, coaching and experiential learning.
Interpersonal skills
The candidate has good listening skills and empathy. He has the ability to give and receive constructive feedback. He possesses strong aptitudes in interpersonal relationships and demonstrates a high level of team spirit.
Ability to work independently
The candidate has good organizational skills, manages his time and priorities in an efficient manner, is able to maintain a border between personal space/work space, personal time/work time.
Leadership
The candidate is dynamic, proactive, and capable of motivating others. He serves as an inspiration and role model for his group.
Efficiency and professionalism
The candidate is highly organized and is capable of the following:
- Adapting easily to variable working conditions;
- Efficiently evaluating priorities;
- Working well under pressure and independently;
- Managing his stress level;
- Adapting well to change;
- Using discretion;
- And executing his work load with attention to detail and precision.
Ethics
The candidate knows how to keep a professional distance from program participants in order to maintain objectivity in his relations with them. He understands the principles of socially acceptable behaviour and practices. He insures that his own behaviour and that of others meet these standards and are in line with the organizational values.
Problem solving
The candidate assesses issues and situations by identifying the causes, gathering and analyzing relevant information, and proposing solutions in order to make recommendations or solve the problems.
Public relations
The candidate has the ability to easily create and develop a network of contacts and resources. He adopts a cooperative approach with our partners. In his public communications he expresses himself articulately and projects a positive image of the organization.
- Location: Penticton
- Compensation: bi/weekly (living expenses covered)
- This is a contract job.
- This is at a non-profit organization.
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