Maintenance Worker

Employment Opportunity: Maintenance Worker

Location: Halifax, NS

Salary Range: $25/hour

Employment Term: Contract Hire date – March 31, 2026 (possibility of renewal), Part-time hours (21 hours/week)

General Description:

Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is centrally located in the urban Indigenous community of Halifax and is looking for One (1) Maintenance Worker. The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Center is a charitable non-profit organization which provides over 45 culturally grounded programs including a Family Resource Center, Direction 180, Mainline Needle Exchange, and the Diamond Bailey Healing Centre.

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is a fast-paced and dynamic work environment. As part of the administration team, Maintenance responsibilities are to ensure that all the properties of the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre are maintained in a healthy, safe and sanitary manner by performing minor maintenance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and oversee all scheduled building renovations and repairs
• Maintenance Activities:
• Minor carpentry work (repairs as needed)
• Contracting/maintaining building repairs as needed i.e. doors, walls, floors
• Contracting/maintaining building electrical infrastructure
• Contracting/maintaining junk removal from the building and all emergency exits
• Ensuring good quality of maintenance activities done
• Painting
• Light bulb changing, ensure that all burnt out lights are disposed of properly
• Conducting regular inspections of properties to ensure general cleanliness, safety and security regulations are met, and preparation of inspection reports
• Furnace Maintenance:
• Maintaining seasonal thermostat schedule
• Weekly flushing of boiler system during winter months
• Supply control:
• Monitor janitorial supplies and order as needed
• Maintain janitorial equipment and storage areas in a clean and organized fashion
• Safety:
• Check for burned out lights
• Check to ensure all emergency exits remain clear of debris
• Seasonal:
• Snow removal (clearing doorways)
• Summer: outdoor debris collection, clean up garbage from entry ways outside, sweep up cigarette butts daily.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Must provide valid driver’s license and have a vehicle for acquiring/transporting materials
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety standards and completion of WHMIS training
• Able to work independently or as part of a team
• Personal attributes: respectful, able to take direction as well as work independently
• Good written, verbal and listening skills
• Must be bondable, provide a vulnerable sector check upon hiring
• Indigenous Ancestry is an asset, must self-identify

Application Deadline: April 28th, 2025

Submit Resume to: https://mnfc.applytojobs.ca/

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel working within this job title.

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer; and complies with all fair employment practices laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free from unlawful discrimination and harassment and prohibit the same against employees, applicants or other covered persons by co-workers, supervisors, managers, or third parties based on a person’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veterans status, disability unrelated to job requirements, ethnicity, genetic information, military service, political affiliation, marital status and pregnancy or other protected status.

Qualified Indigenous applicants will be given priority in accordance with the Aboriginal Employment Preference Policy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) reserves the right to refuse all applications for employment. The MNFC will not assume any expenses related to this or any job application process included and not limited to travel, relocation, and application development.

Only those applicants who are screened in for an interview will be contacted.