Program Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Team - 3 month contract

HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm, 37.5 hours per week, Full time - 3 month contract

REPORTS TO: Interdisciplinary Team Program Manager

Job Purpose:

“Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created and, through healing, health restored.”

Reporting to the Interdisciplinary Team Program Manager, the Interdisciplinary Team Program Coordinator will uphold the BSCS philosophy by leading the agency’s initiative and connecting with the community we serve by facilitating a vast range of programs and events. The Program Coordinator will use recreation as a tool to encourage social stimulus and positive outcomes. This role will work in collaboration with colleagues, clients, and external partners to create full cycle event planning and program stratagems.

“We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want – a constant and consistent caring force”

Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is a values-driven organization that believes our clients are the experts in their own life. Your job will be to foster innovation with your team alongside our clients.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Encourage and motivate community members to participate in recreation and wellness activities and programs by creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all community members.
• Assist the community members by helping them navigate recreation and wellness resources while also supporting them to eliminate their barriers of access.
• Coordinate a minimum of 2 recreational and wellness programs per week within your den, and 1 large scale event per month.
• Build and maintain a volunteer network to support programming within the organization. Act as a supervisor to volunteers during programs by preparing for their arrival, delegating tasks, and answering questions.
• Identify suitable, potential sources for funding and resources.
• Support other departments throughout the organization with their programming needs for larger events.
• BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking, etc.
• All other duties as outlined by program manager.

Education, Experience & Skills:

• Post Secondary Degree in a relevant field of study (Social Services, Recreation Therapy) and/or relevant work experience
• Police Check with the Vulnerable Sector and Child and Youth Intervention Check completed within the past six months
• Valid First Aid certificate or enrolled in a future course
• Valid Class 5 Non-GDL license and access to a reliable personal vehicle

Training & Screening Requirements:

• Valid First Aid certificate required
• Police Information Check kept up to date (every 3 years)
• Child and Youth Intervention record kept up to date (every 3 years)

Work Environment:

Boyle Street Community Services values diversity and welcomes applications from First Nation, Inuit, Métis, New Canadian, racialized, differently abled and LGBTTQIA2S communities. In addition, Indigenous culture plays a large part of day-to-day activities here at BSCS, the candidate must be willing to acknowledge or take part in activities upheld by these groups.

Boyle Street Community Service Center aims to provide a safe and welcoming environment for our clients. The position may include the risk of exposure to open drug/injection use, verbal abuse and/or harassment, emotional distress, and a loud work environment. In addition, this role may include the risk of transmission of communicable disease or infection.

Employer Conditions:

Clients, staff and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly by using preferred pronouns.

All employees are required to provide up to date Police Information Checks with the Vulnerable Sector Check, and Child and Youth Intervention Record Check. After the initial submission prior to the individual's start date, new copies must be provided every three years thereafter.

The health and safety of our clients and staff is of the utmost importance to our organization. Per Boyle Street's COVID-19 policy, all new hires are required to be fully vaccinated with the third booster dose. Proof of full vaccination by means of immunization records from AHS, letter from a physician, or other health care provider is required prior to starting with BSCS.