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Date Posted: December 09, 2024
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025
Job Type: Seasonal / Contract
Job Category:

• Community and Social Services

Job Start Date: March 03, 2025
Job End Date: August 16, 2025
Job Location: On-site Position (Charlottetown, PEI, Canada)
Positions Available: 1
Salary: $20.50
Hours Per Week: March/April: 12hours/week; May: 24hours/week; June/July/August: 37.5hours/week

Job Description

Description: The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange is a national exchange program coordinated by the YMCA and funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage. For six weeks over the summer, 16- and 17-year-old Canadian youth travel to another province where they stay with a local host, hold a paid job, practice their second official language and participate in weekly program activities.

Local Coordinators (LCs) act as the primary connection between youth and community members and the SWSE program. This includes the pre-program period where Local Coordinators promote the program to youth and community groups, conduct the interview and selection process for participants and prepare youth and families for the program. Once the exchange starts, Local Coordinators act as adult mentors, delivering a full program of activities and support youth in navigating their new environments. Local Coordinators must be full-time post-secondary students. Successful candidates will have had previous experience working with youth and/or experiential education programs, possess strong communication, customer service and organizational skills, and be highly reliable individuals. They will have insight into Canada’s diversity and value an active approach to social inclusion.

In this role you will:

• Promote the program in communities and support the selection of youth participants, host families and employment partners.
• Interview and select youth participants and families/hosts and, with support, conduct a pre-departure information session.
• Plan local activities aligned with program objectives and manage an activity budget.
• Build positive relationships with youth exchange participants, host families, employers, and other local partners; visit program sites and respond to conflict and emergencies as they arise.
• Support participant travel between provinces, including travelling with participants to their host community or providing logistical support at departure points.
• Write a comprehensive report at the end of the summer summarizing the program’s results.
• Fulfill administrative duties in a timely manner including promotional tracking, case noting, incident reporting, expense claim tracking, file documentation and more.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled full-time in a post-secondary program
• Available days, evenings, and weekends – must be willing to make the Local Coordinator position your primary professional commitment from June 1st to August 16th.
• Have internet access for the duration of employment
• Have valid driver’s licence and access to an insured vehicle; willing to provide a driver’s abstract
• Have valid Emergency First Aid/CPR certification before the start of the exchange
• Able to attend the 2 mandatory paid trainings in March and April/May
• Be available to work full-time the first week of June and on travel days
• Willingness to travel within Canada

How to Apply

Submit your application online at:

Company Information

Company Name: YMCA of Greater Toronto

Address: 402 - 60 Arkle Lane

City/Town: Lower Sackville

Postal/Zip Code: B4C 0E9

Province/State: NS

Country: Canada

Website:

Company Contact

Contact Person: Nadjib Khalfaoui

Contact Person Job Title: Administrative Coordinator, Atlantic and Eastern Quebec

Telephone: 782-882-5827

Email: nadjib.khalfaoui@ymcagta.org