Details:
We Wai Kai Nation is seeking a Youth Worker responsible for planning, implementing, and reporting activities for young members of our community to support and enhance these measures of health and wellbeing.
As our Youth Worker, you will:
• Plan, organize, adhere to a budget, implement, and report social, athletic, and cultural programs and gatherings for school-age community members
• Provide supervision to children and youth, demonstrate leadership, positive role modelling and a sense of direction
• Conduct needs assessments and meet educational and cultural targets
• Provide transportation to programs and other events
• Assist with fundraising activities
• Cleaning and organizing the youth room
• Weekly grocery shops
• Daily food prep
• Inventory of supplies and equipment
• Willing to work with other organizations within the community
• Ensure safety compliances are upheld
• All other duties as assigned
Qualifications & Experience:
Preferred qualifications of Youth Workers
• Post-secondary education in a related field such as ECE/child development, human services, sociology, physical education, coaching
• Grade 12 graduation
• Experience as an early childhood educator, teacher’s aide, education assistant, coach, youth recreation leader
• Experience with food preparation and the Food Safe certificate program
• Training in communications, interpersonal relationships, and conflict resolution/problem solving
• Understanding and appreciation of the cultural values of the Nation, including language, and willingness to build these values into youth programming
• Ability and willingness to demonstrate a physically active lifestyle
• Knowledge, training, and time management skills required to organize, develop, and deliver social, cultural, and other programs and events
• Superior communications, human relations, motivational, and organizational skills
• Responsible, reliable, trustworthy
• Flexible work practices – to lead, to work independently, and to cooperate as a team member, as required
• Office procedures and computer skills, including MSOffice
• First-aid qualification
• Clean criminal record
• BC class 4 driver’s license (or willing to obtain) and a clean driving record
• Positive and respectful outlook towards their job, other employees, and the youth they serve
• Adherence to the workplace rules and policies of the Nation, the established procedures related to this position, and to generally accepted work practices related to respectful and cooperative team performance