Youth Summer Camp Leader (Canada Summer Jobs)

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The role of the Youth Summer Camp Leader is to co-facilitate and implement all aspects of Quadra Village Community Centre’s Summer Connections Youth Program in conjunction with the Youth Programs Facilitator.

Reports to: Youth Programs Coordinator 

QVCC is committed to employment equity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applicants who increase the diversity of our staff team and have the ability to engage diverse communities in a safe and supportive way. Indigenous identity is considered an asset for this position. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Co-lead facilitation of all aspects of the Summer Connections program

  • Approach project work utilizing community development, asset building, youth/community engagement and other best practice strategies.

  • Facilitate life and social skills development (e.g., pro social behavior, communication) and self-worth development for youth and community members

  • Identify and support youth who are undergoing social challenges and work with them on useful skills through mentoring, teachable moments, and activities

  • Ensure maintenance and tabulation of attendance and statistics regarding Youth Programs

  • Write quarterly reports required for the applicable programs

  • Respond to general inquiries regarding Quadra Village Community Centre, and to share in the work of maintaining a responsive and inclusive community centre.

  • Be familiar with and implement Quadra Village Community Centre’s policies, procedures, and practices, as well as the Youth Programs Handbook and the Youth Programs Training Manual.

  • Perform other related duties when required and approved by the Youth Programs Coordinator or Executive Director.

  • Ensure the Youth Centre, the Centre and other program spaces are suitable, clean, and safe for the operation of youth and community programs

  • Foster a connection to key family members, youth supports and other assets that can help with a youth’s life success

  • Performs building opening and closing procedures as required

  • Keeps upper floor of Centre clean (dishes, kitchen, tables, furniture, papers, etc.) Participate in kitchen duties such as making lunches and clean up.

  • Participates to ensure a safe environment; observes potential hazards and reports them to other staff.  May assist to remedy hazards

  • Facilitates and implements our Summer Connections Program

  • Staffs out-trips exploring the community and provides creative, social and recreational experiences that empower the youth to help them make healthy choices in their lives while building a sense of belonging and community

  • Prepares healthy snacks for each adventure

Qualifications:

  • Commitment to anti-oppressive, decolonial, and anti-racist practice.

  • Working towards a post-secondary diploma/degree in Child and Youth Care or comparable education or minimum of one year of work experience in group facilitation working with high-risk youth

  • Criminal Record Check is required

  • Standard First Aid

  • Preference to candidates with two or more years’ experience working with high-risk youth in a community centre setting, with lived experience, knowledge, and/or awareness of Indigenous populations and diverse cultures

  • Class 4 Driver’s License, Food Safe and YPQI training is an asset

Applicants must be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs Program. *To be eligible, youth must:

  • Be between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment;

  • Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment, and

  • Have a valid Social Insurance Number and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations

    *International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.

Hours of Work and Other Contract Terms:

Hours of Work: ·35 hours per week, Monday through Friday

Term: 10 hours of training will begin during the week of June 23rd, followed by 9 weeks of full-time work from June 30th to August 29th

Closed on Statutory holidays.

Salary and Benefits:

  • $22.99/hour plus 6% pay in lieu of vacation  

  • Immediate enrolment in the Employee & Family Assistance Program

  • Training and development applicable to role  

Application Details:

Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check required.

Closing Date: Open until filled

Please email your cover letter and resume to hradmin@quadravillagecc.com, with the subject line “Youth Camp Leader”. Alternatively, applications may be dropped off at or mailed to 901 Kings Rd., Victoria, BC V8T 1W5.

We thank all applicants but only selected for an interview will be contacted.

Thanks for your interest in working with us! At Quadra Village Community Centre we value our dedicated staff team and pride ourselves in being a good organization to work for and making a difference in the community.