School and Outreach Assistant- Ottawa Children's - Ottawa Festivals

Ottawa Festivals

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Desired Contract Length: 26 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: After 26 weeks

Work Schedule:
Full Time
Work Location: Downtown Office

JOB SUMMARY:

Work with the Artistic Producer and Festival Coordinator to proactively arrange school classes to attend the Children's Festival, by developing and maintaining relationships with area schools and community groups.

REPORTING:
Artistic Producer & Festival Coordinator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct outreach to schools, boards, school councils, board trustees; research and attend educational community events.
Promote and book other (nonschool groups (eg. birthday parties).
Develop comprehensive databases with current contact names and information for school and community contacts.
Organize school contests and scavenger hunts.
Promote, confirm and book schools including Adopt a School; coordinate and distribute information.
Work with educators to help develop study guide materials that will assist teachers in enhancing the importance of the festival programming.
Assist the Artistic Producer with shows and artists as requested.
All other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications:

Must have training or previous experience in marketing, public relations and/or special events. Preference is given to anyone with experience in the education system.
Must possess strong written and verbal skills.
Must speak both English and French fluently.
Must be able to meet deadlines, perform under pressure, be a team player, and delegate tasks (previous supervisory experience is an asset).
Must be computer literate.

Additional Qualifications Required:

Eligible to participate in Ontario's Job Creation Partnership (JCP) program by meeting the following criteria:

1. An unemployed job seeker or those employed less than 20 hours per week (part-time students and graduates may apply)

2. Live in Ontario

3. Legally authorized to work in Canada

4.
Have one, or both, of the following criteria:

a. Established an Employment Insurance (EI) benefit claim (regular or maternity/parental benefits ONLY)

b. Paid employee payroll premiums, i.e., employed in Canada, in
fiveof any five of the last ten years while earning an annual income of at least $2000 (gross).

Remuneration:

$620 (gross) per week for 32 hours ($19.375 average per hour) provided by the Province of Ontario.

What's Next?

Salary:
$19.38 per hour

Schedule: