Program Coordinator - Kamloops, Canada - Youth Climate Corps BC

Description

Work with Youth Climate Corps in your community

• Compensation and benefits: $27 $30 per hour depending on qualifications and experience; 16 vacation days; 30 minutes of paid wellness time per day.
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Date Range: End of February / beginning of March to October 2023

About us:

Youth Climate Corps is a youth-led climate action program that delivers tangible community benefits at the local level while generating momentum for a just and sustainable future across Canada.

We provide young people with opportunities to make a difference in their communities while earning wages and developing skills that will prepare them for meaningful future work and engaged citizenship.

Through our programs, young people will gain skills and training in climate careers, such as power-tool training, ecosystem restoration, decabonizing buildings, supporting active transportation, and supporting vulnerable people through climate events.

Our vision is about building young leaders who can communicate, collaborate, navigate barriers, and build capacity by embracing challenges as an opportunity to grow and learn.

In the YCC, young people can improve their own lives while becoming part of something bigger than themselves. The Kamloops YCC program is a collaboration with the City of Kamloops and other community partners.


Values:

YCC decisions are informed by these core values:

• Youth leadership: While older people have important contributions to make, solutions to the climate crisis must be shaped by those who will live the outcomes. We ensure youth perspectives are at the decision making table.
• Community focus: We are a national initiative that operates at the local level through projects identified as community priorities by local residents and leaders.
• Inclusion and connection: We understand climate change as deeply related to justice and oppression, so we strive to design programming to specifically address systemic issues, amplifying the leadership of marginalized people, and supporting Indigenous sovereignty leadership, as well as internally ensuring our workplace to be a safe and justiceseeking space.
• Innovative problem solving: We strive to make unique contributions to the Canadian climate movement and to local communities by tackling work that is important, but neglected, or facing barriers.
• Grounding in ecology and climate science: Our initiatives are guided by the best current science and strive to preserve and enhance the resilience and health of natural ecosystems alongside human needs.

The YCC Kamloops project is a pilot project. The applicant must be comfortable with problem solving, troubleshooting, uncertainty, and program review and reporting.


Duties will include:

• Working with community partners:_
• YCC strives to build collaborative partnerships with aligned organizations that will better support the communities we serve.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and Indigenous rights holders in the community.
• Find meaningful opportunities to support climate action projects in Kamloops.
• Work effectively with residence to support decarbonizing homes.
• Recruitment and staff management:_
• Recruit, interview and provide training and onboarding for five Climate Action Technicians
• Maintain a inclusive work space with a strong sense of belonging and community
• Provide feedback, monitor performance, and provide learning opportunities for the Climate Action Technicians. Facilitation experience is an asset.
• Project Management:_
• The coordinator will work with the City of Kamloops and project partners to plan, organize, and direct the completion of specific projects while ensuring these projects are on time, on budget, and within scope.
• Ensure a safe working environment per WorkSafeBC standard:Ensure the health and safety of all workers under your direct supervision.

Ensure workers under your supervision are aware of all known hazards.

Ensure workers under your supervision have the appropriate personal protective equipment, which is being used properly, regularly inspected, and maintained.

• Foster a working culture of belonging, inclusion, and a positive learning environment. Experience with conflict resolution and group culture building is an asset.
• Facitate and deliver the YCC core curriculum.

Qualifications and Requirements:
Must live in the Kamloops area (or be willing to relocate on short notice).

Strong familiarity with the area, its communities, and local activities relating to climate change and anti-oppressive justice work are strengths.

Asset to have pre-existing relationships with local groups and organizations leading climate action and justice work in Kamloops.

Experience, knowledge and passion for the following areas:

• Group leadership and facilitation: Cultivating positive, inclusive, and productive group dynamics
• Project management: Keeping many moving parts organized
• Training/teaching: Helping diverse people learn new things and learni