Inter-cultural Coordinator - Montréal, Canada - Camp Cosmos

Camp Cosmos

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Montréal, Canada

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INTER-CULTURAL COORDINATOR

Since 1910, the Montreal City Mission (MCM) has been working in solidarity with immigrant children, youth, adults, and families as they integrate into Montreal and Canadian society through providing enriching, empowering programs, including Just Solutions Legal Info Clinic for refugees and immigrants, Seniors' Mobile Legal Clinic for refugees and immigrants, Every Senior Choir, Every Kid Choir, and Camp Cosmos.

Through our Intercultural Program, we hope to improve our human right-based and anti-oppressive focus by building links between our various programs, participants, and other community organizations.

This year, we at Montreal City Mission are looking to expand our human rights-based workshops for youth, while strengthening our connections between our newcomer clientele and the Aboriginal community in and around Montreal.

The MCM offers a day camp for youth every summer, focusing on environmental justice and multiculturalism.

Description:

Working as a team with the Camp Cosmos Directors, the Intercultural Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of Camp Cosmos' Intercultural Program.

They will design and deliver human rights-based workshops for youth, facilitate training workshops for Camp Cosmos staff on human rights and anti-oppression practice, and plan community events that bring together MCM program coordinators, participants, and members of various communities within Montreal.

Responsibilities:

Meet with Camp Directors to better understand the current human rights strategies and what can be improved
Identify and contact community organizations that work with members from diverse cultural communities, including immigrants, refugees, and Indigenous communities, in order to begin potential collaborations
With support of Camp Directors plan and facilitate 35 human rightsbased workshops/activities for youth
With support of Directors, plan and facilitate 12 community events that bring together MCM program participants and members of various community organizations in Montreal that work with immigrants, refugees, and members of Indigenous communities
Acquire all needed support material for workshops and community events
Participate in weekly checkin with MCM Director and other program coordinators
Compile a human rights/intercultural competency resource binder for MCM staff

JOB FUNCTION
Personal Care & Community Srv./Camp Counsellor

DESIRED MAJOR(S)
Science, Education, Social Work, Business, Arts

QUALIFICATIONS

Working knowledge of a second language (French or English), strong communication in a first language (French or English), additional languages an asset
Experience working with children, youth, and/or adults from immigrant and/or refugee backgrounds an asset
Commitment to principles of human rights, social justice, and antioppression
Ability to work as part of a team
Experience with program, event, and workshop planning and evaluation an asset
Experience in leadership position an asset
Strong communication skills (listening, expressing)
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to think outside the box, problemsolve
Good time management skills
Love of learning
References required
We encourage participation of the Government of Canada's job equity groups and take this seriously. We always strive to achieve a gender balance, and have staff from diverse cultural and linguistic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds

*ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FULL-TIME STUDENTS, BETWEEN 18 & 25 YEARS OLD AND RETURNING TO SCHOOL FULL-TIME IN THE FALL

SALARY DETAILS
- $18.50/hour

June 6th
June 30th: 1030 hours/ week (flexible)
July 5th
August 12th: 40 hours/ week
20 hours after camp to complete an exit report

COORDONNATEUR/ COORDINATRICE INTERCULTUREL(LE)

Depuis 1910, la Mission Communautaire de Montréal (MCM) travaille en solidarité avec les enfants, les jeunes, les adultes et les familles immigrants, qui s'intègrent à la société montréalaise et canadienne en offrant des programmes enrichissants et autonomisants, notamment la clinique d'information Just Solutions Legal Info pour les réfugiés et les immigrants., Clinique juridique mobile pour les aînés, destinée aux réfugiés et aux immigrants, Every Choir Senior, Every Kid Choir et Camp Cosmos.

Grâce à notre programme interculturel, nous espérons améliorer notre approche basée sur les droits de l'homme et anti-oppressive en établissant des liens entre nos divers programmes, participants et autres organisations communautaires.

Cette année, à la Mission Communautaire de Montréal, nous cherchons à élargir nos ateliers sur les droits de la personne destinés aux jeunes, tout en renforçant nos liens entre notre clientèle de nouveaux arrivants et la communauté autochtone de Montréal et des environs.

Le MCM propose chaque été un camp de jour pour les jeunes, axé sur la justice environnementale et le multic