Position Location: Millside Centre, Coquitlam, BC
Application Deadline: Application Review will start January 22nd; group interview February 8.
The Position
Do you love working with kids and youth outside, sharing knowledge of plants, and helping build deep connections with place? Do you thrive in complexity and work well in a small team? Are you excited to learn and grow, and share what you’ve learned with others? You could be our new Millside Centre Youth Program Coordinator!
Under the supervision of the Director of Experiential Learning Programs, the Millside Centre (MC) Youth Program Coordinator will work closely with the MC Farm Coordinator to coordinate and facilitate programs for K-12 youth to build connections with the Millside site and Fresh Roots’ work growing and sharing food and medicine plants, and to maintain our food and medicine garden, orchard, and forest as engaging learning spaces.
In spring and fall, you will lead fun, hands-on educational programs for K-12 students from MC and field trips from other area schools. You’ll be teaching about sustainable farming/gardening, traditional Indigenous plant foods and medicines, food systems, and ecology. You’ll also support Vancouver field trips, especially April-mid May and October.
In the summer, you’ll be site coordinator for our summer programs, especially the SOYL (Sustainable Opportunities in Youth Leadership) program for youth in grades 9-12. You’ll work closely with the SOYL staff to plan and coordinate the SOYL program at Millside, and act as support staff for the SOYL team during the program. You’ll also run 10 weekly on-site markets with the MC Farm Coordinator and supervise SOYL youth at market in July and early August.
We are looking for a skilled facilitator with experience working in outdoor or garden-based education and with/in Indigenous communities, however we will train less experienced applicants who are motivated to learn.
Essential Responsibilities
Qualifications
We recognize that applicants from oppressed groups, including folks who are Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC), and Women may be hesitant to apply for positions where they don’t perfectly meet the listed qualifications. If you are excited about the job description, believe you could learn to perform the essential responsibilities and can meet the essential qualifications, we encourage you to apply!
Essential Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Key Details
How to Apply
Fresh Roots is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups.
Apply directly through our site with a resume/description of past experience and your choice of: a short cover letter (500 words max) uploaded as a document, OR an introduction video (3 minutes max) linked in the “website, blog, or portfolio” line.
Your cover letter or video should introduce yourself and share why you are a good fit for this position. Please let your passion and personality shine!
Please note that we are not judging videos based on your video editing skills, and neither videos nor cover letters are preferred. Choose the option that is best for you.
Qualified candidates for this and other seasonal positions will be invited to a group interview at Millside Centre on February 8; Zoom interviews will be available for candidates who cannot make the group interview.
We regret that due to the high volume of applicants only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
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