Position type: 15 week contract, with possibility of extension through June (pending funding)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario with hybrid work-from-home
Start Date: September 9, 2024
Salary Information: $18.00/hour
Hours of Work: 0-12 hours per week, mostly evenings and weekends
About Green Venture:
We are an established and impactful non-profit environmental organization that works to empower Hamiltonians to implement greener practices in their homes and communities to make our city a climate champion. We operate out of EcoHouse – an 1850s farmhouse in east Hamilton with 2 acres of gardens and sustainable living demonstrations. Our team is focused on making positive environmental action happen every day and we use creativity, practical tools, and demonstrating environmental action to engage our community to achieve our mission.
About the Position:
The Environmental Education Assistant will be a youth leader who will help shape and deliver our youth programs. They will engage their peers in focus groups to ensure a wide variety of youth perspectives are considered, and will lead the youth steering committee in planning Youth Week for 2025.
Position Summary:
- Developing youth engagement activities and coordinating youth environmental action and peer-to-peer support.
- Developing education and outreach activities and events for residents and homeowners.
- Assisting with the planning, and promotion of Green Venture programs and events in the community.
- Assisting with volunteer engagement and orientation.
- Report on program outcomes.
- Share the program results and impacts with the public through newsletters, blog posts, social media posts, and engaging the local media.
- Act as a peer mentor to high school co-op students.
- Lead the youth steering committee in planning for Youth Week (May 1-7, 2025)
Qualifications/Skills:
- A working knowledge of current environmental issues, particularly as they relate to climate change.
- A deep interest in environmental protection.
- Enthusiastic and creative self-starter, with demonstrated initiative and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with MS Office, Google Suite, social media content creation and management, digital communication tools and strategies, and design software (e.g. WordPress, MailChimp, Photoshop, Canva) and in mobile data collection technology.
- Experience delivering education programs, community presentations, and/or workshops to children or adults.
- Experience working with diverse groups and building community.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing situations.
- Ability to get to EcoHouse and other locations in Hamilton as needed.
- Valid Emergency First Aid + CPR certification an asset.
- Must be able to obtain a Vulnerable Sector Police Reference Check upon acceptance of the position (if over 18).
Terms of Employment:
- Part-time, 15 week contract, pending confirmation of funding.
- Hourly wage of $18.
- Must be a current high school student in Hamilton, Ontario.
- 0-12 hours per week to allow flexibility with school workload, mostly on evenings and weekends.
- Hybrid work environment, with some work time in person at EcoHouse and some remote.
- The funding for this role requires that the successful candidate be:
- legally entitled to work in Canada
- a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee status
- between the ages of 15 and 30
- Preference will be given to recent immigrant and/or refugee youth, Indigenous youth, youth from visible minorities, 2SLGBTQIA youth, and women in STEM.
How to Apply:
Qualified candidates are invited to email their cover letter and resume in one PDF file to contact@greenventure.ca, specifying the Job Title in the subject line, as soon as possible.
Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted, so applicants are encouraged to apply early. Video or phone interviews will be scheduled during business hours. We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Green Venture is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code as requested.
