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SalaryPosition Title:
Inuit Engagement Coordinator
Department:
Indigenous and Equity Programs
Reports To:
Manager, Indigenous Initiatives
Salary:
$58000 to 65000
Job Type:
Full Time, Permanent
Location:
Applications will close on February 15, 2024
Remote (Ability to travel within the assigned geographic region, as well as occasionally to Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and or across Canada)
Hi there,
We’re so glad you found us.
It is an exciting time at Kids Help Phone. We are on a transformational journey, one that will reshape the landscape of youth mental health in Canada.
In March of 2023, we launched Feel Out Loud, a historic, national movement anchored by a fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $300 million to reach young people in every corner of Canada by 2024 by expanding access to e-mental health services.
We’re adding to our innovative team who will help fuel this mission. If the thought of making a positive impact on the mental health of young people in Canada inspires you, this could be for you.
First, here’s a bit about our story:
Kids Help Phone is Canada's only free, 24/7 service offering professional counselling, information, referrals, and texting support for young people in both English and French. We provide life-changing support to youth millions of times each year (over 4.1 million in 2022 alone).
We began in 1989as a unique telephone counselling service, and for 34 years, we’ve evolved our response and innovated our offerings and technology to stay relevant to youth, recognizing the complexity of issues they face.
Today, Kids Help Phone has become more essential than ever before. So has our goal of transforming to meet the needs of young people in Canada. As a part of our strategic objective of maximizing access, we’re committed now more than ever to reaching more people in every corner of Canada.
Do you want to join our journey and make a meaningful impact?
Unlock your potential. Carve out a career as unique as yourself. Grow with us.
The Opportunity
The Inuit Engagement Coordinator (IEC) will work closely with Indigenous communities with focus on Inuit communities to advance Finding Hope: Kids Help Phone’s Action Plan for Supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young People. The Inuit Engagement Coordinator will increase access to, and awareness of Kids Help Phone services and other resources among Indigenous youth and communities.
The IEC will support volunteers in Weaving Threads: An Indigenous Engagement Program, coordinate sessions of Brighter Days: An Indigenous Wellness Program supported by Sun Life, and support participating in other KHP Indigenous programs and iniaitiatives. The IEC will also support Kids Help Phone’s broader Indigenous initiatives through volunteer recruitment, donor support, event and meeting coordination, and Indigenous advocacy efforts.
The Inuit Engagement Coordinatorwill work directly with Indigenous youth and add an Indigenous perspective to Kids Help Phone programs and servicestherefore Inuit applicants are preferred and only First Nations, Inuit or Metis candidates will be considered.
What You’ll Contribute:
- Support volunteers in Weaving Threads: An Indigenous Engagement Program through onboarding and training, regular check-ins, and assisting volunteers in their role of building awareness of Kids Help Phone services, providing ongoing input, connecting youth with resources and more
- Coordinate Brighter Days: An Indigenous Wellness Program supported by Sun Life including booking sessions and ensuring participating groups receive all program materials
- Coordinate the distribution of outreach materials to Indigenous communities
- Assist Indigenous communities who wish to increase access to and awareness of Kids Help Phone services
- Coordinates and supports meetings and events including booking travel and accommodations, processing expense claims, and preparing meeting packages
- Contributes to Kids Help Phone committees and supports Indigenous advocacy efforts
- Identifies potential Indigenous partners, vendors, and trainers to support Kids Help Phone’s Indigenous and diversity initiatives
- Contributes to program and service development and evaluation
What You’ll Need:
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in relevant discipline (e.g. public health, social work, education, applied social sciences, communications)
- Two years of experience supporting youth volunteers
- Able to manage projects and tight deadlines in a fast paced, resource-lean environment
- Strong sense of professionalism, confidentiality and commitment to maintaining a safe environment for youth
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite of products
- Demonstrated commitment to volunteerism, non-profit and/or mental health sector
Don’t meet every single qualification and requirement? Studies have shown that women and racialized people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At KHP we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles that our organization is recruiting for.
Why Kids Help Phone?
- Meaningful opportunities to make an impact
- Modern, collaborative space and an environment where you are valued and appreciated
- Employee Wellness programs
- Extensive medical, dental and optical coverage
- Work/life balance and flexibility
- We take great pride in our first-class team and culture. Open-door approach at all levels
- Rapidly growing organization with a focus on continuous innovation
- Real-time coaching and feedback, growth opportunities, and a supportive and collaborative team
To learn more about Feel Out Loud: the largest youth mental health movement in Canadian history:
- The Feel Out Loud Campaign Cabinet – a group of extraordinary philanthropic and business leaders who are deeply committed to unlocking hope for all youth across Canada
https://kidshelpphone.ca/unlockhope/campaign-cabinet/
- What I Wouldn’t Do (North Star Calling), a star-studded anthem and video created by over 50 Canadian artists who united across the country to form the musical collective Artists for Feel Out Loud, with the sole purpose of amplifying the conversation around mental health and empowering young people to feel out loud.
Join us! Visit our careers page and apply now!
For more information about Kids Help Phone, please visit our website: https://kidshelpphone.ca/
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The Small Print:
Applications will close at 11:59 pm, on the job posting close date listed above. Submissions received after this time may not be considered
Kids Help Phone is an equal opportunity employer, values diversity of people and communities, and is committed to excellence and inclusion in our organization. We welcome applications from visible minority group members, women, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who respect and reflect the diversity of service users.
Kids Help Phone is committed to providing barrier-free environment and accommodation in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise Human Resources person if your require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.
Kids Help Phone does not accept unsolicited telephone calls, referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. Kids Help Phone will not consider unsolicited telephone calls, referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies. The submission of referrals or resumes by anyone other than a candidate directly to Kids Help Phone is not welcome. Unsolicited referrals and resumes sent to Kids Help Phone will be deemed gratuitous, and Kids Help Phone will not be obligated or bound in any way to pay a referral or any other fee if a person referred to us from a source other than a direct candidate is subsequently hired.
Benefits:
- Hybrid Work Model Health care
- Life insurance Vision care
- Wellness Program RRSP Matching
- Flextime Dental care
- Life Insurance Emergency Travel Assistance
- Accidental Death Insurance
