Manager, Youth Programming And Engagement

At the DBDLI…

We embrace our role as Mwalimu (teacher)!

We actively share the DBDLI models across the province and with participating agencies and educators. We stay true to our Africentric work and leverage our collective know-how to build community-specific solutions and curricula. We are committed to validating the DBDLI as a province-wide learning institute.

We believe in healthy workspaces!

We create safe spaces for ourselves and our communities where everyone can be heard, can contribute, and can feed their souls. We give ourselves space to work on our strengths and grow, and room for others to do the same. We are a voice for Nova Scotian Black and African

Communities. We cherish our work, because we get to support Nova Scotia Black and African

Communities and effect positive change while working with our close-knit team!

We believe in the best out of life!

Pay is competitive and increases are regular because we all have lives to pay for. We have a full benefits package because your and your family’s health is important to us. We offer significant vacation paid time-off as well as paid personal days off because we understand you can never have enough time with the people in your lives who matter.

We believe in our mission, and we are HIRING!
Manager of Youth Programming and Engagement

Full-Time, $68,000 to $72,000 annually

Located in downtown Halifax, the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute prides itself on operating with a lens of Africentricity and through the value of Ubuntu1. We create educational change and genuine opportunities for learners and communities of African ancestry to reach their full potential.

1 My success is your success. Our humanities are intertwined.

The position is responsible to develop, plan, and co-ordinate youth initiatives and programming that meet the needs of African Nova Scotia youth and communities and provide the DBDLI with policy, project, and program implementation.

The successful candidate will have a post-secondary degree or diploma in education or social sciences fields or a relevant mix of experience and education.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Developing and implementing a rural youth engagement strategy.
• Recruiting and engaging African Nova Scotian youth/young adults for the DBDLI youth council (Yuzi Bazara).
• Providing the youth council (Yuzi Bazara) operational support.
• Developing Programming and projects that have a provincial reach and impact on African

Nova Scotia youth, young adults, and the communities-at-large.

• Ensuring community level implementation of cross-generational projects and programming.
• Proactively identifying collaboration and partnership opportunities to support program innovation.
• Participating in multi-stakeholder parterships, and advising, facilitating, and assisting in the development and implementation of youth and community projects.
• Collaborate with the Manager of Africentric Education in the development of resources for schools and community presentations, and professional development sessions.
• Providing strategic advice to the DBDLI regarding current and emerging trends and issues affecting African Nova Scotian youth, young adults, and communities.
• Securing external grants to enhance and augment programming.

Interested? Please forward your resume and cover letter to the attention of Sylvia Parris-

Drummond, CEO of DBDLI, at tanya@hr-pros.ca no later than Monday, January 29th. Preference will be given to African Nova Scotia candidates and candidates of African descent.

We look forward to meeting you!

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $68,000.00-$72,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Halifax, NS (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Halifax, NS: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person