Wiseguyz Facilitator

SALARY: CAD 55000.00 - 61000.00 YEARLY
- PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 16, 2024
- EXPIRY: OCTOBER 31, 2024
- HYBRID
- CALGARY, ALBERTA
- FULL TIME
- PERMANENT
- HEALTH
- SOCIAL SERVICES

**Summary**:
The WiseGuyz Program is a community-facilitated, gender-transformative healthy relationships program developed by the Centre for Sexuality. It facilitates mid-adolescent, male-identified youth to critically examine and deconstruct male gender role stereotypes and expectations, with the objective of improving the mental and sexual health of young men and reducing male-perpetrated dating violence. WiseGuyz program benefits from significant academic research partnerships.

**Description**:
Centre for Sexuality is a community-based organization that provides access to non
- judgmental sexual and reproductive health services and support. We are hiring two amazing facilitators to join our motivated team with a mission to normalize sexual health in Alberta. This position will have a strong focus on our WiseGuyz Community Programming.

The WiseGuyz Program is a community-facilitated, gender-transformative healthy relationships program developed by the Centre for Sexuality. It facilitates mid-adolescent, male-identified youth to critically examine and deconstruct male gender role stereotypes and expectations, with the objective of improving the mental and sexual health of young men and reducing male-perpetrated dating violence. As an internationally recognized inclusive masculinity program, WiseGuyz benefits from significant academic research partnerships.
- Implement and facilitate the WiseGuyz community program curriculum tailored to specific community settings with male-identified participants aged 12-21.
- Implement and facilitate the WiseGuyz curriculum to program fidelity in school
- based settings with grade 8 and 9, male-identified
- Maintain positive and mutually beneficial relationships with school and community partners.
- Create safer learning environments for youth to participate in transformational learning experiences.
- Remain up to date with, and employ, best and promising practices in pedagogy, social-emotional learning, sexual health promotion, gender equity and masculinity, relationship education and violence
- Participate as an active member of the WiseGuyz team to ensure curriculum content is up-to-date and relevant to the needs of the youth we
- Participate in program evaluations and reporting by collecting, entering, and analyzing program data and
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with community partners for seamless referrals.
- Actively participate in agency and community collaborations, initiatives, and
- Participate in regular performance planning and
- Participate in the creation of program promotional material including posters, brochures, and other types of print and online.

**Qualifications and Attributes required**:

- Bachelor’s degree in child and youth studies, education, public health, or social work, and/or a minimum of 2 years of related work
- Strong group facilitation
- Strong knowledge of community-based resources, an understanding of early childhood development, trauma, adverse childhood experiences, family systems, and risk factors associated with potential victimization and criminal involvement.
- Knowledge of the Youth Criminal Justice System
- Knowledge of and/or experience facilitating core topics related to the WiseGuyz
- Demonstrated experience with community engagement values and
- Knowledge of community resources and ability to make appropriate
- Commitment to organizational values: Social Justice/Feminism, Prevention, Collaboration and
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Natural Supports
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Effective conflict resolution, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Demonstration of empathy and
- Experience addressing homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, and ableism that commonly arise in universal education spaces experiencing transformational learning.
- Demonstration of curiosity and commitment to lifelong
- Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team
- Excellent time management and organizational skills, in a fast pace, open-space work environment.
- Ability to facilitate effectively in a virtual setting including operating various online delivery platforms.
- Follow policy and procedures regarding tracking of time worked, requesting and scheduling time off, requesting program supplies, claiming expenses, and requesting and participating in professional development opportunities.

**Additional details**:
This posting will close on October 31, 2024, at 11:59pm MST.