Youth Development Program Specialist

4 months ago

Ottawa, Canada BGC Ottawa Full time

**Please Note: This is a 13 month contract beginning November 15th through to December 2025**

**PURPOSE**:*

As one of Ottawa’s largest child and youth-serving charitable organizations, BGC Ottawa provides FREE, subsidized, and cost saving Community-based services, and life-changing programs to an annual average of 5,000 young Members each year. We provide safe, supportive places where all kids and teens, of all backgrounds, can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, and develop confidence and skills for life. From anti-Racism to Reconciliation to LGBTQ2S+, food security to scholarships to job readiness, our programs battle systemic issues with systemic solutions—equity, acceptance, support, opportunity.

As a growing team that embraces different ways of thinking, abilities, and experiences we aim to make our staff feel safe. We want you to feel heard, respected, and empowered. We believe in our diverse shared power as being the key to serving our members, volunteers, community, and each other with the utmost care.

BGC Ottawa is about building positive and inclusive environments for all.

**GENERAL SUMMARY**

**RESPONSIBILITIES / ACTIVITIES**

**Major Responsibility 1: Provide leadership to part-time staff and volunteers in conjunction with the management team and provide guidance and role-modeling throughout programming**
- Oversee the development and delivery of programming to members which are in line with Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) Programs Policies and Procedures Manual and Employee Handbook
- Be a positive role model for youth workers, volunteers and youth
- Act as on-site contact in absence of the manager
- Support and promote teamwork across BGCO
- Report any concerns regarding staff to manager, Communicate relevant information to manager
- Supervise staff appropriately throughout programming
- Any other duties as required by the BGCO Manager

**Major Responsibility 2: Community Development**
- Work positively in partnership with other agencies
- Liaise with other services where a young person may require additional and/or more specialist support, encouraging appropriate referrals of young people into relevant services
- Perform public relations and promotion of the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
- Community Outreach
- Develop and maintain community contacts

**Major Responsibility 3: Assist in the development and implementation of systems to monitor and evaluate programs**
- Positively engage with young people during Critical Hours
- Identify gaps in service and work with the manager and other colleagues to seek funding to address these gaps
- Promote and oversee Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa guidelines and policies including confidentiality, child protection & equal opportunities
- Actively encourage young people to participate in programs offered
- Maintain regular contact with lead Senior Youth Workers
- Provide feedback to staff and volunteers regarding their performance in programming

**Major Responsibility 4: Training**
- Responsible for upkeep of professional skills and development
- Attend Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa full time staff meetings and planning sessions
- Assist in the co-ordination and development of the ‘in house’ training of staff
- Align programming with BGCO strategic direction

**Major Responsibility 5: Administrative duties**
- Perform administrative record keeping and reporting as required
- Manage budgets in conjunction with manager
- Complete monthly reports
- Maintain updated database
- Submit Human Resource and financial forms in a timely manner

**Perform other related duties as required**

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**QUALIFICATIONS**:*

**Required Education, Training and Experience**
- Completed degree or diploma in a child and youth related studies
- 3-5 years’ experience working with children and youth
- Recognized certification in first aid
- HIGH FIVE certificate is an asset
- Experience working in the not-for-profit sector an asset

**Demonstrated Skills and Abilities**:

- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Ability to build constructive relationships with children and youth in groups and on an individual basis
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Effective communication skills including report writing and presentations
- Knowledge of issues that affect children and youth
- Knowledge of various aspects of child development
- Experience of working with marginalised/’hard to reach’ youth
- Experience of planning and developing child and youth programs
- Ability to monitor and evaluate a wide range of interventions with children and youth
- Knowledge of child protection act
- Knowledge of anti-discriminatory practice
- Experience of managing and supervising part-time staff and volunteers
- Experience of multi-agency working suggestion: experience in community development approached
- Multilingualism is an asset

**_Please note: the following are required for this position:_**
- Current Police Records check

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