Summer Youth Leadership Coordinator St. Mary's Boat Club

2 days ago

Halifax, Canada Halifax Regional Municipality Full time

**Job Posting**

St. Mary's Boat Club as part of Adventure Earth programs engages children, youth and families in paddling based experiential programs in, youth leadership, and outdoor recreation. As part of the Halifax Municipality’s Parks and Recreation services, The St. Mary's Boat Club programs give children and youth safe access to water activities and the knowledge and experience to practice them safety. All of the St. Mary's Boat Club programs are carried our on the North West Arm in Halifax.

With our core values of community, learning, safety, sustainability, magic, and excellence as a foundation, we provide opportunities to reconnect with the natural world, to pursue a healthy and active lifestyle, to develop personal and leadership skills, to give back to the community, and to connect with other like-minded people.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Organizing and leading information nights for youth leaders and parents
- Creating and conducting the selection process, setting up a communication system with the youth, and scheduling successful applicants on programs
- Planning and facilitating a full-day orientation/training session and overnight team building event at the beginning of the summer and planning and facilitating additional training and social events, conducting the selection process, scheduling participants on camps
- Daily tasks such as observing and evaluating the youth leaders' participation in their volunteer leadership assignments, providing support and feedback, checking in with the youth leaders at the beginning and end of the day,
- Maintain the Adventure Earth Programs core values
- Keeping a record of events, attendance, and schedules
- Maintaining communications with youth leaders throughout the program
- Partnering with other Recreation Centers in our area and across HRM and overseeing and assisting youth leaders with planning and execution of a community action
- Work with youth to organize a community action activity
- Writing a summary report for the Community Outdoor Recreation Coordinator
- Organizing and staffing the three day/two night YES Camp Program
- Support the Community Outdoor recreation Coordinator in handling administrative duties such as registering participants, sending program mailouts, tracking and inputting statistics and maintaining a budget
- Work collaboratively and in support of the summer coordinator and inclusion coordinator to run programs and ensure a safe working environment
- Assist with paddling programs and help the summer coordinator in facilitating successful day camp programs

**QUALIFICATIONS**
**Education and Experience**:

- Must have Current certification in Emergency First Aid (CSA Basic) (valid through to August 29th, 2025)
- Must have experience leading either children or youth in an outdoor and/or environmental education or recreational setting
- Must have previous paddling experience
- Must have canoeing, Stand-up paddleboard or kayaking instructor certification or willing to obtain.

**Considered an Asset**
- Class 5 driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- Advanced first aid qualification
- Canoe, Kayak, or stand-up paddleboard certification
- Current Bronze Cross or National Lifeguard Services certification
- Previous experience working day camps and/or overnight camps at the Adventure Earth Programs as asset
- Managerial/supervisory experience
- Experience in designing outdoor environmental program curriculum
- Studies in Outdoor Recreation, Environmental Education or similar courses
- Mental Health First Aid an asset
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention an asset
- Experience facilitating youth in an overnight setting an asset
- Experience with Halifax's youth leadership Program
- Understanding of Healthy Childhood Development
- Canoe, Kayak, or Stand-up paddleboard skills certifications

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Applicants must be willing to obtain WHMIS training
- Applicants must be available to attend all orientations/training sessions (training dates to be determined)
- Copies of certification must be submitted upon hiring
- The successful applicants must be free to work August 6,7,8 at the overnight YES camp if required.
- Must be able to work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions

**Security Clearance Requirements**: Applicants must complete screening through the Child Abuse Registry Check and a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search.

**COMPETENCIES**:Analytical Thinking, Communications, Customer Service, Decision Making, Developing Others, Organization and Planning, Risk Management, Teamwork and Cooperation, Values and Ethics, and Valuing Diversity

**WORK STATUS**:Casual, seasonal, May 5th, 2025 to August 29th, 2025 plus training

**HOURS OF WORK**:
May/June work hours are Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm paid 35hrs per week
July/August work hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm paid 40hrs per week
Hours in July/August are flexible and include evenings and weekends includin

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