Student and Community Engagement Assistant

**Student and Community Engagement Assistant - Humber Arboretum - RPT Support**
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**Job Details**

Position Title: Student and Community Engagement Assistant (Humber Arboretum)

**Job Type**: Regular Part Time (RPT)

Hours: up to 24 hours per week

Faculty/Department: Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness

Campus/Location: North Campus

**Salary**: PT Support Payband 8 $24.99 (min) - $38.45 (max)

**What you will do**:
Reporting to the Manager of the Humber Arboretum and Centre for Urban Ecology, the Student and Community Engagement Assistant will be working with the Student and Community Engagement Specialists and other members of the Humber Arboretum’s Educational Team to assist in student and community centered outdoor educational experiences. During the Summer the incumbent will work in the Humber Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camp as a Program Lead.

Camp duties include (but are not limited to);
- Assigning work schedules
- Allocating tasks
- Providing guidance to camp staff in compliance with the Ontario Camp Association’s year-round standards.
- Planning and facilitating weekly camp activities aligned with Arboretum Nature Camp weekly theme

**What you will bring to the role**:
**Education**
- 3/4year diploma/degree plus professional certification, or equivalent in a human service-related field.

**Experience**
- Facilitate events with various partnerships (e.g. Sustainable Urban Beekeeping, Etobicoke Master Gardiners, Reena, etc...) and provide general support online and on-site when needed.
- Facilitating curriculum connected outdoor education experiences for school groups
- Facilitate and produce virtual learning workshops using various online learning platforms including WebEx, Microsoft Teams, and ZOOM
- Utilizing Microsoft Office 365 tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, and Teams
- Responsible for documenting needed programming, educational and camp supplies and equipment on order lists
- Responsible for the general maintenance and upkeep of the Centre for Urban Ecology. Regular inventory and maintenance of materials related to educational programming is ongoing.
- Weekend groups etc...
- Researching new games and activities for outdoor education and camp programming; utilizing readily available resources (e.g. Project Wild, The Coyote Guide, Muddy Boots, etc...)

**Skills**
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to delegate tasks effectively and efficiently and can adapt in a dynamic and constantly changing work environment.
- Ability to multi-task and be flexible with priorities
- Strong organizational sills
- High degree of professionalism and attention to detail, with strong leadership, time management and collaboration skills.

**What’s In it for you**?**
- An opportunity to have an impact with a post-secondary institution, poised to do great things.
- Diverse, hard-working, committed team of people who care about each other.
- Tools and technology that will allow you to succeed at your job.
- Amazing perks
- Highly supportive work culture

We thank you for your interest in working with Humber College. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Consideration for Support Staff and Academic positions will be given to internal employees in accordance with the respective Collective Agreements.

**Equity, **Diversity** and Inclusion**

Humber College is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of our students and our city. We actively seek Indigenous Peoples and individuals from equity-deserving groups with demonstrated skills and knowledge to deal with all aspects of equity, diversity and inclusion in a post-secondar