Promotion and Outreach Assistant

**Village Vancouver Temporary Employment Opportunity**

Promotion and Outreach Assistant (“Communication Expert”)

Village Vancouver is seeking a motivated and community-focused individual to join our team as a Promotion and Outreach Assistant for Summer 2025. This role is ideal for someone interested in community development, with strong digital communication skills and a passion for outreach and engagement. Please visit to learn more about our organization and projects.

**In compliance with Canada Summer Jobs guidelines, applicants must**:

- be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or have official refugee protection status, and be legally entitled to work in Canada
- be between the ages of 15 and 30

**Projects and tasks may include**:

- Helping plan and promote Village Vancouver’s programs and projects, especially during the 2025 Annual Food Festival (May 20 to July 8), which focuses on community-based food resiliency and includes hands-on workshops, garden activities, and other activities.
- Facilitating outreach via social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram) and other digital channels.
- Maintaining Village Vancouver’s current website, and helping finish the new website.
- Producing monthly newsletters, posters, and other promotional materials.
- Blogging about Village Vancouver projects, workshops, and activities.
- Promoting upcoming events and activities through both digital and print media.
- Assisting on-site at events such as Car Free Day, community festivals, workshops, and other Village Vancouver initiatives.
- Supporting Village Vancouver’s participation in public events and community gatherings.
- Helping prepare the organization’s annual report and assisting with internal communications as needed.

**Qualifications**:

- Interest in community development and outreach
- Knowledge of general office procedures
- Familiarity and experience with a wide range of social media and digital communication tools
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work with staff, volunteers, and partner organizations
- Experience working with individuals from diverse cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience with graphic design tools and website management and development is an asset

**Rate of pay**:$20.00 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation.

**Job duration and hours**:30 hours/week for 9 weeks (270), from June 4th, 2025 to August 2nd, 2025. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Monday-Friday 10 am-4:30 pm, including a 1⁄2 hour lunch break. Hours may occasionally vary, and sometimes include a Saturday and/or a Sunday in lieu of a weekday (e.g. when we're tabling at a community fair or festival).

**Location**: Kitsilano/Westside and remotely, and in the field

Village Vancouver Transition Society is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and social justice. We specifically encourage Indigenous youth, racialized youth, newcomers to Canada (arrived in Canada 5 years ago or less), youth with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and gender-diverse youth to apply. Village Vancouver acknowledges that we operate on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlililwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months

Pay: $20.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6J 3W3

Application deadline: 2025-05-21