Culture Night Coordinator

**JOB SUMMARY**

The **Indigenous Cultural Night Coordinator** provides the community with a culturally enhanced place for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people to gather. The most important task is building relationships with community participants and building upon the extended social supports in a place that celebrates the culture. The Cultural Night Coordinator also works collaboratively with other direct service staff, external service providers, Elders and cultural knowledge keepers in the community.

**Responsibilities to the Contract**
- The Cultural Night Coordinator is expected to lead the facilitation of the Where We Gather Community Nights, and the Where We Gather Youth Cultural Nights.
- The Cultural Night Coordinator works collaboratively with our Housing Coordinator and our Youth Services Program Manager to achieve the programs’ vision, promoting cultural knowledge in a celebratory way.
- The Cultural Night Coordinator will work within the Appendix A workplan and coordinate duties as laid out.
- The Cultural Night Coordinator will coordinate and develop activities that promote cultural knowledge.
- The Cultural Night Coordinator will build the community involvement and promotion for the weekly events.

**Other Related Duties**

The Cultural Night Coordinator provides the following services:

- Engage with individuals; and provide information about external supports which will support the participants holistic well-being;
- Connect and engage in partnership with relevant community services.
- Complete all file keeping, and statistical requirements;
- Connect and engage cultural knowledge keepers, Elders, and other cultural supports to enhance the delivery of the program monthly.
- Engage the surrounding community to attend.

**In Addition, the Cultural Night Coordinator will be required to**:

- Attend and participate in all staff and program meetings;
- Actively cooperate with other staff and the Executive Director/Program Manager in decision making regarding program operations.
- Resolve conflict appropriately and professionally adhering to respectful workplace policies.
- Adhere to the Society’s Policies and Procedures and Mission Statement, generally
- Maintain confidentiality of the client, and the agency.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**_Education and Experience:_**
- A Diploma in a human services related field; or a combination of equal education and experience.
- One year of recent, related work experience with working with Indigenous
- client base in a culturally relevant way.
- Current First Aid and CPR certification and Food Safe is a condition of employment, as well as a negative tuberculosis test or commitment to obtaining within 3 months of hire.
- Competently use Microsoft Word & Excel programs for case management and reporting purposes.

**_Key Knowledge Areas:_**
- Knowledge of First Nations cultures, lived history, supports and local resources.
- Extensive knowledge of poverty reduction, and social services and supports that will enhance the well-being of the participants.

**_Key Abilities:_**
- **Collaborate** - establish collaborative relationships with cultural teachers, Elders, and cultural supports in order to best serve the communities that attend the Cultural Night gatherings.
- **Respond** - safely resolve crisis situations and respond non-judgmentally to problematic behavior
- **Understand** - demonstrate understanding of oppression and marginalization of Indigenous participant base
- **Teamwork** - make positive contributions to the team, support and back up your co-workers at all time
- **Coordinate **- lead the program, including development of the additional components in order to best facilitate the contractual outcomes of the Cultural Community gatherings

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We thank all that apply, but only those selected for interview will be contacted.

**_**Pursuant to S. 41 of the BC Human Rights code, preference may be given to Aboriginal Applicants._