Community Facilitator

7 days ago

Red Deer, Canada The City of Red Deer Full time

**The Opportunity**:
Aligned with The City’s Social Policy Framework principles and Strategic Directions, the Community Development Facilitator is a community change agent, providing consultative and facilitative leadership and support. Roles range from advocate, educator, convener, capacity builder to coordinator.

This position consults on community development, engagement and facilitative processes and programming, plus helps build capacity of local agencies, departments, organizations and associations. Community Facilitators are skill-based employees who add value to situations through carefully planned and executed processes. Technical expertise is flexible, creative and adaptable.

This portfolio is highly specialized, and requires skills in public art project management and community development principles, in keeping with the Social Policy Framework, and with The City of Red Deer’s Strategic Direction.
- Requires a university degree and courses specific to community development, social issues, education, recreation, facilitation, strategic and program planning, implementation and evaluation. A related Master’s Degree would be considered an asset.
- Requires a minimum of four years of experience particularly in community development within the government, voluntary and/or nonprofit sectors.
- Ability to coordinate and monitor a number of activities and range of projects that can involve complex situations and often conflicting needs and interests.
- Ability to understand and interpret applicable legislation and make recommendations to Supervisor as appropriate related to area(s) of focus.
- Sound knowledge of community development philosophies, principles and facilitative practices and processes.
- Strong organizational skills and functions effectively in a fast-paced, challenging and politically-charged and sensitive environment.
- Adept at strategic planning, systems thinking and leveraging opportunities.
- Generalist background in social and community development, community engagement, facilitation and strategic planning.
- Demonstrates effective, proactive and creative approaches to the design, development and execution of strategies and implementation plans.
- Demonstrates highly developed collaboration, partnership and alliance building skills and has an established capacity to engage in and facilitate focused conversations.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a professional team.
- Demonstrates excellent verbal, written, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to engage in continuous learning and on-the-job training.

**Affiliation**:
Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 417

**Remuneration**:
$48.61 to $51.16 per hour.

**Hours of Work**:
75 hours biweekly, Monday to Friday. Some evening and weekend work may be required.

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