Program Facilitator, Tutoring

Job Title: Program Facilitator, Tutoring
Status: Temporary Full-time, 35 hrs/week

Salary Scale: $25.537 - $30.043 /hr

Application deadline: Until filled

**Job Summary**

Program Facilitators (PF) are responsible for supporting the planning and delivery of programming that supports students’ academic success within the Pathways to Education program. This includes providing facilitation support to tutoring and mentorship programming and supporting volunteer tutors.

**POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES**

**1. **Tutoring**
- Under the direction of the Team Supervisors, contribute to volunteer recruitment, screening, orientation and training.
- Oversee the online tutoring booking system, and ensure the system is accurately creating tutoring appointments between students and tutors.
- Assist in compiling and maintaining resources, including text books, school supplies and relevant software, for the tutoring sites.
- Provide supervision and support to volunteers during tutoring sessions.
- Directly oversee tutoring sessions as part of the tutoring programming team.
- Assist with the scheduling of tutoring sessions, and assist with communicating tutoring schedule changes to students and tutors.
- Identify indicators of tutoring success/difficulties and provide support and re-direction as needed to ensure that student needs are being met.
- Work with other members of the tutoring team to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for students during tutoring sessions(behavior management, ensuring that emergency exits are clear, managing the flow of people in and out of the space to ensure no unauthorized access, etc).

**2. **Mentoring**- Facilitate the regular operation of mentorship programming, including running in-person and virtual programs, and supporting with communicating programming opportunities to students.
- Assist with creating promotional materials for mentorship programs and communicating programming opportunities through social media channels to students.

**3. **Administration and Team Work**
- Support Senior Administrative Assistant and Team Supervisors with the new student registration and existing student re-registration processes, including reaching out to families and entering data into the Pathways database.
- Support with monthly mailout of financial supports and program information to students.
- Support data quality improvement activities in the Pathways database, including updating missing student information.
- Assist with the process of re-organizing team file folders on the Pathways Sharepoint site.
- Participate in regular team and sub-team meetings to ensure that there is strong collaboration between and among all Pathways staff and program components.
- In collaboration with other Pathways staff, participate in ongoing program evaluation and program development efforts, including the development of workshops and specialized activities designed to meet the needs of Pathways students and parents.
- Maintain knowledge of high school curriculum changes and challenges.
- Other tasks as assigned, from time to time.

**1. **Education**
- University degree in education or social work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

**2. **Professional Experience**
- Experience working with high school age youth from diverse backgrounds.
- Experience planning and delivering successful informal programming for youth.

**3. **Key Competencies**
- Knowledge of Ontario secondary school curriculum and challenges, including knowledge of approaches to providing support to youth with special educational challenges and needs.
- An understanding of the barriers and challenges faced by youth in culturally diverse, low-income communities.
- Knowledge of, and experience with, informal individual counseling techniques and mentorship.
- An understanding of group dynamics and experience facilitating cultural diverse groups of youth and adults.
- Knowledge of community and social service resources, in particular services for youth.
- An understanding of and commitment to anti-discriminatory practices.

**4. **Linguistic Profile**
- English essential
- French, Arabic, Somali or other languages commonly spoken among our client population will be considered an asset

**5. **Personal Suitability/Other Requirements**
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including regular evening work.
- Considering the program’s focus on addressing the needs of low-income youth from diverse backgrounds and experiences, lived experience as a member of a marginalized group will be considered an asset.