Program Coordinator, Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program

**Job Title**: Program Coordinator

**FTE**: 1.0 FTE; 1-year term

**Annual Salary**: $60,000.00 plus employer paid benefits

**Start Date**: August 25, 2025/Flexible

**Location**: Calgary

**Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP)**:
IYMP is a communal, relationship-based, after-school healthy living program. It is delivered by Indigenous high school students for elementary school children. Co-developed with Indigenous youth, educators, and researchers, IYMP promotes well-being, resiliency, and overall positive mental health, including Mino-Bimaadiziwin/Mino-Pimâtisiwin (“living in a good way”). It is grounded in teachings of Indigenous scholars Dr. Brokenleg (Circle of Courage - belonging, mastery, generosity, independence) and Dr. Kirkness (The Four R’s: Respect, Relevance, Reciprocal Relationships, Responsibility). The core components of IYMP are healthy eating, physical activity and relationship building and mentorship.

IYMP typically runs once per week for 90 minutes, delivering healthy snacks and physical activity for at least 20 weeks throughout the school year. IYMP builds on the strengths, energy, and talents of youth and communities. IYMP has been rippling across Canada in partnership with Ever Active Schools and is currently offered in over 50 communities.

**Ever Active Schools**:
Ever Active Schools (EAS) is a registered national charity based in Alberta that is designed to assist schools in creating and sustaining healthy school communities. EAS contributes to the healthy development of children and youth by fostering social and physical environments that support the health and learning outcomes of students. We are an innovation-forward social impact organization passionate about well-being, and it shows in all we do We’re committed to creating environments that support health, learning, and growth because that’s the type of place we want to live and work in. We value relationships - our work begins as collaborators, is built as partners, and continues in friendship. We show up for each other and our communities, act with empathy, and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We recognize, value, and celebrate diverse abilities, identities, cultures, and ways of knowing. We don’t know all the answers but we’re listening, learning, and growing. We’re biased, but we think you’ll like working here too.

**Opportunity**:
This position reports to the National Director, IYMP and complements a team of other consultants with diverse skill sets operating within the larger interdisciplinary team of IYMP and EAS.

This position requires innovative leadership, strong interpersonal skills, experience working in a school setting, knowledge of physical literacy, and an understanding of wellness-related work (health promotion). The individual must be able to frequently travel throughout Alberta and be motivated to work in a fast-paced, exciting, and fun environment.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Develop and facilitate sector collaboration and cross-sector coordination, between organizations representing health, education, post-secondary, sport and wellbeing
- Explore how IYMP could flourish, considering agreements/MOUs with school boards, facilities, local grocers/food providers, programmers and other partners
- Establish and maintain close working relationships with IYMP Program Coordinators, Indigenous and community organizations, program partners including school principals, teacher champions and band councils, and funding partners.
- Create a positive workplace environment where staff thrive personally and culturally.
- Independently and proactively track and report on deliverables to the Director.
- Support in the planning, attendance, and supporting of provincial trainings and events and participate in planning national events (e.g. IYMP program leader training).
- Prepare, track, and reconcile honoraria, travel costs, or appropriate remuneration for community partners.
- Contribute to evaluation reports, publication, and presentations.
- Support communities to complete monthly reporting
- Collate monthly reports from communities, complete IYMP provincial and national report tracking monthly
- Work with communities to complete and submit funding agreements
- Collect content for website and social media during community visits
- Collaborate within and across EAS team and provincially across sectors to promote school based wellness initiatives
- Other duties as assigned

**Required Competencies**:

- In-depth understanding of intersectionality, particularly regarding how gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, and geography shapes the experiences of Indigenous peoples is required.
- Honours protocols, decision-making and goals of partner communities; shares power wherever possible and supports groups to develop and implement their own solutions while authentically representing the organization.
- Skilled in negotiating and facilitating through cultural differences and co