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Garden Program Instructor
Job Number: 2021
The Norval Community Association (NCA), a not-for-profit organization, is seeking a student or graduate of a post secondary institution program for a Canada Summer Jobs grant position as a
Garden Program Instructor for our Lucy Maud Montgomery Children’s Garden of the Senses.
Qualifications:
- Student or graduate of a post secondary institution program
- University or College studies in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math
- Essential skills
- Have excellent Communication skills – both oral and written
- Work well in a Team
- Have good Digital skills – design programs (adobe), website, social media platforms, survey monkey, etc.
- Demonstrate Leadership and Initiative
- Have excellent Client Service skills
- Are Creative! An uncanny ability to think out of the BOX!
- Are Caring and Enjoy working with children and people with limitations
Funded by Canada Summer Jobs – Requirements:
This position of funded by Service Canada under the Canada Summer Jobs grant initiative.
In order for NCA to qualify for the grant the participant/employee must:
- Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment,
- Be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident,
- Have a valid Social Insurance Number
International students are not eligible for this position.
In order to meet one of the national priorities of the Canada Summer Jobs initiative, we are required to hire someone who is from an underrepresented group or who has additional barriers to the labour market, such as Women in STEM.
This position is posted at https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobpostingcsj/34332618?source=searchresults
Start Date, Hours and Pay Rate:
- Start day is Monday May 17, 2021, or as soon as possible after this date.
- Total hours of employment are 280 hours over 14 weeks at 20 hours per week.
- Pay rate is $17.00 per hour plus 4% vacation pay.
About the Norval Community Association
NCA’s mandate is to foster community spirit, preserve historic values, promote beautification of
Norval, and promote the cultural heritage of Lucy Maud Montgomery (LMM) (who lived in Norval for a time). NCA develops, implements, and instructs educational and therapeutic garden programs for children, older adults and children/people with limitations in Norval’s Children’s Garden of the Senses (the Garden) which is dedicated to LMM. The Garden website can be visited at http://gardenofthesenses.com/
Education and therapeutic garden programs for children, older adults and children/people with limitations are ordinarily held in the Garden, a public garden in Norval. Norval community events are planned and organized at the head office of the NCA in Norval and held at the Garden location. The head office and the Garden are within short walking distance of each other. With the onset of Covid in 2020, we have been limited in our ability to deliver garden programs and to hold community events in the Garden. Currently, program development (and some online delivery) is carried out at a combination of locations (Garden, head office, and at the participant’s home).
Job Tasks and Responsibilities of this Position
Job tasks and responsibilities include:
- Modify and adapt our educational JK/SK Gr 1-3 garden programs for online content for delivery to schools in 2021, (and potentially deliver such on-line programs),
- Develop educational and therapeutic garden programs for people with special needs (autistic children, secondary school special needs persons, blind/low vision/deaf-blind persons, and seniors), for online delivery in 2021 (and potentially deliver such on-line programs), and for future in-Garden delivery,
- Develop new garden programs that incorporate LMM content to be delivered in the future at the new LMM literacy centre in Norval, and adapt such programs for people with special needs,
- Establish and manage Garden Facebook page with program links,
- Assist with setting up program fees and sponsorship payments platform,
- Consult with University of Guelph on their Environmental Landscape Master Plan for LMM Norval and determine implications for NCA’s development of garden programs with LMM content,
- Assist and facilitate in planning, organizing, implementing NCA community event (possibly Norval Plein Air Event with Artists), and
- Assist with the design and launch of the LMM writing box initiative for 2021-2022 elementary school rollout.
The tasks would be carried out by the participant at a combination of locations (Garden, head office, and at the participant’s home). The participant should have access to a car for transportation.
If you are interested in this position, please send your resume to info@gardenofthesenses.com
Please provide two references.
Note: A current Police check will be required by the successful candidate.