Overview
Community Navigation Coordinator Jobs in Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada at YWCA Halifax
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality
Title:
Community Navigation Coordinator
– Youth Volunteerism
Classification:Full Time, Salary
Hours:37.5 hrs/ week, Monday-Friday (with occasional weekend hours)
Location:DCDC, Spryfield minimum 3 days in person with Team
General Summary and Competencies:
The Community Navigation Coordinator
– Youth Volunteerism, works collaboratively with other team members to ensure that the YWCA Halifax Youth Volunteerism programs and supports are as successful as possible. This primarily includes ensuring youth volunteers are supported, have successful placements, and have wrap around supports and pathways to ongoing opportunities and networks. This may involve meeting with community partners, youth, mentors, developing resources and policies, online or virtualcommunication, group and individual supports, and networking.
It may also include document and information collection and storage, onlinecommunication, database management, navigating community requests and volunteer management best practice, etc.
The Community Navigation Coordinator is responsible for ensuring all YWCA procedures, policies, and budgets are followed and helps contribute to theadvancementand achievement of the YWCA mission, vision, values, guiding principles, strategic plan, business plan, and departmental plan.
Role of the Community Navigation Coordinator
Ensure the day-to-day function of the Youth Volunteerism Program including email, budgets, and other administrative duties
Establish and maintain volunteer database system
Establish and maintain community partnerships for mentors, volunteer placements, resources, and networking
Work collaboratively with other Team members to complete tasks and ensure the success of the program.
Complete all necessary documentation and reporting with funder.
Support participants in their Volunteering journey, including one-on-one meetings, placement support, mentor connection and connecting to other programs and services as needed.
Establish policies, procedures, and practices for youth volunteering andcommunity engagement.
Working within financial and budgetary limits
Continuous learningand growth to serve participants and program as best as possible
Qualifications and Requirements
The Community Navigation Coordinator will have a college diploma or undergraduate degree in Public Relations, Community Development, Human Resources,Education, Gender Studies or other relevant areas of studies.
Experience working with youth, non-profits, and volunteers
Experience in community partnerships andcollaboration.
Effective interpersonal skills and computer literacy
Ability to work both Independently and as part of a team. Flexible, adaptable, and able to work with your team as needed.
YWCA Halifax is committed todiversity, and we welcome all suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply. YWCA Halifax is governed by, employs, and servesdiverseindividuals and community members. Self-identification by applicants does not guarantee an interview, but we want you to know that we understand lived experience of racialization, indigeneity, (dis)
Ability, and genderdiversityare their own knowledge and expertise. We value this expertise and consider it as we discern who to interview.
If interested, please send your cover letter and resume in
one documenttoh by February 25th, 2025.
Subject Line:Community Navigation Coordinator
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Title: Community Navigation Coordinator
Company: YWCA Halifax
Location: Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
Category: Non-Profit & Social Impact, Social Work
