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Program Manager
Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Literacy Summer Camps (LGALSC) Project

Location:                      Toronto, Ontario
Term Position:              May 2005- October 31, 2005
Salary Range:               $30,000.00 – 35,000.00  for 6 – month contract
Placement Date:            May 2, 2005
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Nature and Scope:

Planned in collaboration with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), the LGALSC Project is a three–week summer camp for 75 Aboriginal youth ages 8-14 that will be offered in five remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario during July and August 2005. The goal of the LGALSC is to improve literacy rates among young people through participation in a summer camp program that focuses on fostering within participants insights, feelings, knowledge, and skills about the learning process.
The LGALSC is a collaborative project of the NAN, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Scouts Canada, National Indigenous Literacy Association, World Literacy of Canada, Frontier College, Toronto District School Board, and YMCA Ontario (the Steering Committee). The Steering Committee considers the LGALSC to be a pilot program, with potential to be continued after 2005.
While the position will operate out of Scouts Canada’s Toronto’s office, the Program Manager will be expected to be based in northern Ontario during the summer months. A relocation allowance will be provided during the summer months.

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Steering Committee, the Program Manager is responsible for the overall management of the five summer camps, ensuring a high standard of program development and delivery.
• Develops the pilot program operational policies and procedures.
• Monitors all aspects of the summer camps operations including camper care, site administration, food service, and staffing.
• Recruits, hires, trains, coaches, and leads a team of five Camp Directors and youth camp counselors from Aboriginal communities and Southern Ontario.
• Manages the summer camp budget.
• Designs and monitors a risk management program to ensure the health and safety of each camp participant.
• Attends all Steering Committee meetings.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of project management tools, techniques, principles and practices  
• Demonstrated experience volunteering or working in an Aboriginal context.
• Demonstrated planning and problem-solving skills
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in recreation, education or related field
• Successful record of managing large implementation projects
• Successful completion of a criminal reference check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Supervisory/management role in a summer camp or similar youth-focused organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of youth Aboriginal issues.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with First Nations communities

Competencies:

• Leadership: Motivates and inspires self and others to take action to achieve desired outcomes.
• Relationship Building and Collaboration:  Builds positive interactions both internally and externally to achieve work-related goals.
• Creativity and Innovation: Develops new ways or adapts existing ideas to help achieve desired results.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishes a clearly defined and effective course of action for self and others to accomplish short and long-term goals.
• Results-Oriented: Ability to manage and lead to achieve and exceed identified goals.
• Concern for Health and Safety: Acknowledges and understands how to manage and educate others of risk and harm reduction
• Tolerance for Ambiguity: Functions effectively in situations of less than perfect or incomplete information.

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Curriculum Developer
Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Literacy Summer Camps (LGALSC) Project

Location:                      Toronto, Ontario
Term Position:              May 2005- September 15, 2005
Salary Range:               $22,500.00 to 27,500.00 for 6-month contract
Placement Date:           May 2, 2005
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Nature and Scope:
Planned in collaboration with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), the LGALSC Project is a three–week summer camp for 75 Aboriginal youth ages 8-14 that will be offered in five First Nations communities in northern Ontario during July and August 2005. The goal of the LGALSC is to improve literacy rates among young people through participation in a summer camp program that focuses on fostering within participants insights, feelings, knowledge, and skills about the learning process.
The LGALSC is a collaborative project of the NAN, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Scouts Canada, National Indigenous Literacy Association, World Literacy of Canada, Frontier College, Toronto District School Board, and YMCA Ontario (the Steering Committee). The Steering Committee considers the LGALSC to be a pilot program, with potential to be continued after 2005.
While the position will operate out of Scouts Canada’s Toronto office, the Curriculum Developer will be expected to be based in northern Ontario during the summer months. A relocation allowance will be provided during the summer months.

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Program Manager, the major responsibility of the Curriculum Developer is to coordinate the development of the summer camp literacy curriculum, in consultation with the partner organizations and the Program Manager.
• Based on the defined goals and objectives of the camp curriculum, develops and organizes training sessions for camp directors and youth counselors, in consultation with the partner organizations and the Program Manager.
• Develops future summer camp leaders through a focus on mentorship approaches and programming.
• Assists the Program Manager in directing camp operations including camper care, site operations, health and safety matters, and supervising and coaching camp directors, as required.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in curriculum planning.
• Minimum of two years in a supervisory/management role in a summer camp or similar youth-focused organization.
• Demonstrated experience volunteering or working in an Aboriginal context.
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with and share leadership with other managers.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in education, recreation or related field 
• Possesses or has the capacity to obtain a valid CPR and First Aid certification
• Successful completion of a criminal reference check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of literacy issues
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of youth Aboriginal issues.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with First Nations communities.

Competencies:

• Leadership: Motivates and inspires self and others to take action to achieve desired outcomes.
• Relationship Building and Collaboration:  Builds positive interactions both internally and externally to achieve work-related goals.
• Communications: Ability to speak, write, listen and secure information in a variety of settings.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishes a clearly defined and effective course of action for self and others to accomplish short and long-term goals.
• Teamwork: Participates actively and positively in teams and teambuilding for maximum organizational effectiveness.
• Results-Oriented: Ability to manage and lead to achieve and exceed identified goals.
• Tolerance for Ambiguity: Functions effectively in situations of less than perfect or incomplete information.

A letter of application and resume should be sent by April 1st to:
Scouts Canada
Central Ontario
265 Yorkland Blvd.
2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario M2J 5C7
FAX:    416-490-6911
Email:  psundborg@scouts.ca
We would prefer to receive your letter of application and resume via email

Attn:   Peter Sundborg
          Executive Director