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Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education Services Employment Opportunities

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education Services and the First Nations of Fort Severn, Keewaywin, Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, and McDowell Lake, invites applications for the following two (2) positions:

1. Keewaytinook Okimakanak KO) Off-Reserve Secondary School Services Support Worker

2. KO Youth ICT Training & Employment Summer Program 2009

Position One
Keewaytinook Okimakanak KO) Off-Reserve Secondary School Services Support Worker

KO has an opening for an Off-Reserve Secondary School Services Support Worker. The Support Worker will be under the supervision of the KO Off-Reserve Secondary School Student Services Intake Coordinators.

Support Worker Duties:
Under the direction of the Coordinators the Student Services Support Worker will:

• Maintain close contact with Students, Family, Counselors, Boarding Home Parents, Northern Nishnawbe Education Council, Ontario/Manitoba Provincial School Boards, and the Manitoba Indian Education Association staff to ensure student health, safety and academic success; and
• Assist in providing student support services to all of KO’s off-reserve secondary school students, including, but not limited to transportation and all aspects of effective counseling. 

Education and Experience:

• Post Secondary Training and extensive experience in the area of Education or Social Work preferred;
• Knowledge of First Nations Culture;
• Ability to speak one of our local dialects is an asset;
• Excellent written and speaking skills;
• A valid Driver’s License; and
• Travel to KO Communities

Wages:   Based on Education and Experience.

Applications must include:

• Cover Letter;
• Resume;
• Three (3) references, one of which is from a recent employer and  signed authorization for K.O. to contact your references; and
• All applicants must be prepared to provide KO with a Criminal Conviction Check before hiring .

Position Two
KO Youth ICT Training & Employment Summer Program 2009

KO has a Summer Employment opening through the Youth ICT Training & Employment Summer Program 2009. The successful applicant will be under the supervision of the Youth ICT Training & Employment Summer Program 2009 Coordinator.

The Program
The application process is open to First Nations and Inuit Secondary and Post-Secondary students aged 15 to 30 ordinarily resident on reserve or in recognized communities or on community lands, registered as full-time students during the preceding academic year and who intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year.

The Program Goals

• Help youth acquire skills by providing wage subsidies for their summer work experience;
• Assist First Nations and Inuit Secondary and Post-Secondary students to prepare for future entry into the labour market by helping them to obtain summer employment; and
• Enable First Nations and Inuit youth to earn wages to help finance their Post-Secondary Education.

Each applicant must provide the following:

• NAME
• D.O.B.
• ADDRESS
• TOWN
• POSTAL CODE
• BAND NUMBER
• S.I.N.
• Each applicant must provide KO with a typed one page letter describing why they are interested in an ICT career and include it in their application.

Deadline for both the above Positions - One & Two is:  
June 22, 2009 by 1:00 P.M. CST

Please FAX or E-Mail Resumes to:

Jim Teskey - Education Advisor/Secondary Support Services
Keewaytinook Okimakanak Education
Balmertown, Ontario P0V 1C0
FAX: (807) 735-3392
PHONE: (807) 735-1381 Ext. 1309
E-MAIL: jimteskey@knet.ca

Keewaytinook Okimakanak thanks everyone who applies for these positions but will only be contacing those who will be invited to an interview.