Culture Events Assistant; PT

Job Type: Casual Part-time, up to 4 Months, Non-Union

Salary Range: $26.04 to $35.33 per hour

Final date to receive applications:
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 11:59 pm

Recreation and Culture Services builds vibrant, healthy, active and connected communities by providing facilities and programs that give all Barrie residents an opportunity to participate in recreational activities. Key responsibilities include identifying community recreation needs and interests, developing and delivering recreation opportunities which meet these needs and interests, maintaining and operating recreational and cultural facilities to provide a setting for these activities, and managing the provision of space to external community providers and groups.

Under the general guidance and direction of the Manager of Recreation and Culture Services, the Culture Events Assistant (PT) provides support to the special events permitting process and the day-to-day operations of the Recreation and Culture Department. Specifically, this position provides assistance to the Community Events Coordinator, and support with various administrative, event permitting, communications, and general tasks associated with special events.

Furthermore, this position meets with event organizers on site in advance of and after events are held, to assess the state of City-owned assets and to ensure that organizers are operating events according to the event permit conditions. Additionally, this position receives, responds to, or redirects inquiries, questions, or complaints by phone, email, and in person, from internal and external contacts regarding special events and the event permitting process.

Overall, this position plays an integral role in supporting special events and the Recreation and Culture Services Department and enabling the delivery of comprehensive event programming and permitting services.

Corporate Culture:
Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.

Equally important to what we do is how we do it - your actions reflect our core accountabilities of Personal Awareness, Teamwork and Collaboration, Respect and Inclusion, Innovation, and Service Excellence, which define how we work together to succeed.

Two (2) year College Diploma in Marketing, Event Management, Tourism Management, Recreation and Leisure Services, Public Relations, or related discipline

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at

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Two (2) years of cumulative part-time experience or one (1) year of full-time experience performing duties related to the above mentioned major responsibilities

Demonstrated Ability to:

• interact effectively and courteously with all levels of staff and contacts in a political and community/client service environment
• maintain a high standard of public relations at all times
• maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• perform in a manner which is consistent with the corporate goals, vision, mission and values
• set-up and operate audio visual equipment
• work independently with minimal supervision
• work under pressure to meet deadlines or peak period workloads

• Customer Service
• Interpersonal
• Problem Solving
• Research
• Teamwork
• Time Management
• Written Communication

• Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word)
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