Program Officer WEST, Indigenous Programs
Listed on 2025-12-30
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Youth Development, Child Development/Support, Community Health
ABOUT US:
We reach millions of children each year in some of the most difficult places on earth, helping them to stay in school and learn, overcome prejudice, heal from trauma, and develop the skills they need to thrive. We do this by harnessing play, one of the most fundamental forces in a child’s life, to teach children the critical skills they need to dismantle barriers and embrace opportunities, in learning and in life.
Established in 2000, Right To Play reaches children through experiential programming in 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. These programs are supported by our global offices in Toronto, Canada;
London, UK and seven national offices across Europe and North America.
OUR CULTURE:
- Accept Everyone – Be intentional about inclusion
- Make Things Happen – Seek opportunities to lead and innovate
- Display Courage – Act with integrity
- Demonstrate Care – Look after yourself and one another
- Be Playful – Have fun at work
ABOUT PLAY PROGRAM:
The Promoting Life-skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program partners with First Nations communities and urban Indigenous organizations across British Columbia, Yukon, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, to deliver community-driven, culturally relevant play-based programming designed to enhance leadership, self-confidence, and self-efficacy among children and youth. Guided by an Indigenous community development model, PLAY and its partners create safe and inclusive spaces where children and youth can share their ideas, their hopes, and their fears, and learn the skills to become positive agents of change.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Program Manager, the Program Officer is responsible for on-going capacity building and administrative support of Child and Youth Workers facilitating projects or the PLAY program in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities and Indigenous organizations throughout Canada. The Program Officer is also the main liaison for 7-10 Indigenous community partners with responsibilities that include developing and nurturing relationships with local community leadership, supporting the co-design of a tailormade projects or programs that meets the needs and goals of each community, and reporting back any outcomes from the program to all key stakeholders.
This position requires frequent travel throughout Canada (locations pending partnership portfolio).
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Work with Child and Youth Workers to establish realistic plans that result in high quality, reliable play-based programming for children and youth
- Delegate tasks and ensure work plans and responsibilities are completed in a timely and concise manner
- Organize phone meetings and program visits with Child and Youth Workers to ensure their goals are being met and they are receiving the support they require
- Arrange for skill enhancement workshops and opportunities for Child and Youth Workers to ensure they have the required skills to effectively do their jobs
- Work with Child and Youth Workers and Community Supervisors to help finalize work-plans
- Liaise with Child and Youth Workers, Community Supervisors and FNMI leadership on a regular basis to ensure tasks are being completed, and to create a strong support system
- Ensure the completion of all required partnership agreements and administrative requirements (progress reports, financial reports)
- Trouble-shoot programmatic and human resource issues that directly impact the success of the program and work directly with partner communities to resolve issues
- Visit partner communities to provide coaching and support for projects and local PLAY program to enhance its reach and impact with youth
- Liaise with key contacts and Child and Youth Workers to determine how projects, programs and partnerships can be strengthened and improved
- Work to establish strong and transparent relationships with community leadership and community members
- Present findings of needs assessments to the community to ensure that analysis is accurate
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