French Language Services Coordinator – Shelter Services

French Language Services Coordinator – Shelter Services

Huronia Transition Homes is a non-profit organization working to end all violence against all women. We operate 5 primary programs, including La Maison Rosewood Shelter, a woman-centered organization that provides support to women who are fleeing violence, or are experiencing homelessness. We are committed to providing our services within an intersectional feminist and harm reduction integrated environment.

Huronia Transition Homes is currently hiring a French Language Services Coordinator – Shelter Services for a full-time (40-hour work week), 12-month contract to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate for this position will report to the Development Manager and will work primarily out of our Midland office. Integrating an intersectional feminist framework and a harm reduction philosophy, the French Language Services (FLS) Coordinator is responsible for enhancing FLS capacity across the organization.

The FLS Coordinator will support the provision of services to women in French by developing and implementing training plans for staff to improve their French language skills, and by building specialized feedback mechanisms for francophone women in service and awareness of Ontario’s French Language Services Act. The FLS Coordinator will support the development and integration of the French language into organizational communication strategies and public awareness campaigns.

FLS capacity

• Support in the overall organizational capacity to meet the unique needs of French speaking women in service.
• Ensure that HTH participates, recognizes and respects the right of all Francophone women to receive service in their own language and will work diligently to ensure that all of their intake processes and procedures articulate this commitment and agree to inform women of the establishment of a meeting with a francophone counsellor.
• Ensure that the principals contained on the FLS Referral Agreement for Violence Against Women Agencies of Simcoe County are understood and implemented within the organization.
• Develop and provide training to enhance staff and Board capacity of the French language, and knowledge of the FLS act of Ontario. Ensure accountable French language service provision, inclusive of appropriate policies and procedures.
• Make recommendations for HTH to improve FLS policies, procedures and practices.
• Increase HTH’s network within the francophone community.
• Enhance organizational capacity to evaluate FLS services and create formal feedback mechanism for women engaged at La Maison Rosewood in French services.

Team Support

• Individually and in team settings, support staff to ensure programs and services are delivered in accordance with approved policies and procedures and the FLS Referral Agreement for Violence Against Women Agencies of Simcoe County.
• Support organizational understanding of the FLS referral agreement for Violence Against Women Agencies of Simcoe County.
• Support in the revision of organizational recruitment processes to support in the acquisition of French speaking candidates.
• Support in the recruitment process for French speaking employees.
• Provide orientation and training to FLS program staff in accordance with the FLS Referral Agreement and the approved policies and procedures of HTH.
• Identify FLS team and individual training needs and forward recommendations.

Communications and Development

• Develop French language materials, for programming and promotion.
• Complete translation of HTH resources inclusive of website, and promotional materials into the French language.
• Integrate the French language into HTH’s communication strategy, inclusive of HTH’s social media strategy.
• Develop social media content in both official languages.
• Develop and implement an outreach strategy in consultation with the Development Manager to raise awareness about la Maison Rosewood’s French language services.

Program Administration

• Develop an action plan to implement HTH’s FLS quality improvement plan.
• Identify and forward recommendations for procedural amendments to the Director of Human Resources and Operations.
• Establish quality assurance…