Job Description

JOB POSTING #2025-35-01

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL

School's Out for Newcomer Immigrant Children (SONIC)

Immigrant Youth Services

Youth Program Facilitator

Wage: $23.46 per hour

Part Time: 30 hours per week, Monday to Thursday

Temporary for 9 weeks: mid June 2025 to end of August 2025

(2 positions)

Create English Literacy Lessons for Newcomer Children

Join the team at Archway

Come Help Us Help People

Location: Abbotsford

On Site

Job Summary:

The Youth Program Facilitators will support students in learning English, enhancing their social and emotional development, and engaging in physical activities. We will run two groups throughout the summer. The Youth Program Facilitators will be responsible for creating and delivering engaging English literacy lessons for a 9-week instructional program aimed at newcomer youth. The classes will be delivered twice weekly to two groups - Ages 8-10 and Ages 11-12 - of approximately 20 students per group.

Your Role:

Planning and facilitating activities for children that will help them to improve their English, while focusing on social and emotional learning. Planning and facilitating safe and engaging indoor and outdoor games to keep the children physically active. Preparing healthy and culturally appropriate snacks and cleaning up food preparation and eating areas. Meeting with parents at pick-up times to discuss child and/or family needs and making referrals to appropriate services within the community, including services offered by Archway. Participating in recreational activities, outings, and field trips and making appropriate linkages to classroom learning. Keeping track of participant attendance and connecting with participants who are frequently missing classes.
This position is a great fit for someone who has a background in classroom instruction, has experience working with newcomer children or youth, is creative, energetic, and is able to engage and motivate children and youth.

Our Offer

Wage: $23.46 per hour. A part-time position at 30 hours per week, availability Mondays to Thursdays, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Temporary until end of August 2025.

Perks include:

Great in-house training opportunities. Access to online wellness resources including newsletters, physical health videos, and wellness events. Free use of Archway's wellness equipment. Business insurance and associated mileage costs for program-related driving is covered by Archway. Rewarding work in a positive environment. Work/life balance.

Getting an Interview - you will be considered if you have:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Child and Youth Care, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience engaging with children ages 6 to 12 from diverse backgrounds. Experience in providing activities for up to 15 children per group. Fluency in English and an additional language is an asset. A valid Class 5 BC Driver's License and satisfactory driver's abstract.

The Job Requires you to have:

Good computer skills; able to use Microsoft Office365. Ability to communicate respectfully and effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and levels of English. Ability to plan, organize, manage time and meet deadlines. Knowledge of the Abbotsford area. Ability to work with participants outdoors during excursions and field trips. Ability to work over the summer, which may involve extreme heat conditions during outdoor excursions and field trips. Ability to drive for program related work, which requires the use of a personal vehicle which can be insured according to Archway's transportation policy. Lived experience as a newcomer to Canada is an asset. First Aid and CPR Certification is an asset. A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.

Closing date is June 01, 2025.

TO APPLY

Interested applicants are to reference

Posting #2025-35-01 in the subject line.

Please submit your cover letter and resume to:
jobpostings@archway.ca

Job Posting #2025-35-01

No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted

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Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies. If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to jobpostings@archway.ca with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.

Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.

We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional and unceded territory of the Sto:l? people. Sto:l? territory extends from the mouth of the Fraser River to Boston Bar. Locally, this includes the Matsqui First Nation and Sumas First Nation. We give them thanks for sharing their land and resources with us.

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We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.

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Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 weeks

Pay: $23.48 per hour

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress Mileage reimbursement On-site parking Wellness program
Flexible language requirement:

French not required
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Child and Youth Care, or an equivalent combination of education and experience? Do you have experience engaging with children ages 6 to 12 from diverse backgrounds? Do you have experience in providing activities for up to 15 children per group? Fluency in English and an additional language is an asset. A valid Class 5 BC Driver's License and satisfactory driver's abstract (Required) First Aid and CPR Certification is an asset. A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-06-01