Anticipated Position Start Date: Monday, June 29, 2026
Job Duration: 8 weeks
Hours per week: 35
Tasks and Responsibilities
The ideal person will have a passion to work with families and individuals in community-wide initiatives. He or she will provide support to our Community Engagement departmental work and maintain healthy relations with primary and secondary stakeholders such as donors, congregants and visitors to our centre. Tasks include, but not limited to, neighborhood and community engagement, donations, public relations and events, community investment, content creation, records and data management and reporting.
Skills participant will develop and be required to utilize during this placement
The summer student will be asked to be client-facing at times in a professional and cordial manner. Often times this requires the ability to think through and solve problems in a professional and cordial manner. During this placement, the student will be required to:
Interact with clients/customers both internal and external
Assess situations and identify problems
Seek different points of view and evaluate them based on facts
Recognize the human, interpersonal, technical, scientific, and mathematical dimensions of a problem
Identify the root cause of a problem
Be creative and innovative in exploring possible solutions
Evaluate solutions to make recommendations or decisions
Implement solutions
Check to see if a solution works, and act on opportunities for improvement
The summer student will be asked to work alongside a number of other employees and volunteers on a variety of projects and tasks in a professional and cordial manner. The student will be required to:
Understand and work within the dynamics of a group
Ensure that a team’s purpose and objectives are clear
Be flexible: respect, and be open to and supportive of the thoughts, opinions, and contributions of others in a group
Recognize and respect people’s diversity, individual differences, and perspectives
Accept and provide feedback in a constructive and considerate manner
Contribute to a team by sharing information and expertise
Lead or support when appropriate, motivating a group for high performance
Understand the role of conflict in a group to reach solutions
Manage and resolve conflict when appropriate
Follow a plan, design, or carry out a project or task from start to finish with well-defined objectives and outcomes
Seek feedback, test, revise, and implement
Work to agreed-upon quality standards and specifications
Select and use appropriate tools and technology for a task or project
Adapt to changing requirements and information
Continuously monitor the success of a project or task and identify ways to improve
The summer student will be asked to liaise with a variety of stakeholders both internal (other employees, management) and external (vendors, students, parents). They will also be required to communicate in a variety of ways (in-person, in writing and digitally from time to time). The student will be required to:
Read and understand the information presented in a variety of forms (e.g., words, graphs, charts, diagrams)
Write and speak so others pay attention and understand
Listen and ask questions to understand and appreciate the points of view of others
Share information using a range of information and communications technologies (e.g., voice, e-mail, computers)
Use relevant scientific, technological, and mathematical knowledge and skills to explain or clarify ideas
Locate, gather, and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems
Access, analyze, and apply knowledge and skills from various disciplines (e.g., the arts, languages, science, technology, mathematics, social sciences, and the humanities)
Decide what needs to be measured or calculated
Observe and record data using appropriate methods, tools, and technology
Make estimates and verify calculations
