Description
The Medicine Hat Local Immigration Partnership (MHLIP) is a collaborative community initiative funded by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs):
- Systematize local engagement of service providers and other community organizations for welcoming and including newcomers in the community
- Support community-level research and strategic planning
- Improve coordination of effective services that facilitate immigrant settlement and integration
LIPs do not deliver services directly to newcomers, but facilitate a collaborative framework with community partners to ensure the development and implementation of successful and sustainable strategies to integrate newcomer/immigrant needs, build welcoming communities, support immigrant recruitment and retention, create active inclusion, and increase the sense of belonging of newcomers.
The MHLIP coordinator will be primarily responsible for managing and facilitating objectives of the LIP in the communities within the Medicine Hat region. S/he will work together with the CCIS LIP manager, other key stakeholders, and will be accountable to the MHLIP Partnership Council.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with existing MHLIP partners and working group members
- Seek new MHLIP partners, and support their participation and leadership
- Listen to the needs of newcomers through conversations with partners, community organizations, and newcomers themselves
- Work with partners to review strategic plan, and develop annual action plans
- Lead the implementation of MHLIP’s current action plan by working with stakeholders to achieve workplan goals and project deliverables
- Coordinate activities across working groups, finding alignment with all the activities in the region
- Continue to develop and test sustainable strategies with stakeholders in Medicine Hat and area to:
- Reach out to newcomers to Medicine Hat that are not connected
- Build welcoming communities
- Create active inclusion
- Support immigrant recruitment and retention
- Include immigrants in the region’s attraction and retention strategy
- Increase the sense of belonging of newcomers
- Contribute to the development and implementation of measurement strategies to evaluate MHLIP impact
- Support the design of survey/evaluation tools
- Coordinate service provider and/or newcomer focus groups or survey completion for research/evaluations as needed
- Participate in meetings/activities held by partner organizations and neighbourhood networks to foster strong relationships with stakeholders
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings
- Prepare all reports and annual performance reviews
- Work within set budgets and monitor program expenditures
- Share information regarding MHLIP priorities and initiatives with community members, other CCIS LIPs, and LIPs in the Prairies and Northwest Territories
Qualifications:
- Education
- University degree, or equivalent experience, in any people, public relations, business, communication, or cultural-focused discipline, including living abroad
- Background and demonstrated evidence of recent work in community development and community engagement is essential
- Experience
- Proven track record of working with multiple stakeholders, maximizing collaboration and creative community solutions
- Experience facilitating groups, processes, and community engagement
- Experience in communication plans, marketing plans, and communication is an asset
- Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of issues related to the successful settlement of newcomers
- Knowledge of Medicine Hat and surrounding communities is an asset
- Abilities
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Visual communication skills
- Webpage design
- Social media
- Experience with a variety of media to reach dfferent audiences
- Interpersonal skills
- High cultural competency
- Problem solving skills
- Organizational and project management skills is an asset
- Personality traits
- Takes initiative
- Team Player
- Independent
- Critical thinker
- Creative
- Dependable
- Open minded
- Adaptable
- Specific requirements
- Current valid driver’s license and access to vehicle
- Must be willing to work flexible hours (some work ocassionally in evening and on weekends will be required)
Pay: $24.00-$26.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
