Employment

West Broadway Community Organization (WBCO) strives to hire locally whenever possible and we believe that life experience is just as important as formal education. Please consider applying for jobs as they appear on this page.

West Broadway Community Organization (WBCO) is a not-for-profit organization that coordinates social and economic revitalization efforts in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood. We work through a harm reduction lens and have a particular focus on offering support to deeply marginalized and unhoused community members.

West Broadway Community Organization recognizes the importance of having our organization reflect the people of our community and recognizes the important skills and knowledge of people with lived experience of poverty, racism, and other forms of oppression. Therefore, Indigenous people, racialized people, people from the LGBTQ2S+ community, and people who have experienced homelessness will be given special consideration.

If you require accommodation for the application/interview process (such as a computer or printer, or accessibility accommodations) please let us know, and we will be happy to support you.

Program Goals:

• Improve safety and reduce harms in West Broadway

• Improve the personal well-being of all community members

• Provide services to stabilize unhoused or deeply marginalized community members

• Strengthen West Broadway’s social fabric

• Improve transportation infrastructure and maintenance for pedestrians, cyclists and transit users

Core Activities/Responsibilities:

• Implement and track the safety-specific goals of West Broadway’s Five-Year Community Plan

• Replenish and distribute basic needs items for unhoused community members

• Provide support for newly rehoused West Broadway residents

• Assist unhoused community members to access ID, EIA support, etc.

• Representing WBCO as assigned

Qualifications/Experience

Education:

▪ Strong speaking and writing skills required in this position.

Experience/Knowledge:

▪ Familiarity with tracking outcomes and reporting

▪ Minimum two years of related work experience in community-based programming, community planning, and communication

▪ Experience working in the inner city

▪ Training in nonviolent crisis intervention/de-escalating potentially violent situations an asset

▪ Preference given to applicants renting in Winnipeg’s inner city

Skills in the following areas are essential to the position:

• Project delivery

• Harm reduction

• Report writing

• Public speaking

• Rapport with diverse populations

Hours and Wage:

• 30 hours per week

• Term position to March 31, 2026, with possibility of extension

• $22 an hour

• Office hours are daytimes Monday – Friday, some evening and weekend work required

How to Apply:

Please submit a resume and cover letter by email to [email protected]

Kelly Frazer Executive Director

West Broadway Community Organization 748 Broadway

Winnipeg, MB R3G 0X3

APPLICATION DUE DATE - 5pm on May 23, 2025

Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

West Broadway Community Organization (WBCO) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization working to coordinate and support social and economic development efforts in Winnipeg's West Broadway neighbourhood. WBCO works with residents and stakeholders toward environmentally sustainable, social and economic revitalization of the West Broadway neighbourhood.

WBCO’s Urban Green Team Workers will help maintain greenspaces and composting infrastructure in the West Broadway Neighbourhood, while assisting in the coordination of workshops and community gardens programming.

8-12 WEEK TERM (SUMMER), TWO SUMMER YOUTH POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Responsibilities:

• Maintain community gardens and composting sites around West Broadway including: mowing grass, weeding, watering plants, picking up litter, creating and repairing garden signage, and maintaining and repairing garden boxes
• Assisting community volunteers in regularly turning compost piles, and helping to repair and maintain compost bins
• Assist WBCO’s Gardens Coordinator in planning and implementing gardens related workshops
• Assist WBCO’s Gardens Coordinator in the coordination and delivery of drop-in community gardens programming
• Assist with West Broadway community events and act as an ambassador of WBCO in the community

Qualifications and experience:

• Basic knowledge of gardening and composting
• Knowledge of food security issues in Winnipeg’s inner-city considered an asset
• Ability to work outdoors in many types of weather and do physical labour in the gardens
• Ability to lift 40 pounds
• Ability to work well independently (self-directed work habits) and with a team
• Some experience assisting in the coordination of environmental activities or programs would be an asset
• Respectful of all people, good interpersonal skills
• CPR and First Aid training are an asset but not required

Wage and hours of work:

$16.60/ hour; 35 hours/week for 8-12 weeks (June/July –September). Monday to Friday. Occasional evening/weekend work may be required.

Terms of work:

This is an internship funded by Urban Green Team Manitoba. The funding stipulates that the employee must be a youth between 15 and 29 years of age at the time of hire, and those who are 15 years of age require a certificate of completion for the Young Worker Readiness Certificate course.

WBCO is an equal opportunity employer and strives for a fair, cooperative, respectful and safe environment that protects and promotes the human rights and affirms the dignity of all persons. WBCO is committed to the principle of equitable access to employment and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. We encourage you to self-identify in your cover letter.

How to apply: Please submit resume and cover letter by Tuesday, May 20, 2024 at 12pm to:

Kelly Frazer, Executive Director

West Broadway Community Organization

748 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0X3

[email protected] | Phone: 204-774-7201 Ext. 5

Thank you to all those who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.