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.

10 WEEK TERM (SUMMER), TWO SUMMER YOUTH POSITIONS AVAILABLE

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.

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
• Assist WBCO’s Garden and Compost Initiatives Coordinator 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 Winnnipeg’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; 30 hours/week for 10 weeks (Mid-June –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.

How to apply:

Please submit resume and cover letter by Wednesday, May 29, 2024 to:

Kelly Frazer, Executive Director

West Broadway Community Organization

748 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0X3

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

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