Administrative Support – Summer Student

Employment Opportunity: Administrative Support – Summer Student

Location: Halifax, NS

Salary Range: $19.00/ per hour

Employment Term: 8 weeks, June 2025- August 2025 (Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week)

Reports To: Program Managers

General Description:

Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is centrally located in the urban Indigenous community of Halifax and is looking for One (1) Administrative Support – Summer Student. The Administrative Support worker will work in tandem with all the MNFC staff to assist with all programs and services. This position will be focused on providing an Indigenous student the opportunity to gain work experience while continuing their education. This is a designated position for a student with Indigenous ancestry. Applicants must also be able to provide proof of post-secondary enrolment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support for all program activities for the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
2. Organizing files
3. Prepare student information packages
4. Research for resources, tools and supports
5. Brochure development
6. Update and maintain MNFC internal database
7. Update and maintain social media page
8. Plan and implement fundraising activities and events
9. Client information sessions
10. Assist with Friendship Centre events
11. Vacation relief in various programs
12. Triaging community members at the reception desk
13. Assisting with annual Urban Indigenous Backpack Program
14. Assist with organizing files
15. Assist with admin at Sitamuk Cultural Post
16. May perform other related duties as required

Qualifications & Experience:

1. Must be a youth (up to age 30)
2. Must have attended post-secondary from September 2024 to April 2025; and be returning to full-time studies in the Fall of 2025
3. Excellent communicator, both spoken and written
4. Strong organizational and time-management skills
5. Thrives working both independently (a self-starter) and collaboratively
6. Personal attributes: respectful, able to take direction
7. Dependable and consistently works to uphold MNFC ethics and standards
8. This position is designated for students of indigenous ancestry, please self-identify

Application Deadline: May 16th 2025 at 4:00pm

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel working within this job title.

The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer; and complies with all fair employment practices laws. We are committed to providing a workplace free from unlawful discrimination and harassment and prohibit the same against employees, applicants or other covered persons by co-workers, supervisors, managers, or third parties based on a person’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, veterans status, disability unrelated to job requirements, ethnicity, genetic information, military service, political affiliation, marital status and pregnancy or other protected status.

Qualified Indigenous applicants will be given priority in accordance with the Aboriginal Employment Preference Policy of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) reserves the right to refuse all applications for employment. The MNFC will not assume any expenses related to this or any job application process included and not limited to travel, relocation, and application development.

*Only those applicants who are screened in for an interview will be contacted.