Healthy Living Program Worker Timmins Native Friendship Centre

Timmins Native Friendship Centre; Timmins; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Timmins Native Friendship Centre offers a Full-Time Health and Wellness Program Coordinator role to lead culturally informed healthy living initiatives for Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors.

You will design, deliver, and evaluate nutrition, physical activity, recreation and health education programs, building partnerships with community groups and ensuring safe, engaging activities, including evening and weekend work.

Qualifications

• Experience in program planning, development, implementation, data collection, and evaluation.
• Experience working with Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors, facilitating groups.
• Knowledge of Indigenous culture and Friendship Centre movement and TNFC programs.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, problem-solving and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and to coordinate with partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, coordinate, and deliver healthy lifestyle programming for Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors to improve health and well-being.
• Promote healthy eating, nutritional education, access to healthy foods, physical fitness, recreation, and sports activities.
• Develop and implement programs that encourage physical activity, improve cardiovascular health, promote smoking reduction, and support healthy lifestyle behaviours.
• Incorporate traditional cultural activities into recreation, sports, and healthy lifestyle programming.
• Consult with community members to identify healthy lifestyle program needs and interests and develop programming reflecting community priorities.
• Plan, organize, supervise, facilitate, and evaluate nutrition, physical activity, recreation, and health education programs.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with local community sports, fitness, recreation agencies and other providers.
• Promote programs and activities within the community, specifically targeting Indigenous groups.
• Maintain program activity records, participant files, data and reports; participate in planning and evaluation.
• Ensure programs meet health and safety standards and provide evening/weekend programming as required.
• Collaborate with TNFC programs and partners to support delivery of Healthy Living Program.

Skills

Program planning

Facilitation

Data collection

Microsoft Office

Driver's license

Interpersonal skills

Cree/Ojibway assets

Education

Post-secondary degree/diploma in Social Services or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Full-Time | Timmins, Ontario | Unionized Position

Date Posted: November 4, 2026

The Timmins Native Friendship Centre (TNFC) provides services to support the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples through intervention, prevention, direct services, advocacy, and support in the areas of health, education, employment and training, culture, recreation, and social services.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Design, develop, coordinate, and deliver healthy lifestyle programming for Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors to improve health and well-being.
• Promote healthy eating, nutritional education, access to healthy foods, physical fitness, recreation, and sports activities.
• Develop and implement programs that encourage physical activity, improve cardiovascular health, promote smoking reduction, and support healthy lifestyle behaviours.
• Incorporate traditional cultural activities into recreation, sports, and healthy lifestyle programming to promote cultural awareness and community participation.
• Consult with community members to identify healthy lifestyle program needs and interests and develop programming that reflects community priorities.
• Plan, organize, supervise, facilitate, and evaluate nutrition, physical activity, recreation, and health education programs.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with local community sports, fitness, recreation agencies, organizations, and other community service providers.
• Promote programs and activities within the community, specifically targeting Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors.
• Maintain program activity records, participant files, statistical data, and reports, and participate in program planning and evaluation.
• Ensure programs and activities meet health and safety standards, including injury prevention, and provide evening and weekend programming as required.
• Collaborate with TNFC programs and community partners to support the effective delivery of the Healthy Living Program.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Social Services, Sports and Recreation, Health/Fitness, or a related field.
• Experience in program planning, development, implementation, data collection, and evaluation.
• Experience working with Indigenous children, youth, women, and seniors, facilitating groups, and presenting educational workshops.
• Knowledge of Indigenous culture, traditional activities, and the Friendship Centre movement, its aims and objectives, and TNFC programs and services.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, time-management, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, establish community partnerships, and coordinate activities with other Friendship Centre programs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Cree and/or Ojibway language skills are an asset.
• Current Standard First Aid and Level C CPR, WHMIS, and Food Handler Certificate.
• Valid driver's licence, appropriate vehicle insurance, and access to a safe and reliable vehicle.
• Ability to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check.

The successful candidate will work a flexible 35-hour work week, with a minimum of two (2) evening or weekend programming activities per month. Working hours will accommodate the demands of the position and the needs and objectives of TNFC, at the organization's discretion.

Salary Range: $50,000-$55,000

Three (3) employment references will be required at the time of the interview *

Date Posted: November 4, 2026

Posting Deadline: November 19, 2026