Special Events and Engagement - Summer Student

SPECIAL EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENT - SUMMER STUDENT

Temporary Contract, May 20 to July 11, 2025 (8 weeks)

35 hours per week, $17.50 per hour

(Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM)

At Community Support Connections, we wake up each morning energized about the difference we make in the lives of our clients; people who could be your parents, grandparents, friends, or neighbours. Working with hundreds of amazing volunteers, donors, and community partners, we provide a wide range of community supports for older adults and people with diverse abilities to help them live at home with independence and dignity – something we all deserve. We are truly caring and client-centered, and are constantly innovating; looking for new and better ways to provide the best care and supports possible.

Passion and commitment permeate everything we do. Driven by our values, we treat our clients, volunteers, donors, and each other, with dignity and respect. We are committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and welcome candidates from different backgrounds and all life experiences. We believe the best way to serve our clients and volunteers is to create an environment and culture that empowers our staff to be as productive and happy as possible.

The Special Events summer student will help promote and raise awareness of services for seniors and people with diverse abilities, while assisting the revenue development, communications and volunteer engagement departments. Through the support and guidance of their teams, they will conduct research, interviews, and other journalism-based activities; produce an array of written and visual content for one or more digital and print-based media platforms; assist with in-person and virtual special events and promotions, and assist with office related tasks for the recruitment of volunteers.

If you are a budding special events, communications or volunteer professional looking for a fun and challenging opportunity to build your portfolio, we want to hear from you!

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assist to planning and execution of our signature event, Tacofest, with logistics, social media, and various other planning tasks. Successful candidate must be available to work Friday, June 13, 2025.
• Assist to promote and raise awareness of services for older adults and people with diverse abilities.
• Coordinate tasks with other team members of the revenue development, communications and volunteer engagement departments.
• Assist Development Team by assisting with special event tasks including promotions, social media, setup/tear down of in-person and virtual events, preparing sponsor and participant packages, etc.
• Support Volunteer and Engagement Team by assisting with screening candidates, assisting with interviews, and completing reference checks.
• Assist with office related tasks such as preparing volunteer packages, data entry and filing/scanning records as needed.
• Produce an array of written and visual content for one or more digital and print-based media platforms.
• Assist with other special projects including onsite vegetable garden.
• Enthusiasm to help with other duties as required.
• Deliver Meals on Wheels.

Requested Skills/Qualifications

• This job is funded through Canada Summer Jobs 2025, and to be eligible applicants must:
• Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment.
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment.
• Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with Ontario legislation and regulations.

• Successful candidate must be available to work the entire 8-week contract.
• Valid G or G2 Driver’s License and daily access to a safe, licensed and reliable vehicle for business-related travel.
• Satisfactory police records check for the vulnerable sector.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Completed or working towards a degree, diploma or certificate in communications, marketing, event management, public relations, volunteer management or related program.
• Experience with Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, InDesign) and Canva preferred.
• Experience with social media including creating and scheduling posts and creating and engaging reels and stories.
• Superior multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Superior attention to detail.
• Experience with seniors, volunteers and/or persons with diverse abilities.
• Ability to communicate in language other than English an asset.

Application Information

Please submit resume and cover letter highlighting the unique attributes you bring to the position by May 6, 2025.

Persons from equity-seeking groups are encouraged to apply.

We are happy to accommodate the needs of qualified applicants in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you are contacted for an interview and anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know in advance how to best meet your needs.

Check out communitysupportconnections.org to learn more about our programs and services! You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn!