Impact North Shore (formerly North Shore Multicultural Society)

Role: Community Connections Workshop Support

Purpose: Assisting the Community Connections program through group activities on the North Shore for new immigrants to learn about local resources and events, while making new friends, connecting with long-term residents and practicing English skills.

Responsibilities:

• Arrive on time; receive orientation of event schedule and activities
• Provide support to facilitator and guest speaker(s), as required
• Assist with set up, take down and clean up of event space

(Includes moving and lifting tables/chairs)

• Welcome, greet and check-in participants at the registration table

• Prepare, distribute, and collect handouts and evaluation forms; check for completion

• Other responsibilities as required

Competencies:

• Openness to engage with participants and community partners
• Comfortable working with people of varying ages and cultural backgrounds
• Flexible, adaptive to change
• High level of discretion, respectful of others
• Proactive in  seeking opportunities to support organizer/event

Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Responsible, organized, reliable and culturally sensitive