Recreation Programs Instructor III

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The Opportunity
The City of Grande Prairie is looking for three creative and enthusiastic individuals to facilitate our child and youth programs. We are looking for individuals enrolled in post secondary in Education, Early Childhood Education, Recreation Studies or a related field. The successful candidate will understand the commitment it takes to be a positive role model to children and their families, while working in a diverse team situations.
Current CUPE Job Classification:
Facilitates the delivery of a program; supervises and instructs participants; receives guidance or works in a team situation.
Primary Focus: Our Program Instructors will demonstrate leadership and a positive approach to play and play-based learning on a daily basis. Successful candidates will helping to expose children to a variety of activities including cooking, athletics, arts, and more. They must be flexible and available to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to, planning, promotion, delivering and evaluation of a variety of programs for children between the ages of 1-12 years. These program plans will incorporate all fundamentals of play and must be developmentally and age appropriate. You will be responsible for the supervision and safety of the program’s participants, often including opening and closing facilities. In addition, you will be responsible for the cleanliness of your program site, inventory, set up and take down of the program. You will have the opportunity to participate in training and assist with special events as scheduled by your Supervisor and Coordinator. Experience with online programming is considered an asset.
Responsibilities specific to Program Planning may include the following:

• Plan and collaborate on new activities, schedules and program plans.
• Create and present to Program Coordinator a scheduled weekly plan. for every and all programs, including detailed inventory requirements.
• Plan age-appropriate activities and experiences for children including physical activity games, art and various other children’s activities.

You Bring
The successful candidate must be 18 years of age and possess the following:

• Enrolled or completed post secondary education in Education, Early Childhood Education, Recreation Studies or a related field.
• Standard First Aid, CPR level C and AED training required prior to hire date.
• Intervention Check and Police Record Check (completed within 1 month of employment).
• At least one year of previous experience leading children’s recreation and sport programming, or relevant training.
• A clear understanding of ’child-centered programming’ and an ability to supervise and manage the safety of 30 children with the assistance of a team member.
• Confidence to make on-the-spot decisions, adapting quickly to group dynamics.

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written with supervisors, co-workers, children and parents.

• Ability to present yourself in a positive and professional manner.
• Must be fun and energetic with an aptitude for working with children.
• Comfortable leading a variety of activities such as drama, arts, movement, sports and swimming.
• Experience in leadership, team building, mentoring youth and program planning is considered an asset.

Hours
Evenings and weekends. Hours vary on the needs of the department.

Location
Work may take place at a variety of locations including, but not limited to Ernie Radbourne Pavilion, Eastlink Centre, Grande Prairie Museum, Maude Clifford Community Gym, Mother Teresa Community Gym, South Bear Creek Pavilion or Smith Activity Centre.

Salary/Wage
As per CUPE Collective Agreement Program Instructor III $21.54/hour.

Selection Process
We thank you in advance for your interest. Those selected for an interview will be contacted by phone or email. We will contact those who did not make it to the interview stage by email within one month of the closing date of this job posting.
1. Submit cover letter and resume using the "Apply Now" tab on this web page.
2. Applications will be reviewed, short-listed and interviews will be scheduled.
Note:Once you apply and upload a resume you should receive an email confirming that your application has been submitted for this position. If you receive this email, there is NO further need to contact us regarding this position.

• This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in this position.
• This posting may be used to fill more than one position.
• This posting will be open until a suitable candidate(s) is/are found.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive per job posting, we are not able to answer job specific questions before the interview stage. If you are successful in getting to the job interview stage, we will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have at that time.

COVID-19 Vaccination & Rapid Testing
On November 15, 2021 The City of Grande Prairie implemented a COVID-19 Vaccination & Rapid Testing Policy. Current City employees and employees hired after the implementation of this Policy must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination by January 17, 2022. Alternatively, employees have the option to confirm participation in ongoing COVID-19 rapid testing after January 17, 2022. If your application is successful, you must be fully vaccinated, participate in ongoing rapid testing, or have an approved exemption under the Alberta Human Rights Act prior to commencing work for the City of Grande Prairie.

Job Type: Casual