Attention members, volunteers, service users, and current employees!
We are currently hiring for the position of Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator
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INTERNAL JOB POSTING
Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator
Internal Job Posting: For members, volunteers, service users, and current employees
Type of Contract: Part-time (3 full days/week), contract position
Application Deadline: Sunday, January 22,2017 (midnight)
Interview Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Contract Duration: 5 months (till June 30, 2017)
Responsibilities
1. Plan, implement and evaluate the Asian Women-at-Risk Outreach and Education Project
2. Support 8 peer educator volunteers to assist with HIV/AIDS education services for Asian women
3. Provide 4 HIV/AIDS outreach sessions at various East and Southeast Asian ethno-cultural community
events, ESL classes, church groups and settlement services
4. Conduct 7 HIV/AIDS/STIs workshops for Asian women in the City of Toronto
5. Organize 1 social event for Asian women
6. Organize “Pillow Talk”, a community learning forum on women and sexual health
7. Design and run an educational campaign to promote female condom use
8. Attend network meetings and professional development training as required
9. Maintain statistics, and prepare reports
10. Other administrative tasks as needed
Qualifications:
– College or university education or 2 year work experience in social work, adult education, or
health promotion
– Familiarity with the East and Southeast Asian communities in Toronto, especially with
issues faced by newcomer women and their families
– Knowledge, and/or lived experience, and sensitivity to issues concerning HIV/AIDS/STIs,
women’s healthy sexuality, and violence against women
– Good communication and writing skills in English
– Fluent in one of the East or Southeast Asian languages and able to conduct a workshop in
that language
– Basic volunteer management skills
– Experience in workshop planning, and group facilitation, especially with women
– Experience in conducting health outreach activities, and community development
– Ability to prioritize, delegate, and handle multiple tasks
– Able to interact with diverse populations and use active listening skills to determine appropriate
response to callers, visitors, and others during daily activities.
– Ability to work under a trans-positive, queer-positive, sex-positive, and anti-oppressive
work environment
– Ability to work evenings and weekends occasionally
Please send a cover letter and resume by email to: Hiring Committee – Women’s Outreach
Program, Email: officeadmin@acas.org. Subject: Women’s Program Coordinator position
We regret that we will only contact candidates selected for an interview.
ACAS supports employment equity. People from the East and Southeast Asian Canadian
communities, LGBTTIQ, and people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.
