JOB POSTING #2023-213-02
EXTERNAL/INTERNAL
Disaster Resiliency
Climate Response and Resiliency Coordinator
Wage: $26.00 to $28.00 per hour
Full Time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
One year position – October 16, 2023 to October 16, 2024
Coordinate Post Disaster Recovery Assistance for Victims Affected by the Flood
and Support Establishing the Disaster Management Community Framework
Join the team at Archway
Come Help Us Help People
Location: Abbotsford
On Site and Outreach
Job Summary:
The Climate Response and Resiliency Coordinator (CRRC) will leverage and utilize their passion for helping others during post disaster recovery and build relationships with community groups to identify concrete deliverables in responding to disaster recovery efforts. This work includes, but is not limited to, providing recovery services post disaster, planning considerations for community recovery, identifying people and projects requiring recovery assistance, and providing guidance for priority actions during recovery phases.
Your Role:
Archway’s Climate Response and Resiliency Coordinator with the Disaster Resiliency Program contributes by:
- Analyzing the results from the flood relief survey and identifying financial assistance requirements.
- Connecting with families/individuals displaced by the flood to determine financial needs such as temporary housing options as permanent homes are being rebuilt, and needs for restoration, clean-up, and repair.
- Based on the flood survey results, providing a cost estimate of financial needs and a listing of priorities to address.
- Creating a disaster recovery guide and strategy for action to help people affected by disasters, in partnership with the City of Abbotsford and community partners.
- Connecting with various community groups, such as Gateway and the Red Cross, to determine common requirements that have a high priority for immediate action.
- In collaboration with community partners, establishing an action plan to include short-term and longer-term deliverables for financial assistance to respond to disaster recovery efforts.
This position is a great fit for someone who understands how climate affects our lives, and how we need to be prepared for extremes in climate, which impact the food we grow, our housing structures, and our roadways. This position fits someone who enjoys going out into the community to talk to people affected by disasters and identifying financial requirements to address immediate needs.
Our Offer
- Wage: $26.00 to $28.00 per hour.
- A full-time position at 35 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Some weekends or evenings may be required.
- Temporary one-year position October 2023 to October 2024.
- Benefits include:
- Three weeks vacation in your first year.
- A great benefits plan including extended health and dental; you choose your plan.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
- Great in-house training opportunities.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.
Getting an Interview – you will be considered if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in social services, business administration OR another relevant discipline OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.
- Experience in relationship building.
- Experience conducting outreach in communities an asset.
- Experience analyzing survey results and identifying priorities an asset.
The Job Requires you to have:
- Sensitivity to and knowledge of disaster management and environmental issues
- Good organization and time management skills.
- Well-developed presentation and facilitation skills; able to engage an audience and facilitate productive conversations.
- A valid BC Driver’s License and satisfactory driver’s abstract is a condition of employment.
- Access to a personal, reliable vehicle.
- Ability to work with people in difficult situations.
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.
Closing date is September 28, 2023.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants are to reference Posting #2023-213-02 in the subject line.
Please submit your cover letter and resume to:
Email: [email protected]a
Subject: Job Posting #2023-213-02
No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies. If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.
Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age.
We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: $26.00-$28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Application question(s):
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check is a condition of employment.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- Relationship building: 1 year (required)
- Conducting outreach in the community: 1 year (required)
- Analyzing survey results & identifying priorities: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- BC Driver's License and driver's abstract (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2023-09-28
Expected start date: 2023-10-16
