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Position: 2 Program Coordinators (Junior and Senior) – Knowledge Mobilization

Organization: Luke’s Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children

Type: Full-Time

Classification: Hybrid - 3 Days in the office minimum

Location: 707 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa


About the organization:

Luke’s Place is an award-winning centre of excellence in family law support for women who have been subjected to intimate partner violence. We provide legal support services and summary legal services to hundreds of women and their children across Ontario every year and share our expertise with thousands of service providers.

Luke’s Place conducts research to understand the impact of legal and related systems and processes on women’s lives. We engage in advocacy to share these findings and improve these systems and processes. Luke’s Place envisions a family law system that promotes healthy safe families living free from abuse and the threat of abuse. 


We value our staff:

Working at Luke’s Place means that you will enjoy a collaborative and dynamic work environment.  We provide you with work that is engaging and impactful while promoting the health and wellness of our team.  We also provide:

• Health Care spending account
• Opportunities to be mentored by cross functional teams in the areas of social media and public speaking
• Salary range for the Junior Coordinator role $55,800 - $60,000 based on qualifications and experience 
• Salary range for the Senior Coordinator role $60,000 - $65,500 based on qualifications and experience
• Competitive vacation allowance
• Work life balance

Position Overview

Luke’s Place is seeking 2 Full-Time Program Coordinators in our Knowledge Mobilization team.  The Junior Coordinator will have a minimum of 3-5 years experience coordinating, developing and delivering, virtual, online, and in-person trainings, and related legal information resources.  The Senior Coordinator position will have experience in everything stated above plus 5 years in the Knowledge Mobilization field including public speaking. These positions require an on-site presence at our Oshawa office.


You will succeed at Luke’s Place if you are:

an Excellent Communicator – you quickly build rapport with team members and stakeholders alike with confident and clear verbal communication and concise written communication.  You can easily shift from academic to plain writing styles.

Independent and Organized – you are self-motivated and work well both independently and as a dedicated team member.  You manage your time well to coordinate all project components, meeting competing priorities and deadlines.

Tech savvy – you embrace technology to support the coordination and delivery of trainings and webinars, navigating learning platforms, and you enjoy learning new systems.


Responsibilities:

• Participate in and support the ongoing planning, creation and coordination of program-specific trainings, resources, activities, and tools
• Support online content management of Luke’s Place websites, training portals, and coordinate user access for online trainings
• Create compelling and persuasive content for various channels, including press releases, newsletters, websites, blogs, social media, and marketing materials
• Development of new engagement strategies and new program and project concepts
• Stakeholder engagement with provincial and national partners
• Development and facilitation of Communities of Practice
• Maintain accurate records, provide monthly and quarterly internal reports, and regularly contribute to funding reports
• Development of program and product evaluation metrics
• Plan and coordinate the dissemination and delivery of program-specific offerings
• Public Speaking and Facilitation within the community

Requirements and Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in adult education, humanities, media and communications, library studies, or related/equivalent work experience
• Project coordination involving multiple stakeholders
• Training and/or experience with program logistics and evaluation, and policy analysis
• Experience using social media in communications (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn). Desktop publishing, graphic design, and website design is an asset
• Understanding of technical accessibility issues and managing accessibility audits would be an asset
• Knowledge of teaching and learning best practices for adults an asset
• Experience building and presenting pertinent content
• Knowledge of and comfort using, learning and content systems
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of intimate partner violence
• Sound understanding and commitment to a feminist, trauma-informed, gender-based, and intersectional analysis framework, and anti-oppression values
• Knowledge of Family Law processes an asset
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Zoom, Online Learning and Content Management Systems; and comfortable using a variety of audio/visual technologies to host all hosting functions of virtual meetings
   

Our Guiding Principles:

These are the core values that we operate under and the base expectations we all hold each other accountable to. They give some context to how we work independently as well as together.

• Women and their children have the right to be safe and family law should promote and provide this safety
• Addressing violence against women requires an intersectional feminist approach
• Women’s stories of their lived experience shape and direct our work
• Violence against women is a global social reality. Ending it is a global social responsibility
• Our direct service work grounds our knowledge mobilization work and our systemic advocacy

Application:

Luke's Place, in accordance with its gender responsive anti-oppressive framework, welcomes and encourages applications from women, especially within equity-seeking groups. We use the term women to include all self-identified women including two-spirited, non-binary, cisgender, or transgender women.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, so we strongly encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification outlined but read this posting with excitement.

Priority will be given to candidates with experience related to Violence Against Women.