Program Lead, Focus on Youth Program

Program Lead Focus on Youth Program

$30.00 per hour 35 hours per week
March 23 (approximately) to September 4 (approximately) 2026
Contract Position

Under the direction of the HWDSB Community Engagement Officer the Focus on Youth (FOY) Program Lead supports the Focus on Youth summer program. This role employs bestpracticesin recruitment hiring training delivery program evaluation and student success strategies to meet the needs interests andstrengthsof student employees to engagement them in a meaningful and rewarding experience.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate interviews hiring and orientation of HWDSB secondary students andcontributeto arranging the placement of hired students in a variety of programs
• Coordinate interviews hiring and orientation of Focus on Youth Program Monitors and Assistant
• Create and/or build upon tools for managing information collection and program evaluation
• Develop deliver and evaluate training inaccordancewithHWDSBpolicies/procedures and applicablelegislationfor approximately 70 Focus on Youth student employees hired to work in various placement streams
• Oversee and support five Program Monitors and one Program Assistant
• Plan and implement one week of pre-employment training for FOY student employees
• Support a group of student employees in the successful performance of placement duties incollaborationwitha teamof ProgramMonitorsand a Program Assistant
• Assist in the preparation of program final reports
• The successfulapplicant will require the flexibility to work some evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the program and its participants
  
  

Qualifications:

• Completion of a relevantpost-secondary education including but not limited to education recreation and leisure social work community engagement
• Demonstrated understanding (gained through lived and professional experience) of issues affecting underserved groups and working with diverse communities using anti-colonial anti-oppressive and anti-racist lens culturallyrelevantand responsiveapproaches
• Demonstrated experience supervising and supporting children and youth preferably in a community programsetting
• Experience facilitating training and development to a youth audience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills attention to detail and multi-tasking abilities
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage problem solve and work efficientlywith a diverse group of stakeholders
• Demonstrated experienceworking collaborativelyas a member of a team to provide appropriateand proactive support and services
• Demonstratedability to lead consistentlyand provide objective evaluation
• Criminal Record Check (vulnerablesector) valid within the past six month at candidates expense
• This position requires travelling to schools and locations across the city. The successful candidate must possess a class G drivers license valid in the province of Ontario and have access to a reliable vehicle
• Knowledge of HWDSB organizationalstructures program and policies is considered an asset

How to apply:

All applications must be submitted through Apply to Education.

Deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. February 3rd 2026.

Interview Dates: February 9th 13th 2026

Interview Format: Panel interview over MS Teams

We thank all applicants for applying. Only those successful in being selected for an interview will be contacted with next steps.

Employment Equity Inclusion and Indigeneity Statement

• Indigenous Peoples (e.g. First Nations Métis and Inuit peoples).
• Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race ancestry colour religion and/or spiritual beliefs or place of origin (e.g. Black and racialized communities immigrant communities etc.).
• Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities.
• Persons who identify as women.
• Persons of marginalized sexual orientations gender identities and gender expressions. (i.e. Two-spirit and LGBTQIA).

Land Acknowledgement

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board acknowledges our presence on ancestral Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Confederacy land as determined by the Dish with One Spoon treaty.

The intent of this agreement is for all nations sharing this territory to do so responsibly respectfully and sustainably in perpetuity.

We respect the longstanding relationships with the local Indigenous communities the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Six Nations of the Grand River.

Applicant Self-Identification Form

The information collected on this form is used to monitor HWDSBs progress toward our equity goals including our commitment to diversity in HWDSB recruitment and hiring practices. We are committed to the security and confidentiality of information under our control and to the protection of privacy with respect to personal and confidential information that is collected used disclosed and retained in the system(Policy 1.6 - Privacy). Information on this form is collected pursuant toOntarios Education Equity Action Plan(Ministry of Education) and in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act(MFIPPA). Access to this form is restricted to specific individuals in Human Resources. The Research and Analytics Department will use aggregate data from all the forms (not individual data) for internal reporting. Their access and use of the data is governed by MFIPPA andethical research practices. Applicant Self-Identification Forms will be maintained in the Human Resources job competition file and securely destroyed 6 years after the job posting in accordance with general records retention principles. If you prefer not to answer any of the questions you can select prefer not to answer. This in no way affects your application or the applicant selection process. If you have questions or concerns about this form please contact.