French Language Services Coordinator – Shelter Services

Huronia Transition Homes is a non‑profit organization working to end all violence against all women. We operate 5 primary programs, including La Maison Rosewood Shelter, a woman‑centered organization that provides support to women who are fleeing violence, or are experiencing homelessness. We are committed to providing our services within an intersectional feminist and harm reduction integrated environment.

Huronia Transition Homes is currently hiring a French Language Services Coordinator – Shelter Services for a full‑time (40‑hour work week), 12‑month contract to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate for this position will report to the Manager of Development and Communications, and will work primarily out of our Midland office. Integrating an intersectional feminist framework and a harm reduction philosophy, the French Language Services (FLS) Coordinator is responsible for enhancing FLS capacity across the organization. The FLS Coordinator will support the provision of services to women in French by developing and implementing training plans for staff to improve their French language skills, and by building specialized feedback mechanisms for francophone women in service and awareness of Ontario’s French Language Services Act. The FLS Coordinator will support the development and integration of the French language into organizational communication strategies and public awareness campaigns.

Key responsibilities include :

FLS capacity

• Support in the overall organizational capacity to meet the unique needs of French speaking women in service.
• Ensure that HTH participates, recognizes and respects the right of all Francophone women to receive service in their own language and will work diligently to ensure that all of their intake processes and procedures articulate this commitment and agree to inform women of the establishment of a meeting with a francophone counsellor.
• Ensure that the principals contained on the FLS Referral Agreement for Violence Against Women Agencies of Simcoe County are understood and implemented within the organization.
• Develop and provide training to enhance staff and Board capacity of the French language, and knowledge of the FLS act of Ontario. Ensure accountable French language service provision, inclusive of appropriate policies and procedures.
• Make recommendations for HTH to improve FLS policies, procedures and practices.
• Increase HTH’s network within the francophone community.
• Enhance organizational capacity to evaluate FLS services and create formal feedback mechanism for women engaged at La Maison Rosewood in French services.

Team Support

Communications and Development

Program Administration

Identify and forward recommendations for procedural amendments to the Director of Human Resources and Operations

Team & Agency Participation

The successful candidate must possess :

In keeping with our commitment to represent all our communities, Indigenous women, queer‑identified and racialized women are especially encouraged to apply.

Please submit your up‑to‑date resumé, as well as a cover letter highlighting your experience, to :

Verónica Peña

vpena@rosewood.on.ca

P.O. Box 54

Midland, ON L4R 4K6

Fax : 705‑526‑0343

www.huroniatransitionhomes.ca

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