community development worker
Social Planning and research Council of British Columbia Society
Burnaby, BC, CA
$69.2K-$78.8K a year (estimated)
Permanent
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 35 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
Social service or charity agency
Tasks
- Prepare reports or case histories
- Administrative and office activities
- Perform administrative tasks
- Conduct social research
- Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
- Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
- Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
- Assist clients / guests with special needs
- Manage events
- Manage knowledge
- Prepare and maintain progress and other reports
- Analyze data and prepare reports
- Approve or reject applications, or recommend applications for approval or rejection
Supervision
No supervision responsibility
Target audience
- Aboriginal groups
- Elderly
- Females
- Males
- Persons who are blind / visually impaired
- Persons who are deaf / hard of hearing
- Persons with physical disabilities
- Street population
Computer and technology knowledge
- Electronic mail
- Desktop publishing software
- MS Office
- WordPress
Area of work experience
Community service organization
Area of specialization
- Secondary school education
- Fundraising
Transportation / travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
Weight handling
Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Client focus
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Team player
- Organized
Screening questions
Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
As per collective agreement
Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
21 days ago