This is a Canada Summer Jobs Position, the successful applicant will be 15-30 years old, however does not need to be returning to school. The position is 30 hours per week, with some weekend work. The position is available currently
through the end of August. The position will be scaled and modified in complexity to meet the age, skills and experience of the successful applicant. The hourly rate is $22 to $24 per hour depending on skills and experience.
If you are interested, please reach out to worktodo@bridgerivervalley.ca and submit a resume or ask to speak to someone.
Job Summary
The Event Coordinator is responsible for supporting the planning, delivery, and overall presentation of community programs, heritage activities, and special events hosted by the Bridge River Valley Community Association (BRVCA).
This position plays an important role in ensuring that residents and visitors of all ages—children, youth, adults, and seniors—have access to safe, engaging, and meaningful experiences throughout the summer season.
Key duties include assisting with the coordination and execution of significant community events, including Canada Day, the Summerfest Arts and Culture Festival, Art Walk, Mining for Gold Writers Festival, and Haylmore Heritage Days.
The Activities and Events Coordinator helps plan activity schedules, prepare event spaces, organize materials, and support on-site operations to ensure events run smoothly and create a welcoming atmosphere for participants.
The role also involves delivering heritage and tourism programming activities at local sites. This includes leading or assisting with heritage and geological interpretation, guiding energy and gold-placer mine tours, engaging visitors in gold-panning demonstrations, and providing general information about the area’s history, culture, and natural features.
The Activities and Events Coordinator collaborates with local artisans and vendors to help support vibrant on-site programming and enhance experiences.
Additional responsibilities include maintaining accurate records of activities and attendance and assisting with the upkeep and cleanliness of program areas to ensure safe, inviting spaces for participants.
The Activities and Events Coordinator may also help promote events through social media posts, posters, newsletters, and the distribution of tourism materials.
The successful candidate can expect to develop these skills during this employment:
Adaptability – The ability to achieve or adjust goals and behaviours when expected or unexpected change occurs, by planning, staying focused, persisting, and overcoming setbacks. For example, one uses this skill to change work plans to meet new deadlines, learn how to work with new tools and improve skills through feedback.
Collaboration – The ability to contribute and support others to achieve a common goal. For example, at work we use this skill to provide meaningful support to team members while completing a project.
Communication – The ability to receive, understand, consider, and share information and ideas through speaking, listening, and interacting with others. For example, we use this skill to listen to instructions, serve customers and discuss ideas.
Creativity and Innovation – The ability to imagine, develop, express, encourage, and apply ideas in ways that are novel, unexpected, or challenge existing methods and norms. For example, we use this skill to discover better ways of doing things, develop new products, and deliver services in a new way.
Digital Skills – The ability to use digital technology and tools to find, manage, apply, create, and share information and content. For example, we use this skill to create spreadsheets, safely use social media, and securely make online purchases.
Numeracy – The ability to find, understand, use, and report mathematical information presented through words, numbers, symbols, and graphics. For example, we use this skill to perform calculations, manage budgets, analyze, and model data and make estimations.
Problem-solving – The ability to identify, analyze, propose solutions, and make decisions. Problem solving helps you to address issues, monitor success, and learn from the experience. For example, we use this skill to make hiring decisions, select courses of action and troubleshoot technical failures.
Technical skills – The ability to develop capabilities that relate to the practical or mechanical side of an activity, the application of a set of technical processes and its required know-how.
