Position Summary:
The Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) Community Connections Coordinator to strengthen BCRC's relationships across Montréal's diverse communities, with a focus on seniors, youth, families, community organizations, and institutional partners. The Coordinator will play a key role in enhancing BCRC's visibility, building strategic partnerships, and supporting engagement efforts that promote programs such as EmployESBC, youth initiatives, mental health supports, intergenerational programming, and community development projects. This role is ideal for a community-minded, organized, and relationship-focused individual who is comfortable conducting outreach, supporting events, building partnerships, and documenting community impact. The Coordinator will serve as a key liaison between BCRC and the community, helping to increase participation, strengthen collaboration, and ensure programs remain responsive to community needs.
Key ResponsibilitiesCommunity Outreach and Engagement
- Conduct outreach to seniors, youth, families, community members, grassroots groups, and local organizations to promote BCRC programs and services.
- Build trust and maintain regular communication with community members and stakeholders.
- Support recruitment and participation in BCRC programs, workshops, consultations, events, and community initiatives.
- Identify community needs, barriers, and opportunities that can inform program planning and service delivery.
Partnership Development
- Develop and maintain relationships with community organizations, institutional partners, schools, service providers, and local networks.
- Support partnership-building efforts that strengthen referrals, collaboration, and coordinated community support.
- Help identify opportunities for joint events, workshops, resource sharing, and community development initiatives.
- Represent BCRC professionally in meetings, outreach activities, and partner conversations.
Program Support and Community Connections
- Promote and support programs including EmployESBC, youth initiatives, mental health supports, intergenerational programming, and community development projects.
- Assist with connecting community members to relevant BCRC programs, services, resources, and referral pathways.
- Support program staff in gathering participant feedback and identifying ways to improve community engagement.
- Help ensure programs are accessible, inclusive, culturally relevant, and responsive to community priorities.
Event Coordination and Participation
- Assist in planning, coordinating, promoting, and delivering community events, outreach sessions, workshops, and engagement activities.
- Participate in community events on behalf of BCRC and help create a welcoming and professional presence.
- Support event logistics, including registration, participant communication, setup, documentation, and follow-up.
- Document event outcomes, attendance, feedback, and community connections made.
Communications and Reporting
- Maintain clear records of outreach activities, partnerships, referrals, event participation, and community feedback.
- Prepare brief updates, summaries, and reports to document impact and support organizational planning.
- Support communication efforts by sharing program information, outreach updates, event details, and community stories with the appropriate BCRC staff.
- Contribute to improving outreach tools, contact lists, community calendars, and engagement tracking systems.
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education or relevant experience in community development, social services, communications, public relations, education, or a related field.
- Experience conducting community outreach, engagement, partnership-building, or program support.
- Knowledge of Montréal's diverse communities and an understanding of issues affecting Black communities, seniors, youth, families, and newcomers is an asset.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work respectfully with community members, partners, staff, and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and follow-ups.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, email, online forms, and basic digital communication tools.
- Experience supporting events, workshops, or community activities is an asset.
- Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset.
Skills and Competencies
- Community-minded and culturally responsive approach.
- Strong listening, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Ability to build trust and maintain professional relationships.
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Comfortable representing an organization in community and partner settings.
- Ability to collect information, summarize activities, and support reporting requirements.
- Flexible, proactive, and solution-oriented.
Working Conditions
- 30 hours per week at $21/hour.
- Work may include a combination of office-based, community-based, and event-based activities.
- Occasional evening or weekend availability may be required for community events or outreach activities.
- Local travel within Montréal may be required to attend events, meetings, and outreach activities.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and a brief cover letter outlining their experience in community outreach, partnership development, event support, and community engagement.
Applications can be sent to the attenetion of the Managing Director.
Please include “Community Connections Coordinator” in the subject line
This position is created specifically for applicants to the 2026 Canada Summer Jobs program, and all applicants must meet eligibility guidelines as specified by Service Canada in order to be considered for the above position.
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment, be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or a person on whom refugee protections has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act And legally entitled to work according to relevant provincial legislation and regulations (international students on a work/study permit are not eligible for the Canada Summer Jobs Program)
Please note that we will only contact those candidates retained for an interview. Selected applicants must provide attestation to academic study. BCRC hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community.
At BCRC we provide equal employment opportunities to the four designated groups and we welcome applications from women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We thank you for your interest in working for BCRC.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $21.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
Location:
Work Location: In person
