Community Development Worker

Start date: June 29, 2026

End date: August 14, 2026

Length of contract: 7 weeks

Hours per week: 30

Rate of pay: $19/hour

Job Type: In-person

Location: 38 Mabelle Avenue

As part of a summer youth team, the Community Development Workers will work under the leadership of the Programs Coordinator to realize a series of landscape, food security and public art creation projects on Mabelle Avenue. They will provide support for all elements of community-based programming, including outreach, one-on-one support to community participants and setting up and striking workshop space. They will also work on creative content development as a team, contributing to meetings and evaluations and tracking their own progress and growth during the project. Like all staff at Mabelle Arts they will be responsible for ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for everyone to work and play.

Key Responsibilities include:

Programming Activities

  • Be part of a co-creative team under the direction of the Recreational Programs

  • Coordinate and Lead Artists

  • Assist with workshop and event setup and cleanup

  • Providing one-on-one participant support

  • Assist with gardening, landscaping and maintenance of Mabelle Park

  • Assist with beautifying and animating Mabelle Park

  • Develop and realize original artworks as part of a collaborative team

  • Participate in and help coordinate the final showcase summer event

  • Respect and maintain confidentiality of program participants

  • Keep ongoing inventories of supplies

  • Ensure that the Mabelle Arts' indoor, outdoor and storage spaces remain clean and well organized

Community Outreach Support

  • Phone calls

  • Intake support

  • Flyer and poster distribution

  • Maintaining and updating call lists

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Responsible, punctual, helpful and positive with a friendly and cooperative attitude

  • Ability to take direction, ask questions for clarity and follow instructions, find solutions to problems.

  • Enjoy working with people; supportive and patient

  • Strong team member, collaborative

  • Strong, mature communication skills, responsive

  • Communications and/or Creative Arts interests, education, training and/or experience

  • Leadership experience an asset

  • Multi-lingual an asset

  • Manual labour and lifting ability is an asset

Deadline to Apply: May 31, 2026

To apply, please send us your resume with a cover letter as a single pdf to info@mabellearts.ca.

Only those candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.