Lift Community Services focuses on helping all people thrive in the qathet region by reducing social inequities and by providing support and advocacy for anyone who needs it. Our vision is a welcoming, inclusive, and diversity-affirming community that is free of poverty and full of heart. At Lift, we believe a thriving, sustainable community comes from a collaborative, equitable, future-focused approach.

Our programs and services include employment services, supportive housing and homeless outreach, temporary shelter services, literacy programs and outreach, immigrant services, adult and family on-demand support. We also provide community leadership and development in overdose response planning, poverty reduction planning, and other projects that develop a more connected and resilient community. Lift operates many resource centres in our community, including the local WorkBC Centre, the Community Resource Centre, and Family Place.

Lift Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

The Position

We are seeking a part-time Literacy Coordinator to oversee our Literacy Outreach and Community Adult Literacy programs. Lift Literacy Programs provide qathet residents with community literacy education and support. This includes all components of literacy including physical, social, environmental, digital, family and any identified gap in knowledge that acts as a barrier to full participation in the community. This role champions Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; poverty reduction; social justice; and human rights.

Overview

• Site: Lift Community House

• Hours: 21 hours per week

• Possible days: Wednesday-Friday

• Shifts: 9am-4:30pm

• Hourly Wage: $25.05 to start, on a 5-step wage scale

• Benefits: Competitive extended health benefits and an up to 4% matching RSP plan

• Job Type: regular part-time

• Start Date: ASAP

• Closing Date: September 11, 2025

• Questions? Contact Jessica Colasanto at jessica@liftcommunityservices.org

Key Accountabilities

• host and facilitate a minimum of three Literacy Task Force meetings per year, and maintain an archive of minutes

• liaise, initiate, and build positive working relationships with agencies and local governments; attend relevant community meetings to address literacy gaps in the community

• act as a liaison and create partnerships between literacy providers in the community to encourage communication, cooperation, and creative collaboration

• maintain an accessible library of community resources for literacy

• design curriculum of services that will be offered and procure learning materials and resources

• plan and deliver tutor training

• match tutors and learners and facilitate learner support programs and services; support them to find meeting spaces in community

• oversee tutor and learner events for educational purposes according to identified needs or interests

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or combination of education and experience

• 2 years experience in literacy project development and coordination

• Experience managing a volunteer program that has included training and supervising

• Ability to function both independently and collaboratively

• General and local knowledge of literacy programs and resources

• Knowledge and application of the principles of adult education

• Knowledge of group process and facilitation techniques

• Experience building and maintaining positive relationships and liaising with agencies and different levels of government

• Knowledge and application of community development principles

• Experience organizing events

• Familiar with local community resources

• Ethically aligned with Harm-Reduction practices

Lived experience is empowering for those we serve, and is welcomed. Preference is given to candidates demonstrating abstinence-based recovery.

We appreciate all applications, however, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

As an inclusive employer, we would like to make the recruitment process as accessible as possible. Please contact us to let us know how we can best support you.

We live and work on the homelands and territories of the Tla’amin People. We honour the land, the Tla’amin People, and their treaty and continually seek to strengthen our relationship and responsibilities to them as guests in the territory.