The Government of Canada funded this job through the Canada Summer Jobs program.
Applicants must:
- Be between the ages of 15 and 30 years old at the start of employment
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial and territorial legislation and regulations. International students are not eligible participants. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian citizens or permanent residents
Hourly Rate: $17/hour
Hours / Week: 35
Number of Weeks: 8
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Events, the Events Assistant will provide administrative and logistical support to the CFA’s events programs. This role will support the Association’s education and community-building activities. Specific duties include assisting in event logistics support, registration management, website creation, event marketing materials, and special event projects as assigned.
Description of the supervision plan:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Events, the Events Assistant will provide administrative and logistical support to the CFA’s events programs.
The Digital Marketing Assistant will be supervised by the Coordinator, Events on a daily basis and will report to the Senior Manager, Events. The Digital Marketing Assistant will meet daily with the Coordinator and/or Manager to review daily tasks, ask questions, and receive direction and feedback. As part of the Content & Marketing team, the Events Assistant will also meet regularly the Vice President, Content & Marketing for departmental team meetings to provide status updates and further direction, if required.
Identify the type of mentoring plan:
The Events Assistant will be mentored by the Senior Manager, Events, in many aspects of event planning and management in a small business and not-for-profit context. Additionally, through feedback at daily update meetings, the Senior Manager, Events, will develop a personalized development plan to ensure coaching and experience is provided for skills and tasks the candidate has identified as areas they wish to explore. The candidate’s mentorship will also include executive level direction from the Vice President, Content & Marketing’s coaching.
What skills will the participant develop during this placement?
- Project Management
- Event Planning
- Client service
- Teamwork
- Communications
- Digital Skills
- Leadership
Describe how the client service skills will be developed
As a membership organization serving over 700 corporate members, all CFA staff members interact directly with its members on a regular basis. The candidate will be responsible for communicating efficiently and professionally with the CFA’s members (predominantly via e-mail) as a representative of the Association. The candidate will receive coaching as required when it comes to appropriate messaging, tone, and the most efficient and effective way to communicate important information in a business context.
Describe how the teamwork skills will be developed
As a not-for-profit, small business membership organization, the CFA’s staff collaborate with each all across all departments on a regular basis and cultivates teamwork as a core value and business practice.
Describe how the communication skills will be developed
Teamwork and communication is essential to event planning and the Event Assistant will learn effective communication skills through electronic email, virtual and in-person meetings, creation of event briefings and reports.
Describe how the digital skills will be developed
The Event Assistant will be trained in digital/virtual event management software, CRM databases, and other business softwares.
Describe how the leadership skills will be developed
The Event Assistant will develop leadership skills in their role through participation in the Association’s performance management program to set goals, track success, and report on their performance. This participation develops staff initiative, accountability, and responsibility for delivering on their goals as well as experience in performance management programs, goal setting, and time management.
Field of Studies
- Event Planning
- Communications
- Marketing
- Public Relations
Does this job support a national priority?
Yes.
Indicate which national priority
- Black and other racialized youth
- Small Businesses and Not-For-Profit organizations that self report as having leadership from groups that are underrepresented in the labour market. The CFA President & CEO is Sherry McNeil who is part of the underrepresented demographic of women in the labour market, which is particularly true in non-profit sector in Ontario and in franchising in Canada. Women in the non-profit sector in Ontario is underrepresented in leadership positions (only 20-25% of all leaders in the sector are women). Additionally, women are even more underrepresented in franchising in Canada, with only 4% of all leadership positions being held by women.
Describe how you will provide services to, or intend to hire, youth who self-identify as being part of the groups which are underrepresented or as having additional barriers to entering or staying in the labour market.
As an equal opportunity workplace, the CFA welcomes all qualified candidates to apply. The CFA will also include optional self-identification of applicants as being BIPOC on its recruitment application form.
However, all candidates will be evaluated on their ability to handle the responsibilities, not their race, sexual orientation, or gender. The role can be an entry-level position.
Describe how your job will support small businesses, in recognition of their contribution to the creation of jobs.
The Events Assistant will support small businesses development through the delivery of educational and community-building events (online and in-person) to provide best practices, business development strategies, and business growth opportunities. These events serve to educate and promote the power of franchised small businesses and connect Canadians with small business ownership opportunities in franchising. The Canadian franchise industry is comprised of over 73,000 small business franchises (franchisees and franchisors) and employs 1.5 million FTE. The majority of franchised business locations are small businesses: about half employ 1 to 5 full-time FTE and/or 1 to 5 part-time FTE.
Does this job support your Member of Parliament’s local priorities?
- Yes. Support for a specific type of project: Projects supporting not for profit organizations