Junior Project Coordinator (Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program)

Summary

LetsStopAIDS is a Canadian youth-HIV charity that focuses on HIV prevention and knowledge exchange by engaging young people and fostering leadership. Since 2004, we have been creating a global network of youth-HIV leaders.

Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) Program Details

• Duration: 25 weeks (35 hours per week)
• Start Date: Immediately
• Compensation: $17.60 per hour (approximately $15,400 gross pay)

Eligibility

• Ages 15–29
• Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or Refugee Status
• Unemployed and not in school
• Priority for youth living with or at risk of acquiring HIV

Responsibilities

• Partner with National Leaders to plan and define the scope of projects
• Establish project timelines and provide time & cost estimates, including but not limited to activity/resource planning, sequencing, and developing project budgets
• Conduct risk analysis and manage risks on an ongoing basis
• Maintain up-to-date project portfolio reports, schedules, milestone dates, risk logs, issue logs, change logs and decision logs
• Perform quality control for project deliverables
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in project management in a dynamic, complex environment
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, problem-solving and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
• Ability to build, influence and motivate teams
• Strong leadership and relationship-building capabilities
• Proficiency in Google Docs & G Suite applications

Dedication

LetsStopAIDS is dedicated to being representative of the communities in which we work and live. All interested individuals are encouraged to submit their applications.