Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge – Community Host (Auntie)
Permanent, Part-time (approx. 24 hours per week, day shifts from Monday to Friday, weekends & evenings as needed)
Salary/Wage: $20 – $23 an hour
765 Main Street, Winnipeg MB R2W 3N5
We are Community Leaders:
Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. is a nonprofit, community-based, Indigenous-led human services organization that provides a range of Indigenous-identified programs and services that focus on the wholeness, wellness, and building on the strengths and resilience of Indigenous People.
About the Role:
Our team of Community Hosts welcome our relatives visiting Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge by providing a warm, inclusive, and safe environment. We provide resources and information to community members with a clear commitment to sex positivity, cultural safety, and gender diversity. As a Community Host, you will walk alongside relatives seeking information about their sexual health, STBBI testing, and provide information on clinical and community resources.
To learn more about Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge, click here.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Welcoming all community members to the Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge (MPSWL)
- Providing sex-positive, gender-inclusive, and culturally-safe care and support
- Contributing to the overall experience curated within MPSWL by ensuring all members are supported, heard and respected
- Collecting necessary information from participants
- Facilitating respondent-driven chain referral processes
- Providing ongoing peer support and education
- Managing the community space, ensuring items are stocked and organized
- Providing programming support as required
- Assisting Kookums and Knowledge Keepers as required
- Participating in pipe ceremonies, sharing circles, and other ceremonies held onsite
What You Bring:
- Relevant post-secondary education, or combination of education and relevant experience;
- Knowledge base of traditional Indigenous culture, spirituality and traditions is required;
- Demonstrated ability working in sex positive, harm reduction, trauma informed, anti-racist and decolonizing environments;
- Knowledge of local community resources
- Knowledge in community development and advocacy
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, digital communication software and ability to learn new record-keeping programs;
- A valid driver’s license; access to a vehicle considered an asset
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
What We Offer:
- Comprehensive Benefits including Health and Dental
- Long-Term Disability & Life Insurance
- Employer Contributed RRSP; up to 5% match
- Employee and Family Assistance Program with Consult + and Telus Health
- Cultural Ways of Being; Knowledge Keepers and Kookums, medicine picking, sweats, ceremony, smudging on-site
- Wellness Days, in addition to Vacation Days
- Work-life balance and casual dress
- Training and Development opportunities
- Free on-site parking
- Social Planning Committee that facilitates employee appreciation and wellness events
To Apply:
Candidates must be able to provide a recent Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector, and Child Abuse Registry Check prior to starting in the position.
You must be able to provide a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and a driver’s abstract.
Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter and resume, detailing how you meet the requirements of this position (with salary expectations). Please submit three references as well.
Ka Ni Kanichihk remains committed to achieving employment equity. Candidates are strongly encouraged to self-declare in their cover letter if they are of Indigenous ancestry.
Please forward you cover letter and resume to:
Human Resource Specialist
Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.
101-1065 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0R8
Email: hr@kanikanichihk.ca
Ka Ni Kanichihk thanks all applicants, however, we will only contact those selected for an interview.
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