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Employment Opportunity




Business Consultant/Classroom Facilitator

BEST Program (Business & Enterprise Training & Support)


Supporting Employment and Economic Development Winnipeg Inc. (SEED) is a Community Economic Development organization with a focus on the inner city of Winnipeg and marginalized clients. We are seeking a full-time individual (40 hours per week) to facilitate training and facilitation in business development for participants in SEED business programs. We operate programs that help low-income individuals, other not for profits and community groups start or expand existing businesses through our BEST Program (Business & Enterprise Training & Support), asset building programs and we provide CED technical services. This position is currently a one-year term, but may be extended pending funding.

SEED is seeking a Business Consultant / Classroom Facilitator to deliver group and individual business training and assist clients with business planning, development and start-up. The successful candidate will have a sound understanding of business principles, demonstrated group facilitation and mentorship skills, and experience working with diverse and low-income client groups. Small business experience, strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to work as part of a team in a non-profit environment are preferred. Some evening and weekend work is required. SEED Winnipeg is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates to self-declare in cover letter. Proficiency with MS Office 2010 is essential. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Submit cover letter and resume by 2pm Friday July 4th, 2014 to:
BDS Selection Committee,

Business Consultant Position

SEED Winnipeg Inc.

80 Salter Street

Winnipeg, MB

R2W 4J6

Fax: 927-9930 or Email: hr@seedwinnipeg.ca

SEED thanks all those who apply. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

www.seedwinnipeg.ca

Globe and Mail Special on immigrant issues

Integrating into the labour force is only part of the picture. People everywhere have an innate need for connection, belonging and a sense of welcome no matter where life’s lottery assigned their birthplace. True, some of these needs are satisfied by meaningful work, but life is much more than a job or career.
Through the work of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship with tens of thousands of new citizens and more than 1,000 cultural attractions across Canada, we hear endless stories that make it abundantly clear that those newest to our country crave more than jobs. We hear how meaningful it is for a new citizen to discover a national park, how volunteering at a child’s school enables a new citizen to make friends in the community, and how visiting a museum helps them to connect to Canada.
A simple focus on immediate economic needs cannot come at the expense of longer-term nation-building.
The fact is, Canada naturalizes a far higher percentage of immigrants than any other country on Earth, with roughly 85 per cent of those eligible eventually becoming Canadian citizens. Landing and settling here are, for most newcomers, temporary points along the road to becoming a citizen.
Indeed, we look to marry, not casually date, those who choose to come to Canada. In a groundbreaking national survey on attitudes toward citizenship, Canadians on Citizenship (in which the ICC was a partner), foreign-born Canadian citizens and permanent residents were asked when they first felt “Canadian.” The overwhelming response: the moment they arrived in Canada. Immigrants arrive pre-wired for engagement in Canadian society.
It’s clear that Canada’s long-term stability, success and peaceful cohesion depend on creating engaged and active Canadian citizens, not just on employing immigrants.
This isn’t difficult. In Canadians on Citizenship, Canadians also identified that citizenship is far more than voting, obeying the law and paying taxes. They named community engagement, volunteering, acceptance of difference, protecting the environment and many other activities as essential acts of citizenship.
So then what of the Canadian-born? As a 13th-generation Canadian, I read the series wondering if the “immigrant answer” gave me an automatic bye from contributing to the health and vitality of my nation.
By focusing on the immigrant answer, we are placing an undue and unfair burden on the newly arrived that we don’t place on ourselves. ....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/immigrants-arent-the-only-ones-with-responsibilities/article244019