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The Murphy Centre is a community-based agency, committed to providing participants with effective, integrated academic, career and personal development opportunities since 1986.

Job Title: Learning Facilitator

Location: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL

Position Type: 2 full-time term positions

Salary: $52,000 – $60,750, plus Northern Allowance of $2,500

With funding from the Department of Education, the Murphy Centre has partnered with the Labrador Friendship Centre to establish and deliver a foundational Literacy Program at its Happy Valley-Goose Bay site. The Learning Facilitators will be responsible for the delivery of adult foundational literacy, numeracy, digital literacy, and life skills programming.

Core Responsibilities

  • Developing partnerships with other community organizations
  • Promoting and recruiting participants for the Literacy Program
  • Assessing the learning needs of individual learners
  • Facilitating learning in individual and small group settings  
  • Assisting with the report writing and evaluation of the initiative

Candidate Qualifications and Characteristics

  • Background in supporting individuals to overcome academic and life barriers
  • Knowledge and experience in adult education and training (asset)
  • Ability to tailor sessions to meet individual interests, needs, and strengths
  • Knowledge and experience working with populations with complex needs
  • Knowledge and experience working in community organizations
  • Reliable, proactive, organized, attentive to detail and flexible
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • A consultative team player who can also function with initiative and independence

Resumes will be accepted until Friday, April 7, 2023.

Please mail, fax or e-mail your resume as follows:

Hiring Committee

Murphy Centre

Fall River Plaza

320 Torbay Road, Suite 201

St. John’s, NL

A1A 0L3

Fax: (709) 579-8022

E-mail [email protected]

While we appreciate all expressions of interest, only applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.  Thank you.

Murphy Centre Inc.

Communications Consultant – Literacy Programs

The Murphy Centre is a community-based agency, which has been committed to providing participants with effective, integrated academic, career and personal development opportunities since 1986.  The Murphy Centre is currently seeking a half-time Communications Consultant for its in-person and remote Literacy Programs.

Job Title: Communications Consultant

Location: St. John’s, NL

The in-person and remote Literacy Programs are designed to:

  • Provide foundational literacy, numeracy, digital literacy, and life skills training for adults in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Increase access literacy programming for adults in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Meet people where they are in the context of their lives

Core Responsibilities

  • develop and implement multi-channel communications and marketing campaigns
  • develop strategies for capturing target audience and community engagement
  • raise public awareness about the Murphy Centre and its Literacy Programs
  • facilitate a seamless user experience across digital and social media
  • develop a variety of written content, including social media and web content
  • engage with media and the community
  • maintain, post and update website and social media profiles
  • assist in social media analytics and reporting
  • support and evaluate results of communication campaigns with the team
  • related duties as required

Candidate Characteristics and Qualifications

  • excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • outstanding relationship-building and networking skills
  • content writing experience for all media platforms
  • proven social media and networking expertise
  • be reliable, proactive, organized, attentive to detail and flexible
  • be a consultative team player with good interpersonal skills who can also function with initiative and independence

Typically, the knowledge and abilities required for this position would have been gained through a degree in marketing, communications, journalism, new media or other related degree plus related work experience.

Salary

The salary for this position will be between $55,000-$60,00 annually pro-rated to half-time in addition to a competitive benefits package.

Contract Term

This is a contract position until August 31, 2023, with the possibility of extension.

Resumes will be accepted until end of day Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Please mail, fax or e-mail your resume as follows:

Hiring Committee
Murphy Centre
Suite 201, Fall River Plaza
320 Torbay Road
St. John’s, NL A1A 0L3

Fax: (709) 579-8022

E-mail: [email protected]

While we appreciate all expressions of interest, only applicants to be interviewed will be contacted.  Thank you.