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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.