Be part of the team!
We’ve been approved for grants from Canada Summer Jobs 2026! If you have a passion for making transit better, you’re 30 or under, and legally allowed to work in Canada, apply by Thursday, April 23rd.
Email us your resume and a letter explaining why you’d be a great Program Coordinator for Outreach and Canvassing. More details below.
We’re expecting an extremely competitive hiring process because the number of available positions is lower than last year.
Important Information:
Apply by: April 23rd, 2026
Full time work for an eight week term between May and August, 35 hrs per week.
Must have availability for evenings and weekends.
Pay: $24 per hour
Will require working in various locations: on location across Metro Vancouver, at our downtown office near Granville station, South Vancouver, Surrey Centre, or from home.
This job exists thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs wage subsidy. It’s for youth between 15 and 30 years of age, and international students are not eligible.
Program Coordinator for Outreach and Canvassing
The person hired for this position will be the Program Coordinator for Outreach and Canvassing at Movement. They will be responsible for planning and overseeing events to build our community at Movement, helping us grow our presence across the region, and consequently grow our capacity to advocate for better transit. They may be asked to help with other duties, like with the website, communications, or policy research depending on our needs.
Skills:
Event Planning: You will be responsible for planning our own events for community building as well as our participation in community events like festivals for outreach. You will make a timeline, prepare materials, and debrief the event with support from the supervisor.
Communications: Design promotional posters, create posts on our website, draft social media, and emails for events and campaigns, to attract supporters, raise awareness, and communicate to partners.
Volunteer Management: You will sign up volunteers, train them, track their attendance, provide clear information and lead volunteers at canvasses and outreach events.
Civic Engagement and Training: Connect transit riders with decision makers in order to improve public transit and offer a compelling alternative to driving, coordinate training events specifically to build civic engagement in equity deserving groups like non-English speakers. We will prioritize hiring someone with lived experience as a transit user since the job requires working with this community.
Essential qualifications:
In order to meet grant requirements the candidate must be 15-30 years of age, must be legally allowed to work in Canada, and cannot be an international student.
The youth must be willing and available to work evenings and weekends. They must be able to work in person downtown, in South Vancouver, and Surrey Centre, as well as various transit-accessible locations across Metro Vancouver, but work from home will be an occasional option.
- Organized, outgoing, and passionate about social change
- University-level education
- Knowledge of local transportation issues
- Experience approaching and directly communicating with members of the public
- Works well in a team environment
- Can adapt quickly to changing priorities
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
Preferred qualifications:
- Previous experience volunteering with our organization
- Experience speaking to media
- Ability to speak Punjabi, Cantonese, Mandarin, or other languages
- Technical experience with WordPress, QGIS, Figma, or Canva
- Good understanding of civics and how various levels of government are responsible for delivering transit