Special Events and Engagement - Summer Student

SPECIAL EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENT – SUMMER STUDENT
Canada Summer Jobs Temporary Contract, May 19, 2026 – July 10, 2026 (8 weeks)
35 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
$17.81 per hour + mileage for business related travel

At Community Support Connections, we wake up each morning energized about the difference we make in the lives of our clients; people who could be your parents, grandparents, friends, or neighbours. Working with hundreds of amazing volunteers, donors, and community partners, we provide a wide range of community supports for older adults and people with different abilities to help them live at home with independence and dignity – something we all deserve. We are truly caring and client-centered and are constantly innovating; looking for new and better ways to provide the best care and supports possible.

Passion and commitment permeate everything we do. Driven by our values, we treat our clients, volunteers, donors, and each other with dignity and respect. We are committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and welcoming candidates from different backgrounds and all life experiences. We believe the best way to serve our clients and volunteers is to create an environment and culture that empowers our staff to be as productive and happy as possible.

The Role: This summer student will help promote and raise awareness of services for older adults and individuals with diverse abilities, while providing support to the revenue development, communications, and volunteer engagement teams. With guidance from their colleagues, the student will conduct research, interviews, and other journalism-based activities; create a variety of written and visual content for digital and print platforms; assist with in-person and virtual events and promotions; and support office-related tasks connected to volunteer recruitment.

If you’re an aspiring professional interested in special events, communications or volunteer engagement and are looking for a meaningful summer experience that builds your skills and portfolio, we’d love to from you.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and execution of our signature event, Tacofest, with logistics, social media, and various other planning tasks. Successful candidate must be available to work the evening of June 19, 2026 (Tacofest).
• Assist to promote and raise awareness of services for older adults and people with diverse abilities
• Coordinate tasks with team members of the revenue development, communications and volunteer engagement departments
• Assist the Development Team with special event tasks including promotions, social media, setup/tear down of in-person and virtual events, preparing sponsor and participant packages, etc.
• Support the Volunteer and Engagement Team by assisting with screening candidates, assisting with interviews, and completing reference checks
• Assist with office related tasks such as preparing volunteer packages, data entry and filing/scanning records as needed
• Produce an array of written and visual content for one or more digital and print-based media platforms
• Assist with other special projects including onsite vegetable garden
• Enthusiasm to help with other duties as required
• Deliver Meals on Wheels

• This job is funded through Canada Summer Jobs 2026, and to be eligible applicants must:
  • be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of employment
  • be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and
  • be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with the relevant Ontario legislation and regulations, including having a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment

• Successful candidate must be available to work the entire 8-week contract
• Valid G or G2 Driver’s License, and daily access to a safe, licensed and reliable vehicle for business-related travel
• Satisfactory police records check for the vulnerable sector
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Completed or working towards a degree, diploma or certificate in communications, marketing, event management, public relations, volunteer management or related program
• Experience with Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, InDesign) and Canva preferred
• Experience with social media including creating and scheduling posts and creating and engaging reels and stories.
• Superior multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Superior attention to detail
• Experience with seniors, volunteers and/or persons with diverse abilities
• Ability to communicate in language other than English an asset