Education Program Coordinator (Toronto - St Paul’s)

Deadline to apply: June 1, 2022 at 5pm EST

About the job

As the Education Program Coordinator, you will work closely with the Education team to strengthen and grow impactful opportunities for primary school students to connect more deeply to their curriculum content through immersive experiences.  

This position is funded by the Government of Canada’s Canada Summer Jobs program.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting the Education team with the planning of upcoming immersive school projects, including research, creative concept development and the identification of curriculum connections.

  • Researching possible funding streams and supporting grant writing for upcoming projects.

  • Contributing to heightening the awareness of Single Thread Education, including developing marketing materials, contributing to the website, preparing for workshops and presentations, and creating social media posts.

  • Creating educational materials for school and community partners.

  • Researching best practices and innovations in immersive theatre and education, and making recommendations.

  • Facilitating community connections and partnerships for upcoming projects.

All events and productions will be in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines.

This a full-time position with flexible working hours and regular online communication and periodic in-person meetings.

Target start date: June 6, 2022

Number of weeks: 8

Hourly wage: $15.25 (35 hours/week)

Qualifications

  • Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of the employment period (as per Canada Summer Jobs funding requirements).

  • Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada.

  • Experience and interest in theatre, education and administration.

  • Experience, or interest, in developing theatre-based educational programming for young people. 

  • Experience with preparing and writing grant applications.

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

  • Self-motivated with strong initiative, with demonstrated ability to plan, organize and carry out assigned duties and responsibilities with minimal direct supervision.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, as well as Google platforms (Gmail, Google Drive).

  • Passion for and/or an artistic practise rooted in immersive theatre is an asset.

  • Knowledge of the Ontario education curriculum and arts-based learning in schools is an asset.

  • Experience with Photoshop is an asset.

How to apply

Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@singlethread.ca with the subject “Education Program Coordinator” before 5pm EST on June 1, 2022.

Single Thread is committed to removing barriers to employment, and encourages all applicants who identify as IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+ and/or disabled to apply. Single Thread is committed to providing a barrier-free and equitable application process. If you require any accommodations let us know and we can work with you to ensure your needs are met.

We thank all applicants for your interest, but we will only be contacting those who meet the requirements for an interview.

About Single Thread

Single Thread Education creates immersive theatre experiences for children and young people, using everyday spaces in imaginative ways. We work closely with school and community partners to create participatory stories especially for the young people who play and learn there, giving them new and meaningful ways to engage with these spaces as the heroes of their own stories.

Single Thread creates immersive theatre experiences in Canada and internationally that seek to advance the art of immersive storytelling through innovation and the presentation of new works. For the past two decades, Single Thread has played a role in shaping enthusiasm and best practices for ‘site-specific’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in Canada and worked with hundreds of emerging and established theatre artists. In 2018 and 2019, Single Thread produced solo-audience immersive experiences in Bangkok. The company is exploring the emerging medium of XR (augmented, virtual and mixed reality) as a means of telling stories to a broader audience through Single Thread XR, which includes the annual Performance and XR (PXR) conference in virtual reality.