This role contributes to MCC BC’s mission of sharing God’s love and compassion through relief, development, and peacebuilding by walking alongside newcomer families as they build stability, skills, and belonging in their new communities.
MCC BC’s New Foundations (NF) Program supports newcomers to Canada with dependents to fully and healthily participate in Canadian society through an eight-month, participant-centred program focused on financial capability, employment readiness, life skills, and social connection.
Reporting to the Program Director and working as part of MCC BC’s Program team, the New Foundations Program Coordinator is responsible for the full coordination and delivery of the New Foundations Program across both the Victoria and Westshore sites, including directly facilitating workshops and one-on-one sessions, managing the program budget, and working closely with participants, volunteers, churches, community partners, and the Program Intern, whom this role supervises. The role includes a structured onboarding and mentorship period, during which the Coordinator builds the skills, judgment, and relational capacity needed to independently manage the full scope of the program across both sites.
As an integral member of MCC BC, this role requires personal alignment with MCC BC’s Christian identity and values, rooted in Jesus, the Anabaptist community of faith, and the work of reconciliation and peacebuilding. The role includes participation in devotionals and prayer within MCC BC, as well as engagement with churches and faith gatherings, and calls for representing MCC and its work with integrity in all settings.
Key Responsibilities
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP & DELIVERY
Provide full coordination and direct facilitation of the New Foundations Program across the Victoria and Westshore sites, ensuring alignment with MCC BC’s mission, values, and program objectives.
Work closely with program participants, volunteers, churches, community partners, and the Program Intern to ensure effective program delivery at both sites.
Coordinate key program components, including group workshops, one-on-one support, matched savings, and community kitchens, across both sites.
Complete a structured onboarding and mentorship period, building full capacity in program coordination, facilitation, and budget management across both sites.
PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT & SUPPORT
Provide a trauma-informed, emotionally safe space for participants, recognizing signs of stress or trauma related to displacement and resettlement; offer basic support and connection while referring participants to qualified mental health professionals for care beyond the program's scope.
VOLUNTEER, INTERN & CHURCH PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Recruit, train, and supervise the Program Intern, and recruit, equip, and support volunteers and partner churches involved in program delivery at both sites.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & COLLABORATION
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, BUDGET & REPORTING
Manage the program budget, including annual planning, expense tracking, and reporting to funders and MCC BC.
Ensure accurate program records, data collection, reporting, and evaluation across both sites, in alignment with MCC BC and funder requirements.
ORGANIZATIONAL PARTICIPATION & CULTURE
Participate fully in MCC BC’s organizational life, including staff meetings, training, devotionals, and prayer.
Contribute to a respectful, safe, and accountable organizational culture that prevents and responds to situations of abuse of power — including sexual harassment, child abuse, racism, exploitation, and fraud — consistent with MCC BC’s Code of Conduct and Workplace Health and Safety obligations, particularly given this role’s regular contact with vulnerable populations.
Benefits
Comprehensive Group Benefits package is provided on Day 1 of employment: Extended Medical/Dental/Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Life Insurance, AD&D, travel insurance/global medical assistance, LTD, and a 5% RRSP matching. Generous vacation and sick day allowance, and Employee Assistance Program supports staff wellness.
Additional Information
Work environment and physical demands: The position works independently with high day-to-day variation, including receiving and responding to unanticipated requests from program participants, management, and other colleagues, and providing coordination and support on deadline-driven activities. As such, moderate mental stress is expected. In addition to significant time spent in-person, on the phone or in meetings with program participants, work may require significant computer time, regular travel between the Victoria and Westshore sites, and may require lifting up to 10 pounds. The position will have regular interactions with vulnerable populations.
This is a Full-Time Position (37.5 hours per week). Schedule: blends a regular office hours schedule (between 8:30 – 4:30 pm, five days a week) with occasional evening or weekend work to facilitate program needs.
Location Description
This position is a hybrid arrangement involving work from home and program delivery at the downtown Victoria workshop site and a second site in Westshore (a travel allowance is provided). On occasion, training and meetings may require travel to other MCC BC locations within British Columbia.
