Program Facilitator - The Awesome Music Hour (future opportunities)
Part-time, contract (various locations across Canada)

The Awesome Music Hour is a drop-in music-centred mental wellness program. Originally designed for youth, it has since been adapted to serve a wide range of audiences.

Running eight weeks in length, each one-hour weekly AMH session is a stand-alone experience that does not require previous attendance to participate. It is accessible to a wide audience and participants do not need to have musical talent to engage with the programming.

The goal of the Awesome Music Hour is to use music and the connection to it to open conversations about mental wellness and mental health. It also provides tips and tools for better integrating music into a personal mental wellness routine to help better manage stress, anxiety, and depression.

Position Description

The Program Facilitator - The Awesome Music Hour is responsible for delivery of the weekly Awesome Music Hour drop-in program for a variety of audiences that may include youth, seniors, LGBTQ+, healthcare workers, first responders, Indigenous communities, and veterans.

This includes:

  • Weekly pre-session lesson review

  • Leading activities for participants on site

  • Coordination with facility staff and session special guests

  • Collection and reporting of data from participants on a weekly basis and at the end of each program

Experience:

  • Background or training as a musician, music therapist, or music educator preferred; passion for music required

  • Interest in or lived experience with mental health challenges

  • Reliable, organized, and punctual

  • Responsible and committed to leading sessions for the duration of the program

  • Outgoing and relatable; can easily engage people in conversation about difficult subjects

  • Able to create a warm and welcoming environment in which people are comfortable sharing personal experiences

This is an 8-week contract that comes with a $1200 stipend. Successful candidates can choose to receive payment in one lump sum at the end of the contract, or two payments after weeks four and eight.

Interested candidates should send their resume along with a cover letter to careers@theawesomemusicproject.com. In your cover letter, please specify if there is a particular group (or groups) you feel you are best qualified to work with. Successful candidates will be required to attend a free two-hour online training session prior to employment.

AMP is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promoting a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful, and equitable workplace. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired. Should accommodation be required to apply for a position at AMP or to participate in a scheduled interview, please reach out to careers@theawesomemusicproject.com.