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CoderGirl Instructor
Number of Positions Available: 2
Job Location: University of Victoria & St. Margaret’s School, Victoria BC
Term: June 16th to July 29, 2025
Salary: $22/hour (plus 4% Vacation Pay) | 80 hours of program delivery + 35 hours of prep |
Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025
Contact: Connor Nelson (svprograms@uvic.ca or 250-721-8158)
Description
Do you like to program in your spare time? How about building websites, making movies, or solving coding problems? Do you have experience with 3D printing, robotics, and coding? Are you resourceful in sourcing materials for your ideas? If you answered YES, we are looking for you to co-lead our CoderGirl Camp for Girls in gr.3-9!
Science Venture instructors are a team of dynamic, passionate and engaging leaders who are committed to delivering hands-on science, technology, and engineering programs for youth. Our team strives to provide high-quality high-impact programs to youth in our community, so they can build confidence and be successful in their future. As a CoderGirl Instructor, your job will be to educate and inspire these young minds, to provide them with a positive outlook on the world of engineering and computer science, and to serve as a resource to other educators through hands-on workshops and summer camp programs.
Science Venture’s All-Girl Programs inspire young women to fulfill their role as leaders in STEM and encourages their engagement in STEM fields like engineering and computer science where women continue to be vastly underrepresented. Science Venture’s high-impact, all-girl programs provide girls with safe spaces to design, build, experiment, with women as role models and mentors. Girls programs offered by Science Venture include science clubs, day camps, career fairs and special events with female mentors. These initiatives are delivered in addition to regular co‐ed programming.
CoderGirl is a camp being offered in partnership with Girls Learning Code and St. Margaret’s School. These week-long camps will engage girls in three age groups, Grades 3&4, 5&6, and 7-9. Lively and engaging activities will support girls to become creators and not just consumers of technology.
This work term at Science Venture will have two main components:
Training & Curriculum Development (2 weeks in June/July)
Participating in training sessions pre‐workshop & pre‐camp. All instructors will receive training in behavior management, diversity, and best practices.
Creating innovative & new curriculum for Codemakers theme summer camp.
Summer Camp (3 weeks in July)
Delivering camp as a co-instructor team for 3 weeks. Maintaining an inclusive and safe space for ALL youth. Following daily camp procedures (sign-in, lunch duty, sign-out, extended hours, injury reports). Contributing to the future of the program by participating in evaluation, providing feedback, and sharing success stories.
Debrief/Clean-Up (2 days in July)
Qualifications
Applicants must:
Be pursuing or recently completed a University degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Science, or Education preferred)
Pass a Criminal background check when hired
Complete First Aid training with CPR C
Assets:
A Valid Class 5 BC License with no restrictions (i.e. no “L” or “N”)
Conversational French
Key Competencies:
Previous experience prototyping, tinkering, and coding
A passion for and an interest in STEM education
Experience working/volunteering with youth in a camp or educational setting
Ability to act as a role model to youth and work in a team environment
Openness to learning and feedback
Ability to be resourceful, flexible and adaptable to a fast-paced work environment
Application Procedure
1. Get to Know Science Venture
Explore our website. See if this job is for you!
2. Prepare Your Application
Update your resume and prepare a cover letter addressed to Connor Nelson, Manager of Programs.
3. Submit
Please email completed package to <svprograms@uvic.ca>.
Due to the volume of applicants, only successful candidates will be
contacted for an interview.
