Binners' Project: Project Coordinator: DEADLINE FEBRUARY 3RD

Binners' Project, a project of Tides Canada is a group of waste-pickers aided by support staff dedicated to improving their economic opportunities and reducing the stigma they face as informal recyclable collectors. Binners' Project is a charitable initiative with social enterprise programs that provides low barrier employment and capacity building to over 150 marginalized individuals with an annual budget of $750,000. Binners' Project is a project on Tides Canada's Shared Platform, which supports on-the-ground efforts to create uncommon solutions for the common good. Tides Canada's shared platform provides governance, human resources, financial, and grant management for Binners' Project. Binners' Project is committed to principles of dignity, independence, integration, and equal opportunity. The Opportunity The project: Binner Needs Assessment (BNA). The BNA is a priority action of the Binners' Project for 2019. This project was initiated by a team of skilled volunteers in Victoria and led by the Binners' Project Director in Vancouver. It was recommended by Mayor Helps and is currently supported by Victoria Foundation's funding and Our Place's on the ground support. Our intended outcomes are to: 1. Catalyze binning activity that benefits the local low-income community; 2. Build stronger networks and identify opportunities for collaboration and coordination for binners amongst inner city businesses, residents, funders, and other stakeholders; 3. Equip local individuals and networks with the tools, methods, processes and agency to advance identified solutions as a group The volunteers currently engaged will make up an advisory board for the needs assessment. Binners' Project will host this needs assessment in its incubation phase and dedicate staffing resources to bring this idea to fruition. Visit our website for the full job description: binnersproject.org