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Pay Rate: $44,162 annually – Check out the YMCA’s total compensation package!
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Location: 365 Bloor Street East YMCA
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Work Hours: 37.5 hours per week
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Employment Type: Contract Full Time Salaried - 1 Year (Existing Vacancy)
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Number of Vacancies: 1
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Anticipated Start Date: March 23, 2026
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Deadline to Apply: March 8, 2026 at 5:00 pm
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Be the Spark! Join our passionate team and help us to achieve great things in our community!
The Programs Agent provides operational and administrative support for the International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), assisting with financial processes, documentation, and program coordination. The role works closely with program leadership and the finance team to support compliance with funder requirements and ensure accurate record-keeping. By contributing to smooth program operations, the position helps facilitate international internships in countries such as Colombia, Peru, Togo, and Sierra Leone. The Agent’s work supports youth participants in gaining meaningful global experiences while maintaining program standards and efficiency.
In this role, you will:
- Create budgets and perform monthly follow-up on actual expenses to produce reports for both local partners and the Toronto IYIP office.
- Work closely with finance in preparing audit documentation and funders’ financial monitors.
- Prepare response documentation for any financial reporting requests by Global Affairs Canada (GAC).
- Ensure international partners, interns, and the Toronto IYIP program comply with funders’ financial guidelines, policies, and procedures.
- Verify accuracy and completeness of all supporting documentation and backup information.
- Review claims and reports to confirm alignment with financial system records, meet program claim/report deadlines, and perform follow-up as needed.
- Keep daily expenses tracking system accurately updated.
- Perform tasks related to IYIP operations, including forecasting, reconciliation, invoice coding, internal processing and payment follow-up, allowances calculation and processing, new vendor requests, and quotes collection and analysis.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What you need to succeed:
- Commitment to the YMCA’s Mission, Vision and Values.
- Focus on the health, safety and wellbeing of all children, youth, and vulnerable people in YMCA programs including understanding legal and moral obligations related to reporting suspected child abuse to Child Protection Services.
- YMCA Competencies: Accountable, Relationship-Builder, Improvement-Orientated, Team Player & Leader, Equity and Wellbeing Promoter.
You bring:
- Post-secondary education in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 1–2 years of experience in bookkeeping, expense coding, reporting, budgeting, account reconciliation, and financial data entry.
- Experience working within organizations receiving government funding is an asset.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of accounting principles.
- Comfort working with exchange-rate conversions.
- Strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Familiarity with computerized accounting systems.
- Professional fluency in Spanish is required.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and equipped with strong analytical skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with problem-solving and time-management abilities.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and building a sense of belonging.
Why work for the YMCA?
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity that ignites the potential in people, helping them grow, lead, and give back to their communities. We are committed to helping our employees reach their full potential and are recognized as a great place to work. We offer meaningful jobs and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of individuals and the health of our communities. See what you can expect from the YMCA here.
Joining the Y means contributing to over 170 years of providing opportunities for people to shine through programs and services, such as health and fitness, licensed child care, camps, employment and immigrant services, education and training, and services for youth, families, and seniors. Learn more in our 2025–2030 strategic plan, Greater Together, which outlines how we are focused on building communities where people feel healthier and more connected to their neighbours.
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We strive to remove barriers to employment and recognize that diverse staff who reflect the communities we work in enrich the experiences of our participants and our team. As an equal opportunity employer, we invite applications from all qualified candidates including racialized people/people of colour, Indigenous Peoples, disabled people/people with disabilities and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
If we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity so we can work with you to accommodate your needs.
In keeping with our commitment to safety and child protection, job offers are contingent on the successful completion of a Police Records Check. Within the first four months and every three years thereafter, a Vulnerable Police Records Check is required. Learn more about these checks here.
The YMCA only considers applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, due to the volume of applications we receive, we can only contact candidates who are selected for an interview.
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