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Join Our Creative Journey:
Makerspace Coordinator Wanted!

Location: North Bay, ON
Term: 17 month contract at 28 hrs/wk, with potential for renewal Compensation: $52,000 ($25/hr)
Start Date: July 21, 2025
Application Deadline: July 4, 2025

About the Role:
We are seeking a creative, organized, and community-driven individual to lead the day-to-day operations of a new Makerspace in North Bay (to be launched in Fall 2025).

The Makerspace Coordinator will be responsible for supporting members and programming, maintaining the space and equipment, and helping build a vibrant, accessible, and inclusive creative hub for artists, hobbyists, and community groups.

This is a dynamic, hands-on role, ideal for someone with experience in facilitation, media arts, or maker culture who’s excited about community-building, collaborative learning, and low-barrier access to tools and resources.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate daily operations of the Makerspace, including scheduling, maintenance, and health and safety.
  • Ensure that the space is welcoming, inclusive, and aligned with the core values of the Makerspace.
  • Greet community members and groups and facilitate orientation to the space; Register new members.
  • Be responsible for addressing inappropriate or disruptive behavior of members according to established procedures
  • Support community users of all skill levels in the use of makerspace equipment and software; help design instructional guides for equipment and software.
  • Manage shared equipment and supplies (media arts, digital, print, and visual art tools)
  • Plan and organize community programming, workshops and events
  • Promote the Makerspace through outreach, social media, and partnerships
  • Collect feedback and track usage data to support evaluation and development
  • Makes recommendations leading to the development of Makerspace policies and procedures.
  • Liaise with the Makerspace Working Group, contractors, and advisory group as needed

Qualifications:

  • Experience in coordination, facilitation, arts administration, or community programming

  • Familiarity with at least one area of “making” (e.g. media arts, 3D printing, sewing, screen printing, or audio/video production)

  • Strong organizational and communication skills

  • Commitment to equity, accessibility, and inclusive practices

  • Comfortable working independently and collaboratively

  • Experience with tool/equipment maintenance or health and safety is an asset

  • Indigenous and/or French language skills and/or experience working with Indigenous or newcomer communities are strong assets

To Apply:
Please send a cover letter and resume with references to [email protected] with the subject line “Makerspace Coordinator Application.” Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm ET on July 4, 2025. Interviews will take place July 7-11, 2025.

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and actively encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, people with lived experience of disability, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, people who identify as Black, African, and/or Carribean, as racialized and/or from ethnic and cultural minority groups, and other underrepresented demographic groups.

We are committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment, accommodating the needs of applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment process.