MISSISSAUGA — The search is on to find Mississauga’s first poet laureate.

According to the job description, the poet laureate will serve as literary ambassador for the city.

Key responsibilities are to produce literary work that reflects the city and its citizens, including at least three original works for specific events or occasions, and to attend a variety of civic events across the city to promote and attract people to the literary world.

The poet laureate will also act as a mentor for the youth poet laureate program by assisting the youth poet laureate to create an event or project to promote poetry and the literary arts to young people.

Candidates must be a published poet or spoken-word artist, a Mississauga resident, and have an established body of work or have been recognized for notable contributions to the literary arts. Some of their work should be relevant to Mississauga and/or subjects that reflect the life of the city.

The inaugural poet laureate will serve a term beginning in June and ending in March 2017 and will receive an honorarium of $5,000 per annum.

Deadline to apply is May 29.

The submission package and more information can be found at http://bit.ly/1b6C2fQ