Employment Consultant

**Salary**
- $39.34 - $45.59 Hourly**Location**
- Bancroft, ON**Job Type**
- Full-Time**Job Number**
- 2024-00156**Department**
- Community Employment Services & Bancroft Campus**Opening Date**
- 09/24/2024**Closing Date**
- 10/1/2024 11:59 PM Eastern**Bargaining Unit**
- OPSEU421-SS-FT**Start Date**
- ASAP**Start Rate**
- $39.34**Payband**
- I $39.34 (start) - $45.59 (4 yr rate)**Hours**
- 35 hours per week**Length of Term**
- Permanent**Closing Date for Internal Consideration**
- 10/01/2024**Posted in accordance**DESCRIPTION**

**BENEFITS**

**QUESTIONS**

**About Loyalist**

Loyalist College is built upon the lands governed by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement. We affirm and thank the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg and Huron-Wendat nations for their continued caretaking of the land. At Loyalist, we empower our students with wraparound support services and hands-on training to succeed on any path they choose. Our academic programs are responsive and innovative, designed to solve pressing social and economic challenges and meet the evolving needs of our regional industry and community partners. Our graduates enter the workforce equipped with the knowledge they need to be better global citizens, and with future-focused skills to lead change in their fields. With a presence in Belleville, Bancroft, Port Hope, Tyendinaga and Toronto, we believe our institutional responsibility extends beyond the classroom to seeing the big picture for the communities we serve. Our expertise in applied research and deep connections to local industry support economic development, to the benefit of businesses, entrepreneurs, changemakers and innovators. Our commitment to decolonization, and the pursuit of a more inclusive, equitable world, means we hold ourselves accountable to the diverse perspectives, cultures and experiences that shape our communities.

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the Manager, Employment Services, the Employment Consultant provides a wide range of employment related services to clients preparing for training, employment and/or employment maintenance activities. The incumbent collaborates with other Community Employment Services staff to promote services in the community and provide a seamless continuum of employment services for both job seekers and employers.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Employment Counselling/Service Planning
- Provides advice and information to job seekers on a variety of topics, including occupational requirements, labour market information, vocational training options, employment and labour practices and apprenticeships
- Determines appropriate service intervention offerings to clients. (e.g. Job Matching, Job Retention, Better Jobs Ontario, workshops and program referrals)
- Completes initial intake interviews, and assessments to determine clients’ skills, abilities, aptitudes and barriers
- Assists job seekers with the development of personal action plans
- Refers job seekers to appropriate community service when required
- Maintains client confidentiality and ensures a risk-free environment allowing for personal disclosure
- Assists clients to access employment opportunities Through assessment and reasonability check list, determine eligibility for Canada Ontario Job Grant (COJG), researching training and training providers for appropriate referrals to employers
- Caseload Management
- Oversees a large caseload of individuals seeking employment or training and related services
- Documents the level of client support needed and the level of client support provided
- Responsible for entering all client information into the EOIS-Cams system for Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) and data entry in ESCases software
- Adheres strictly to all protection of information legislation
- Meets or exceeds assigned targets for client intake and outcomes
- Adjusts priorities in order to meet assigned activity levels
- Oversees dispersal of support allowances to clients in need of financial assistance
- Composes and organizes client case notes that clearly document the client’s needs and strategies to support the client
- Responsible for the administration and delivery of Canada Ontario Job Grant (COJG) including assessment for employer funding decisions Conducts monitoring and follow-ups with clients and employers
- Job Developing, Marketing and Placement
- Initiates, develops and maintains relationships with employers in the community to identify job leads and support employment maintenance activities
- Develops both subsidized and unsubsidized placement opportunities for multi-berried clients, while managing employer expectations
- Completes training incentive placement agreements with employers including placement agreement signing, invoicing instructions and training plan development
- Customizes training plan with the employer and the client. Providing client and employers with Employment Standard Act information
- Service Co-ordination