Employment Counsellor

3 weeks ago

Saskatoon, Canada Saskatoon Open Door Full time

**Job Title**

Employment Counsellor

**Immediate Supervisors**
- Director of Employment Services, Team Lead of Employment Services_

**Classification**

Counsellor/Facilitator

**Wage**

Starting at $22.83 per hour

Closing Date: February 24, 2023

Start Date: ASAP until September 30, 2023. May be extended, may become permanent.

**Job Purpose**

Under the direction of the Employment Services Director, the Employment Counsellor assists immigrants in setting and meeting their employment goals through developing and delivering in-house employment programs and services, providing individualized instruction in the labour market, education and training equivalency, job search techniques, and interview strategies.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Career Counselling_
- Identifies clients’ barriers to employment and advises clients on how to overcome their employment barriers.
- Helps clients realize their immediate employment goals by providing individualized instruction in the labour market, job search techniques, and interview strategies.
- Guides clients in their active job search by one-to-one coaching, preparing or critiquing resumes and cover letters, making employer contacts, and follow-up activities.
- Manages cases by identifying non-employment barriers, referring clients to other service providers, documenting case files, and sharing client information through case consultations.
- Programming_
- Assesses current programming material, identifies clients’ needs, and adjusts curriculum and/or material accordingly.
- Develops program materials for new and existing programming as needed.
- Facilitates group/classroom workshops/programs to educate and guide clients in their job search.
- Ensures service quality and collaborative work relationships by providing guidance to new staff and acting as a resource person in an identified area of expertise.
- Administration_
- Provides clients with intake assessments, information, guidance, and referrals to appropriate training or equivalency assessments.
- Keeps director/team leaders informed by regular reporting as required and advising them on emergent issues.
- Provides program information and data by maintaining client records, preparing required reports, participating in staff meetings, and entering all outstanding information into their respective databases.
- Fostering Business-Relationship Management_
- Improves employment opportunities for newcomers by negotiating training and partnership agreements with external local employers.
- Connects with external local employers in the labour market and advocates on the clients’ behalf for equal employment opportunities.
- Fosters respect for cultural diversity by sensitizing employers and other service providers to immigrant and cross-cultural issues; participates on external committees.
- Builds partnerships with Saskatoon business community to help connect newcomer job seekers to local employers.
- Other duties as assigned._

**Education and Experience**
- University degree in Commerce, Business Administration, or social sciences, humanities, public relations or adult education, and, one year of work experience providing employment counselling services, OR
- Graduate of post-secondary program (2 years minimum) in adult education, job-coaching, or career counselling, and two years’ work experience providing employment counselling services.
- Training in career counselling is not mandatory but is considered an asset.
- Working knowledge of the labour market and keeps informed of community events.

**Required Licenses and/or Certifications**
- Criminal Occurrence Security Check - Must complete a Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check in good standing and within three months prior to first day of employment.

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