Career & Inclusion Consultant

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Canada Gateway Association for Community Living Full time

**Gateway**

In 1975, a group of passionate parents fought to open doors for their children. Gateway Association emerged as the “Gateway to a better life” they envisioned for people with disabilities and their families. Gateway is a Family Resource Centre (FRC), an Employment Resource Centre (ERC), Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and Digital Inclusion Hub that provides education, family support, mentorship and inclusive employment.

Gateway facilitates big change via small changes and works to ignite diversity advocacy in workplaces and the community to advance inclusion-culture.

**Overview**

This position’s function is to engage people with disabilities in exploration, planning and learning around career development to facilitate identification of job targets and sustainable employment outcomes. This position is ‘teamed’ with the Workplace Inclusion Strategist position to facilitate outcomes. Caseload management, communication and collaboration are essential.

**Direct Duties**
- Pre-Employment (approximately 75%)
- Post Placement Support (approximately 25%)

**Direct Duties: Pre-Employment**
- Discover / understand their unique interests, values, and aptitudes in relation to career choices
- Understand stages of change and related motivational, anxiety or ‘readiness’ issues
- Engage in goal setting, career planning, and informed decision making
- Participate in the development of professional-quality resumes and cover letters
- Build capacity with regard to job search strategies and interview skills
- Mitigate barriers using existing supports and community resources/options
- Related administrative tasks: file keeping, information distribution, team meetings, etc.

**Direct Duties: Post Placement Support**
- Coaching work requirements, culture, as well as rights and responsibilities
- Coaching and connecting clients with natural supports in their work environment
- Support employer/employee with strategies and resources to meet goals and expectations
- Promoting inclusion through participation in story-telling and communications
- Facilitate group learning around self-discovery, career planning and workplace culture
- Support employers to build capacity around healthy, diverse and inclusive workplaces

**The Commitment**
- Full-time position working 37.5 hours/week.
- Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 9:00AM - 4:30PM, but there will be some flexibility needed to accommodate work outside of regular hours. We believe in work-life balance and are committed to keeping the workload in alignment with the true hours worked.

**Reports To**: Director; Diversity & Inclusion Consulting - Edmonton Employment Resource Centre

**Supervises**:No Direct Reports

**What You Can Bring to Gateway**
- Experience working with the public (particularly families, people with disabilities and youth)
- An interest in community building and values that include equity and inclusion
- Education or experience in human service, community development or career development
- Lived experience is highly valued, as is an anti-racism lens
- Exceptional communication skills and a strong desire to work collaboratively
- Professional ethics, specifically related to service access, power dynamics, confidentiality
- Organization skills and the ability to prioritize
- Must reside within Edmonton or the greater surrounding area
- Offer of employment conditional upon satisfactory Police Information Background Check

**Gateway Value Proposition (Compensation & Benefits)**
- Salary Range: $60,000.00 - $66,000.00 annually
- Benefits - 50/50 Employee/Employer Paid Premiums
- 15 paid vacation days, 9 paid personal days, 12 paid holidays, and a flexible family-friendly schedule
- Hybrid work (minimum 2 days of work in the office, work from community settings as needed, and work from home)
- Culture that focuses on reflective practice and building relationality with colleagues
- Commitment from leadership on unlearning anti-oppressive practices
- Frequent questioning and exploring of how Gateway does its work (internally and externally)

**Our Application and Hiring Process and Timeline**
- Send a PDF Resume & Cover Letter to: Ashleigh Benson through Indeed
- Preferred Start Date: February 15th
- April 1st, 2023 (date can be negotiated based on project start dates)

**Inclusion and Accommodation**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $60,000.00-$66,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have education or experience in human service, community development, or career development? [yes/no]
- Do you have experience working with the public (particularly families, people with disabilities, and youth)? [yes/no]
- Do you reside within Edmonton o

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