Settlement Counsellor

**Job Title**:
**Settlement Counsellor**

**Reports to**:
**Settlement Manager**

**Languages**:
**English (required), Pashtu, Dari (an asset)**

**Position**:
**Fixed-Term Contract**

**Hourly Wage**:
**$22 per hour**

**This is a term position ending March 31, 2025**

**ABOUT MAGMA**
- The Multicultural Agency of the Greater Moncton Area - MAGMA is the southeastern New Brunswick's largest Settlement Agency. We support newcomers as they arrive, plant roots, and build a new home in New Brunswick's largest and fastest-growing city. Just like the cultural landscape of our region, we are an organization continuously evolving while striving to be a proactive community partner within the Greater Moncton area and offering best-in-class settlement services.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

**PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Working with newcomers to assess needs and resources.
- Developing a plan to address housing and other settlement goals in the community.
- Assisting newcomers in school enrolments, employment pursuits and credential recognition.
- Identifying educational and training resources, recreational pursuits, and other appropriate community contacts and resources.
- Organizing various workshops and activities to facilitate newcomer integration.
- Making referrals to professional networking events and groups.
- Completing reports and attending meetings as required by MAGMA.
- Representing the organization in the community when required and maintaining healthy relationships with other helping organizations and the community.
- Occasionally, resolving client issues directly at their homes when necessary.

**DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Post-secondary education in social work or a related human services field is an asset.
- Fluent in English. Proficiency in additional languages such as Pashtu, Dari, Rohingya, and Arabic is a strong asset.
- Must have a valid driver's license.
- Experience counselling clients or other helping capacity.
- Knowledge and experience with life skills education and coaching.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, lead and evaluate group or individual trainings and workshops
- Knowledge and experience in maintaining confidentiality, appropriate boundaries, and other basic counselling ethics.
- Knowledge of community resources for youth and families.
- Have strong proficiency using technology, including Teams, Zoom, etc.
- Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to accommodate the clients' needs.

**MAGMA COMMUNITY DUTIES**

**Event Participation**: As a multicultural agency which networks extensively with other organizations and community stakeholders, as well as hosting a wide variety of events, MAGMA community members are asked to be flexible in participating in events, which, from time to time, take place outside of regular work hours.

**Administration**: As a government-funded organization we are required to report in detail on our activities. Team members may be required to submit a variety of regular reports on the fulfilment of their role requirements.

**NOTE**: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be expected to perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organization's ongoing needs.

**MAGMA values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Diversity at MAGMA means fostering a workplace where individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths.