Outreach Worker/Facilitator

About The Career Foundation: The Career Foundation is a dynamic non-profit organization and registered charity that offers a wide range of employment, training, and workforce development services to job seekers and employers. Since its inception in 1988, The Career Foundation has steadily expanded its services. Operating out of seven locations in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, as well as offices in British Columbia, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, we now help thousands of people each year successfully achieve their employment goals. Our team of dedicated professionals has described The Career Foundation as caring, compassionate, innovative, and team-oriented. For more information about us and our services, please visit our website at CareerFoundation.com.
Some of the benefits and features available to our employees include: Competitive compensation
A comprehensive health benefits plan that includes massage therapy, naturopath services, travel coverage, and much more
A comprehensive dental insurance plan
An RRSP Matching benefit
An Employee & Family Assistance program
Employee wellness initiatives
Paid days off for religious observance purposes
Paid days off for personal wellness purposes
Program and Role Description: The Career Foundation's Youth Thrive program operates both regionally and nationally, offering youth a variety of activities such as professional skills workshops, a virtual retreat, and volunteer placements. These opportunities help youth participants gain valuable skills and experiences, engage in important community projects, and promote civic engagement and social inclusion. Our national Youth Thrive program is available to youth aged 16 to 30 living in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, or Nova Scotia, while our regional Youth Thrive program serves eligible youth living in Ontario. Both programs particularly focus on youth who identify as Indigenous or are underserved from equity-deserving groups.
This Outreach Worker/Facilitator position is available with our national Youth Thrive program in Ontario and based at our North York office. In this role, you will be a key member of the project team.
Some of your responsibilities will include promoting civic engagement and volunteerism among youth and actively engaging them in the program. You will work directly with Indigenous and underserved youth participants by delivering life and volunteer readiness workshops, as well as providing individual and group-based coaching. These efforts will help youth participants understand the expectations and requirements of non-profit workplaces, preparing them for success in their volunteer placements.
You will have targets to achieve that will contribute to the team's collective ability to meet all contractual obligations with the program's funder.
Position Type: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) contract until March 31, 2027, with strong potential for permanency.
Starting Salary: The starting annual salary for this position is $57,000.00 (or $58k if the successful candidate holds a master's degree, full bilingualism in French, or full proficiency in Sign Language).
Base Location and Travel Requirements: This position is based at our North York office (Lawrence Ave. W. & Allen Rd.) and requires frequent travel to various locations within an assigned territory to meet the core deliverables of the position, as well as on-site work from the office
The successful candidate should possess a valid Ontario G driver's licence and a reliable vehicle to conduct essential work related travel within the communities served, including remote areas not accessible by public transit.
The position also currently permits a hybrid-remote schedule, permitting one work-from-home day per week, contingent on individual performance and program operational requirements, and is therefore subject to change at any time. The hybrid schedule requires a private work-from-home space with reliable, high-speed internet. A company laptop, cell phone, and other equipment will be provided.
Please note that the work schedule for this position requires flexibility and availability to work some evening hours and occasional weekends to meet the needs of the program.
Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Start: As soon as possible.
Reporting to: Program Coordinator
Vulnerable Sector Check: An offer of employment for this opportunity will be contingent on the incumbent providing an acceptable Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC).
Use of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial intelligence (AI) is not currently used to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of the hiring process.
Responsibilities include: Community Outreach, Program Promotion, and Participant Recruitment Conducts outreach to recruit new, eligible youth participants into the program, including Indigenous and underserved youth from equity-deserving groups, ensuring that ou