Job Description
JOB POSTING #2023-24-01 - Employment Mentors Program
Employment Outreach Specialist
Wage: $25.00 per hour
Full time, 35 hours per week
Temporary until March 31, 2024
Promote the Employment Mentors Program to the community and to clients
Join the team at Archway
Location: Abbotsford
On Site
Job Summary:
The Employment Outreach Specialist promotes the Employment Mentors Program within the community and provides clients with support. This position is responsible for managing and reporting client information using the iCare database.
Your Role:
Archway’s Employment Outreach Specialist with the Employment Mentors Program contributes by:
- Liaising with community service providers and other professionals to promote awareness of the Employment Mentors Program and to facilitate referrals.
- Inspiring and motivating participants/clients through their program participation, documenting all outcomes.
- Organizing and facilitating newcomer orientation sessions; topical workshops and employment readiness series.
- Promoting Immigrant Employment Services at local community events and job fairs; also promoting to surrounding areas: Chilliwack, Mission and Aldergrove as needed.
- Working collaboratively with other programs within the agency to eliminate participant’s barriers and to increase newcomer client’s employability.
- Organizing and managing the program database as it relates to client’s career streams relevant to overall program reporting.
This position is a great fit for someone who can multi-task, keep up to date on the latest employment trends, and is good at negotiating.
Our Offer
- Wage: $25.00 per hour
- A full-time position at 35 hours per week, availability Monday to Friday, with some possible evening and weekend hours.
- Temporary until March 31, 2024.
- Benefits include:
- Three weeks’ vacation in your first year.
- A great benefits package including extended health and dental, you choose your plan.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program that includes online access to wellness resources.
- Great in-house training opportunities.
- Rewarding work in a positive environment.
Getting an Interview – you will be considered if you have:
· Completed Grade 12 or equivalent.
· A Career Development Practitioner Certificate is an asset.
· Experience working in a client service role.
· Experience providing coaching around employment skills and cultural norms.
The Job Requires you to have:
· Ability to keep up to date on labour market information and industry trends.
· Knowledge of best practices in employment skills including resume and cover letter writing and formatting, networking, and interviewing.
· Ability to speak a second language is an asset.
· Ability to work in a shared office space.
· Ability to switch tasks to manage interruptions.
Closing date is Monday, July 28, 2023
TO APPLY
Interested applicants are to reference Posting #2023-24-01 in the subject line.
Please submit your cover letter and resume to:
Email: jobpostings@archway.ca
Subject:Job Posting #2023-24-01
No phone calls please. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Your resume may also be forwarded to other Programs for their consideration for their job vacancies. If you do not wish for your application to be shared with other Programs, please send an e-mail to jobpostings@archway.ca with DO NOT FORWARD TO OTHER PROGRAMS, in the subject line of the e-mail and the job reference number to which you applied, in the body of the e-mail.
Archway's goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Equity and diversity are essential to excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
We invest in the mental health and wellbeing of our employees.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 8 months
Salary: $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
COVID-19 considerations:
All common surfaces are sanitized regularly
Application question(s):
- A Career Development Practitioner Certificate is an asset
- Knowledge of best practices in employment skills including resume and cover letter writing and formatting
- Knowledge of networking and interviewing skills.
Experience:
- Providing coaching for employment skills and cultural norms: 1 year (required)
- Client Service: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2023-07-28
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