Job description: This position is accountable to the Supervisor of Language Program for the planning, implementing, and evaluating a high-quality, outcome-focused Community Connections program funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The Community Connections program will build relations between recent immigrants and established volunteers from East Toronto neighbourhoods, public institutions and private sector businesses, with the goal of assisting newcomers to settle and integrate into Canada while building a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community. Due to WoodGreen’s multi-site locations, we reserve the right to relocate the incumbent to another site, in the same position performing the same duties, as may be dictated by program needs. Reasonable notice of such site relocation will be given.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for implementing all activities and meeting all qualitative and quantitative outcomes per the annual work plan developed with management within the stipulated timeframe.
• Work with other members of the Community Connections team to determine mentorship needs, encourage the development of mentorship opportunities, and coordinate mentor retention strategies.
• This position ensures that service is provided to newcomer clients in person and through e-services and that all program goals, statistics and outcomes are met.
• Assist with outreach to the business community, professional associations, and other places to attract potential mentors.
• Receive and review mentee applications, conduct in-depth interviews to determine current situation, goals and potential benefits from mentoring.
• Conduct in-depth interviews with mentors to determine key strengths (skills, experience, networking contacts, languages, cultural understanding) that are of potential benefit to mentees.
• Develop and implement a process for matching mentees with mentors, including protocols and policies, leading to successful mentorship relationships and confirm matching arrangements, including mentoring objectives, period, frequency and method of meeting, location of one-on-one meetings to ensure safety and comfort of both parties; ensure both parties understand and sign the mentoring agreement.

What You Bring to the Team

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Community Work, Adult Education or a related field.
• Minimum two (2) year’s’ experience and proven track record in supporting newcomers to achieve goals in counselling, employment, or related environments.
• Experience in career coaching is a fundamental aspect of the role.

What Will Set You Apart

• Solid knowledge of different education fields and employment sectors
• Experience providing guidance and support to clients seeking employment in various fields.
• Previous experience in the non-profit social services sector is preferred.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to issues facing immigrants, immigrant communities, and internationally trained professionals and extensive knowledge of community-based orientation and support resources, activities and events within the GTA area.
• Proven experience in facilitating group workshops on diverse topics, focusing on supporting newcomers in community integration and delivering engaging orientation and training sessions tailored to the needs of diverse audiences.

We encourage you to apply if you are passionate about relationship building and career coaching and have a solid understanding of various sectors. Your expertise will significantly impact the success of our clients’ employment journeys.

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Expected salary: $51997.08 per year

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 06 Jan 2024 02:10:05 GMT

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Job date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 01:04:46 GMT

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Job date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 03:27:20 GMT

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Job description: Employment Counsellor / Mentoring Coach, Job ID #8105

Pre-arrival programs / Full-time / 1 year contract with possibility of renewal / Starting ASAP / North

Who is JVS Toronto?

JVS Toronto believes that every individual has opportunities for employment. Since 1947, JVS Toronto has been giving the power of employment and improved learning serving 10,000 new individuals annually through career, employment, and assessment services in Toronto and York Region. We also help businesses recruit the workforce they need to be successful. JVS Toronto is a registered charity and receives generous funding to provide most of our services without charge. Learn about the work we do: www.jvstoronto.org.

Our employees benefit from a group benefit plan, a friendly work environment, monthly wellness initiatives, access to an employee assistance program (EAP), opportunities for continuous learning and a variety of corporate discounts. JVS Toronto also offers permanent employees a generous vacation package, a pension plan in addition to paid sick time, family care and wellness days.

Program Overview

Individual in this position will provide employment counselling and supports to our pre-arrival programs like Project Welcome, Canada InfoNet as well as other pre and post arrival group mentoring initiatives funded by Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Canada InfoNet is a pan-Canadian online program offering pre-arrival services to internationally educated persons. Program provides employment preparation, occupation specific mentoring and Canadian workplace culture support.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join our multi-lingual pre-arrival team. This dynamic role requires effective organizational abilities, flexibility to remain client-focused while achieving program targets and the ability to coordinate with multiple project partners across Canada. We pride ourselves for the exceptional support we offer immigrating professionals to help them successfully transition to their careers in Canada!

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Conduct intake and in-depth assessments online to determine client program eligibility and create Employment Action Plans
• Case manage clients, provide employment counselling, sector and province-specific labour market information
• Facilitate on-line job search related workshops for small groups and deliver Zoom presentations to large audience of clients and other stakeholders
• Assist clients with resume building, conduct mock interviews via skype, and provide coaching to develop the clients’ skill set and knowledge; aid with adaptation to Canadian business culture
• Research and identify potential referral sources abroad, support establishing of referral arrangements and act as a liaison with referring agents
• Support further upgrading of JVS Toronto online mentoring platform
• Develop manuals and online learning content for Learning Management system
• Recruit mentors by leading information sessions and marketing the program via national outreach to employers, organizations, and social networks
• Screen and match mentors/mentees, conduct online mentor/mentee orientation and secure mentoring matches
• Case manage and monitor mentoring relationships to ensure mentee/mentor goals are met
• Gather and analyze participant evaluations after program completion
• Record and administer participant information/documentation collection
• Assist in tracking participants’ progress and outcomes and preparing monthly and other reports as required Flexible hours / evenings / weekends are required for this position to accommodate international client, mentor and community groups’ needs and availability
• Deliver train-the-trainer and information sessions to partner representatives regarding the project, mentoring platform and mentoring model
• Deliver training and support to partners to establish and manage group mentoring programs

• Collaborate with partner agencies to support them with recruiting, onboarding and engaging mentors

Flexible hours/ evenings / weekends may be required for this position. Some travelling may be required for the position as well.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or Post Graduate Certificate in Career Counselling, Human Resources, Social Services, or related. International degrees must be evaluated for Canadian equivalency.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with newcomers
• Proven Employment/Career Counselling expertise of minimum 4 years
• Demonstrated knowledge of mentoring, settlement, and immigration
• Good communication skills with strong English language written communication skills is a must
• Strong technical skills, comfortable with online service delivery and using technology for various activities of the program. Proven ability to master new tools and technologies quickly.
• Experience delivering training and information sessions online
• Technical expertise in excel, word, online meeting and webinar tools like GoTo Webinar, Zoom etc
• Proven experience providing case management to high volumes of clients
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to multitask, strong ability to adapt to client and community groups’ schedules
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain relationships
• Effective research skills and knowledge of the Canadian labour market
• A clear Police Vulnerable Sector check is required for this position

Our ideal candidate will also have:

• Fluency in French or a second language reflecting targeted outreach
• Employment Ontario knowledge and exposure
• Awareness/knowledge of client challenges
• Some exposure to technology projects – building new tools and platforms
• Exposure to social media platforms and creating content for them

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume & covering letter here.

JVS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require accommodation in order to submit your application, please contact JVS directly.

Our agency embraces diversity and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our agency, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:39:23 GMT

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Job description: Pre-arrival programs / Full-time / 1 year contract with possibility of renewal / Starting ASAP / North

Who is JVS Toronto?

JVS Toronto believes that every individual has opportunities for employment. Since 1947, JVS Toronto has been giving the power of employment and improved learning serving 10,000 new individuals annually through career, employment, and assessment services in Toronto and York Region. We also help businesses recruit the workforce they need to be successful. JVS Toronto is a registered charity and receives generous funding to provide most of our services without charge. Learn about the work we do: www.jvstoronto.org.

Our employees benefit from a group benefit plan, a friendly work environment, monthly wellness initiatives, access to an employee assistance program (EAP), opportunities for continuous learning and a variety of corporate discounts. JVS Toronto also offers permanent employees a generous vacation package, a pension plan in addition to paid sick time, family care and wellness days.

Program Overview

Individual in this position will provide employment counselling and supports to our pre-arrival programs like Project Welcome, Canada InfoNet as well as other pre and post arrival group mentoring initiatives funded by Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Canada InfoNet is a pan-Canadian online program offering pre-arrival services to internationally educated persons. Program provides employment preparation, occupation specific mentoring and Canadian workplace culture support.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join our multi-lingual pre-arrival team. This dynamic role requires effective organizational abilities, flexibility to remain client-focused while achieving program targets and the ability to coordinate with multiple project partners across Canada. We pride ourselves for the exceptional support we offer immigrating professionals to help them successfully transition to their careers in Canada!

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Conduct intake and in-depth assessments online to determine client program eligibility and create Employment Action Plans
• Case manage clients, provide employment counselling, sector and province-specific labour market information
• Facilitate on-line job search related workshops for small groups and deliver Zoom presentations to large audience of clients and other stakeholders
• Assist clients with resume building, conduct mock interviews via skype, and provide coaching to develop the clients’ skill set and knowledge; aid with adaptation to Canadian business culture
• Research and identify potential referral sources abroad, support establishing of referral arrangements and act as a liaison with referring agents
• Support further upgrading of JVS Toronto online mentoring platform
• Develop manuals and online learning content for Learning Management system
• Recruit mentors by leading information sessions and marketing the program via national outreach to employers, organizations, and social networks
• Screen and match mentors/mentees, conduct online mentor/mentee orientation and secure mentoring matches
• Case manage and monitor mentoring relationships to ensure mentee/mentor goals are met
• Gather and analyze participant evaluations after program completion
• Record and administer participant information/documentation collection
• Assist in tracking participants’ progress and outcomes and preparing monthly and other reports as required Flexible hours / evenings / weekends are required for this position to accommodate international client, mentor and community groups’ needs and availability
• Deliver train-the-trainer and information sessions to partner representatives regarding the project, mentoring platform and mentoring model
• Deliver training and support to partners to establish and manage group mentoring programs

• Collaborate with partner agencies to support them with recruiting, onboarding and engaging mentors

Flexible hours/ evenings / weekends may be required for this position. Some travelling may be required for the position as well.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or Post Graduate Certificate in Career Counselling, Human Resources, Social Services, or related. International degrees must be evaluated for Canadian equivalency.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with newcomers
• Proven Employment/Career Counselling expertise of minimum 4 years
• Demonstrated knowledge of mentoring, settlement, and immigration
• Good communication skills with strong English language written communication skills is a must
• Strong technical skills, comfortable with online service delivery and using technology for various activities of the program. Proven ability to master new tools and technologies quickly.
• Experience delivering training and information sessions online
• Technical expertise in excel, word, online meeting and webinar tools like GoTo Webinar, Zoom etc
• Proven experience providing case management to high volumes of clients
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to multitask, strong ability to adapt to client and community groups’ schedules
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain relationships
• Effective research skills and knowledge of the Canadian labour market
• A clear Police Vulnerable Sector check is required for this position

Our ideal candidate will also have:

• Fluency in French or a second language reflecting targeted outreach
• Employment Ontario knowledge and exposure
• Awareness/knowledge of client challenges
• Some exposure to technology projects – building new tools and platforms
• Exposure to social media platforms and creating content for them

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resume & covering letter here.

JVS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require accommodation in order to submit your application, please contact JVS directly.

Our agency embraces diversity and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

We thank all applicants for their interest in our agency, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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