Language Assessor - Edmonton, Canada - Catholic Social Services

Catholic Social Services

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Edmonton, Canada

3 days ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Full time

Description

Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for one (1) Full Time Language Assessor position at 37.5 hours per week in Edmonton, AB.

You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect.

With more than 50 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering 130+ programs throughout Central Alberta.

"As a Catholic social services agency, we are guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect."

Our values are at the core of everything we do
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Humility:We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
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Compassion:We
respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
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Respect:We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.

The Meaningful Work You'll Do:

As a Language Assessor, you possess strong assessment and counselling skills and enjoy working with newcomers to Canada in a culturally-diverse environment.

You facilitate the integration of newcomers through offering both language and vocational assessments, educational counselling and referrals to various educational institutions, follow ups, and information sessions and presentations.

Qualifications and Skills:

Diploma/Degree in Human Services/Education (or equivalent)
A minimum of 300 hours in teaching ESL to adults in Canada is a requirement for this position (if you are not yet certified by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks/CCLB to administer English language assessments) as you must be eligible for certification
Prior knowledge of the Canadian Language Benchmarks
Proficient in spoken and written English
Knowledge of educational and community resources
Strong counselling, presentation and public speaking skills
Proficient in the use of computers, including online video conferencing platforms (i.e., Microsoft Teams and Zoom), Word, Excel, Outlook
You offer flexibility as you may be asked to work on Saturday or in the evening depending on the need
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Child Intervention Record Check

What We Offer:

Compensation begins at $29.04 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience.
Flexible benefit options when eligible.
Work within a highly collaborative, teamoriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and people of faith or no faith._