Employment Outreach Program Coordinator - Edmonton, Canada - BGS Career Ventures
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Work setting:
- Communitybased agency
Tasks:
- Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Supervise other counsellors and support staff
- Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Perform administrative tasks
- Advise employers on human resource and other employmentrelated issues
- Assess need for assistance such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further training and refer clients to the appropriate services
- Recruit and hire staff
- Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of clients
- Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for dealing with job dissatisfaction, making midcareer changes and adjusting to workplace transitions
- Provide established workers with information and strategies for maintaining a job or moving within an organization
- Provide consulting services to community groups and agencies, businesses, industry and other organizations involved in providing communitybased career planning support or resources
- Train, direct and motivate staff
- Train and supervise staff
- Train staff
- Develop, promote and implement public relations and promotional programs
- Prepare reports
- Advise job applicants on employment requirements and terms and conditions of employment
- Direct and advise professional and nonprofessional staff
- Administer the programs of nongovernmental organizations involved with social issues
- Establish administrative procedures
Supervision:
people
- Working groups
Computer and technology knowledge:
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Area of specialization:
- Project management
Security and safety:
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information:
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits:
- Mileage paid
Long term benefits:
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits:
- Variable or compressed work week
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