Recruitment Advisor - Edmonton, Canada - Women Building Futures Society

Women Building Futures Society

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Key Responsibilities

Commitment to WBF's values and culture, including support and openness to continuous learning, and creating safe, inclusive workplaces with respect for all employees, applicants, students, and stakeholders.
Lead a broad WBF Recruitment Strategy and play a key role in connecting women with training that leads to life changing employment.
Develop, create, plan, write and deliver recruitment resources, presentations, workshops, and information sessions
Organize recruitment efforts by program focusing on prospective applicants in potential communities in an identified geographic region.
Share WBF information to identified target groups and other appropriate internal and external contacts. Make appropriate referrals using knowledge of all WBF programs and services (Financial Aid, Readiness etc.)
Represent and promote WBF by travelling within Alberta and connect with communities and prospective applicants to provide information about WBF (e.g. career fairs, information sessions, and other events
Coordinate events such as industry showcases, information sessions and youth camps
Provide timely activity and progress reports
Field wide range of telephone and electronic inquiries; make referrals to internal and external contacts
Regularly research recruitment and orientation events, tracking trends and informing ongoing improvements
Establish evaluative measures and processes for recruitment initiatives

Skills & Abilities

Dynamic and energetic individual with excellent communications and public speaking skills
High level of personal integrity and commitment to putting the Mission and values of Women Building Futures into action
Interest in working with high schools, postsecondary students, and organizations to assess strengths and barriers, and actively engage with people exploring training for employment opportunities.
A community connector who is interested in building and nurturing relationships and strengthening a network that includes community organizations focused on youth, women and training for employment connections.
Great capacity to adapt in a dynamic and changing environment.
Excellent service and public relations skills to connect with people and community organizations, knowledge of resources.
Ability to communicate information in clear, concise ways, and adapt for a variety of participants and audiences.
Confidence and comfort with facetoface presentations and events, as well as online or blended formats.
Develop best practices and contribute to continuous improvement of engagement and recruitment processes; willingness to learn and try different approaches.
Comfortable with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and customer relationship management software (CRM).
Excellent interpersonal skills including tact and diplomacy are necessary in order to work with diverse backgrounds; must be able to interact professionally with a variety of internal and external client groups.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Demonstrated event coordination and project management skills.
Comfortable with administrative activities such as scheduling, attendance tracking, budgeting, evaluation, and reporting.
Strong problemsolving and analytical skills.
Experience and comfort working independently and in collaboration with a team and community members.
Ability to travel and a valid "Class 5" driver's license (cannot be a graduated license) with proven driving record (abstract required).
Alignment with WBF's values and culture, including a commitment to continuous learning, and creating safe, inclusive workplaces with respect for all employees, applicants, students and stakeholders.

Education & Experience

Degree or Diploma in related field such as Education, Community Development, Human Resources or Business Administration, or equivalent training and experience.
Minimum of twoyears and ideally 5 years of recruitment or community engagement experience.
Experience presenting to groups.
Criminal and Vulnerable Sector checks indicating no record of convictions and no intervention service records are required.
Frequent travel throughout Alberta is required, approximately to 50% of time.