Dei Specialist - Mississauga, Canada - ACHEV

ACHEV

Verified Company

Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

SUMMARY:
At Achev, we believe that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build a better life and a successful future. For more than 30 years, we have dedicated ourselves to helping diverse Canadians and newcomers achieve their full potential. Today, we are one of the largest employment, newcomer, language, and youth services providers in the Greater Toronto Area.

Our dedicated team of nearly 400 staff delivers a wide range of innovative, high-quality, and personalized programs and services that empower our clients to prosper and our communities to thrive.

We thrive in a One Achev culture where collaboration and integrated service delivery will positively impact Achev's resiliency, agility, success, and growth.

Employment Pathways in Canada - Health Care (EPIC-HC) The program's primary focus will be to support highly skilled, internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) like nurses, pharmacists, and lab technicians in finding employment and completing their accreditation process in their occupations.

The program is designed to help IEHPs transition and integrate into job placements and employment opportunities in the healthcare sector.

At the same time, the project will support their accreditation process in their intended healthcare occupation in Ontario and Alberta.

The program will help IEHPs attain entry-level positions as nurse aides, PSWs, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy assistants while supporting them in completing their licensing pathway in Canada.

Funded by Economic & Social Development Canada (ESDC), the project encourages the relocation and settlement of IEHPs in Canada's rural and understaffed areas.

This will meet the needs of underserved communities and simultaneously address labour market shortages in the vital healthcare professions.

IEHPs will receive support in navigating the foreign credential recognition process, including career and licensure pathways and employment goals that reflect their experience, skill, and expertise.

This project will also work with employers to improve access to employment and retention in the workplace and workplace inclusivity.

DEI Specialist

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide engagement, recruitment, retention, and support services to EPIC-HC Employer Partners, focused on helping employers connect with diverse job seekers who meet their organizations' workforce needs.
Facilitate specific activities, including training related to best practices related to the employment of people of internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs).
Provide training on DEI topics for program participants.
Respect the unique nature of each organization's business style and environment.
As an extension of the Employer Partner's Human Resources team, follow recruitment protocols within organizations engaged in the project.
Work with the employer, local service partners, and job seekers to facilitate recruitment.
Identify opportunities for innovation and ways to remove barriers to hiring or retention.
Maintain open, honest communication with all parties while protecting confidentiality.
Participate in EPIC-HC team meetings, career fairs, presentations, and other events.
Collect and update data management systems.

REQUIRED SKILL SET AND EXPERIENCE:

5+ years of direct facilitation experience, particularly workplace or DEIrelated training and recruitment experience, combined with leading inclusive hiring of people with diverse/international professional backgrounds.
3+ years of demonstrable experience in creating and developing DEIArelated trainings and presentations.
Ability to facilitate learning sessions on bias, allyship, antiracism, gender inclusion, antiharassment, feedback and communication, management practices, and other relevant DEI areas.
Sound knowledge of issues impacting the employment of internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) and various accommodation measures that produce positive employment outcomes.
A natural ability to quickly translate the value of inclusive employment to employers.
Effective communication and strong critical thinking skills
Excellent organizational skills, including effectively collaborating with and engaging internal and external stakeholders from kickoff to close off a training engagement.
Well versed in, or highly adaptive to, navigating virtual meeting technology (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams) and other related workplace technologies (e.g., Google Workspace)
Collaborative working style
Formal facilitation training would be considered an asset.
Other duties as assigned.