Career Advisor - Vancouver, Canada - YWCA Metro Vancouver

YWCA Metro Vancouver

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Description
Responsibilities:

Conduct career assessment and planning for racialized participants seeking career opportunities in the manufacturing sector
Group workshop facilitation and onetoone career advising to racialized youth, women and newcomer immigrants and refugees
Develop individualized training plans and provide resources to support participant goals
Support in creating curriculum and facilitating soft skills training, employment readiness, and skills for success skills
Provide job search and onthejob coaching; assist participants in identifying and overcoming employment barriers, setting realistic career goals, and creating and following action plans
Conduct participant recruitment such as client intake, needs assessment, eligibility screening, and registration, and making appropriate community service referrals, as needed
Assist participants with resumes, cover letters, interview preparation, and labour market information and trend research
Work collaboratively within the community and YWCA to create resource partnerships for referrals and client recruitment
Attend careerrelated event management and participation
Work collaboratively within the broader YWCA ecosystem to ensure the optimization of cross referrals
Maintain accurate participant records and confidentiality, as per CARF standards
Report program outcomes to program manager and stakeholders (e.g., funder and YWCA leadership)
Liaise with other community and external stakeholders to promote and engage issues specific to manufacturing sector employment
Recruit employers for work experience engagement and round table activities,
Meet with employers to create training plans and complete paperwork and electronic filing
Work with program partners on disseminating the findings of the project
Participate in events/roundtables
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

CCDP certification is considered an asset
A degree/diploma in a related field or experience in employment/career counselling, social work, job development and/or working with visible minority communities or a combination of education and experience
Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable and racialized groups
Keen understanding of issues and barriers faced by youth, women and newcomers to Canada
Understanding of community resources and wraparound supports available to program participants
Proven experience in working independently and as part of a team to deliver services
Excellent computer skills (all Microsoft Applications), SharePoint and OneDrive; Salesforce and LMS knowledge
Ability to coordinate and deliver meetings on Teams, Zoom video conferencing platform
Ability to foster strong working relationships with internal staff, various partners and stakeholders to ensure cooperation and effective information flow between programs/departments
Must be reliable, wellorganized, detailoriented, excellent followthrough skills
A demonstrated positive attitude towards change and the ability to collaborate and liaison with internal and external partners
Selfstarter: the ability to take initiative, and maintain effective and professional work habits (e.g., prioritize, plan and manage work; punctuality) to produce timely and effective results
Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
Must be able to work in person during office hours at the YWCA program location; willingness to work at and commute to other YWCA locations in Metro Vancouver on occasion
A valid clear criminal record check (including working with vulnerable populations) is required to start employment
Successful applicants are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID19, exemption requests must be supported by valid, legal documents