Language Assessor /Educational Counsellor (CF) - LVA
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
The Annual salary for this position starts at $60,635.52, (based on 40 hours/week) depending on qualifications and experience. · Full-time
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Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM | Expires Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a contract position as a Language Assessor/Educational Counsellor (40 hours per week) in the Language and Vocational Assessment (LVA) program in Edmonton. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community. The contract will end on March 31, 2027.
Job application closing date: October 30, 2026.
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 language and vocational assessments, educational counselling, referrals to various educational institutions, follow ups, and information sessions and presentations.
What This Job Requires
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 65 years of service delivery experience, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with nearly 2000 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering over 100 different programs to people in need throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.
Our values are at the core of everything we do!
Catholic Social Services is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce. In an effort to enrich our agency and reflect the communities we serve, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all diverse groups and backgrounds.
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM | Expires Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Catholic Social Services is currently seeking a contract position as a Language Assessor/Educational Counsellor (40 hours per week) in the Language and Vocational Assessment (LVA) program in Edmonton. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community. The contract will end on March 31, 2027.
Job application closing date: October 30, 2026.
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 language and vocational assessments, educational counselling, referrals to various educational institutions, follow ups, and information sessions and presentations.
What This Job Requires
- Diploma/Degree in Human Services/Education (or equivalent)
- Experience teaching ESL is an asset.
- 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
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- Child Intervention Record Check
- The Annual salary for this position starts at $60,635.52, (based on 40 hours/week) depending on qualifications and experience.
- Comprehensive benefit options when eligible
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
- Growth Opportunities: Apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.
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 65 years of service delivery experience, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with nearly 2000 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering over 100 different programs to people in need throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.
Our values are at the core of everything we do!
- 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.
- Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.
Catholic Social Services is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce. In an effort to enrich our agency and reflect the communities we serve, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all diverse groups and backgrounds.
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Responsibilities
Conduct language and vocational assessments and provide educational counselling to newcomers to Canada. Support their integration through referrals to educational institutions, follow-ups, and information sessions and presentations.
Requirements
A diploma or degree in Human Services or Education, or an equivalent qualification, is required; ESL teaching experience is an asset. Candidates should have knowledge of Canadian Language Benchmarks and educational and community resources, strong counselling and presentation skills, proficient spoken and written English, computer skills, and the ability to work occasional evenings or Saturdays; Vulnerable Sector and Child Intervention Record checks are required.
Skills
- Language Assessment
- Educational Counselling
- Counselling
- ESL Teaching
- Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Newcomer Integration
- Referrals
- Follow-Up
- Information Sessions
- Presentations
- Public Speaking
- Knowledge of Educational Resources
- Knowledge of Community Resources
- Spoken and Written English
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefit Options
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- Social Services
- Education
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Keywords
- Language Assessment
- Vocational Assessment
- Educational Counselling
- Human Services
- Education
- ESL Teaching
- Canadian Language Benchmarks
- Newcomer Integration
- Educational Referrals
- Community Resources
- Educational Resources
- Counselling
- Public Speaking
- Presentations
- Information Sessions
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Vulnerable Sector Check
- Child Intervention Record Check