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Employment Consultant
- Ajax, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Company Description
Agilec is a leading provider of vocational rehabilitation and employment/career transition services across Canada and internationally. Our customers are at the centre of all we do, and our teams are passionate about the positive impacts they make on people’s lives. We are guided by our values, and all team members are encouraged and supported to develop their potential.
Job Description
About the Role
The Employment Consultant assesses participant needs, identifies employment barriers, and delivers solutions-focused support to help participants secure and maintain employment. Responsibilities include assisting with job search and retention activities such as attending job fairs, promoting participants to employers, creating tailored retention plans and provide ongoing job coaching and support.
Key Responsibilities
What You Bring
Education:
Compensation & Benefits
We offer our team members attractive compensation, employee and group benefits, training and career development opportunities, and value-added perks
Agilec is a leading provider of vocational rehabilitation and employment/career transition services across Canada and internationally. Our customers are at the centre of all we do, and our teams are passionate about the positive impacts they make on people’s lives. We are guided by our values, and all team members are encouraged and supported to develop their potential.
Job Description
About the Role
The Employment Consultant assesses participant needs, identifies employment barriers, and delivers solutions-focused support to help participants secure and maintain employment. Responsibilities include assisting with job search and retention activities such as attending job fairs, promoting participants to employers, creating tailored retention plans and provide ongoing job coaching and support.
Key Responsibilities
- Consistently demonstrate high level communication skills when liaising with Participants, external and internal stakeholders.
- Conduct all Participant, employer, and network interactions with professionalism and a high-quality customer service.
- Consistently demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to meet and adjust to changing management and operational needs.
- Positively contribute to, facilitate, and support the team dynamic and the delivery of Employment Services to Agilec Participants with high-quality customer service and empathy.
- Develop a network of employers and community organizations to ensure Participants progress towards suitable, sustainable employment outcomes.
- Ensure active marketing of Participants to achieve personal and team Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
- Provide pre-employment assistance through the identification of Participants skills and abilities.
- Identify strategies to increase Participant capacity for sustainable employment through vocational counselling, training, retention support, and job search skills.
- Develop and maintain up to date individual Employment Action Plan (EAP) in conjunction with the Participant.
- Actively develop working relationships that demonstrate equity and respect of different cultural perspectives and diversity.
What You Bring
Education:
- Completed post-secondary education in a relevant field from a recognized Canadian Institute, or its equivalent
- Appropriate certifications and/or training relevant to the field
- Two years related experience
- Employment in case management, counselling, and/or assessment roles
- Collaborative work with community partners, employers, and training providers
- Support to people with disabilities or barriers to employment, including individuals referred from WSIB and/or ODSP programs
- Proven experience working within a high-performance driven environment.
- Ability to work unsupervised in challenging environments.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, including negotiation and consultation skills, and the ability to proactively establish and sustain effective stakeholder relationships.
- Experience in Employment Services and the service delivery issues facing these organizations.
- Strong organizational skills, work unsupervised, the capacity to successfully manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail and meet deadlines.
- Well-developed ability to undertake research and to prepare, collate and organize data.
- Bilingual in French and/or American Sign Language is an asset.
- Knowledge of disabling conditions and accommodations.
- Understanding of careers and occupations, various job requirements, job search techniques, career planning/counselling, and vocational rehabilitation.
- Knowledge of community and government resources available.
- Knowledge of local, regional, and provincial labour markets.
- Ethical decision-making
- Ability to travel locally; access to a reliable vehicle is required.
- Must provide a clear Enhanced Police Check (Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check).
- Legal authorization to work in Canada.
Compensation & Benefits
We offer our team members attractive compensation, employee and group benefits, training and career development opportunities, and value-added perks
- Eligibility to receive some benefits may vary according to employment status
- The purpose of this job posting is to fill a vacancy
- We currently do not use AI in our hiring process
More about this job
Responsibilities
Assess participants’ needs and employment barriers, then provide vocational counselling, job-search assistance, coaching, and retention support to help them secure and maintain suitable employment. Build relationships with employers and community organizations, market participants, and develop and maintain individual Employment Action Plans.
Requirements
Requires post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent, relevant certifications or training, and two years of related experience in case management, counselling, assessment, employment services, or supporting people with disabilities or employment barriers. Candidates should have strong communication, organizational, research, and stakeholder relationship skills; knowledge of vocational rehabilitation and labour markets; local travel capability with a reliable vehicle; legal authorization to work in Canada; and a clear Enhanced Police Check.
Skills
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Employment Counselling
- Case Management
- Assessment
- Job Search Support
- Job Coaching
- Employment Retention
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Negotiation
- Consultation
- Organizational Skills
- Research and Data Organization
- Cultural Awareness
- Ethical Decision-Making
Benefits
- Employee Benefits
- Group Benefits
- Training and Career Development
- Additional Perks
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Categories
- Social Services
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Employment Services
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Case Management
- Counselling
- Participant Assessment
- Employment Barriers
- Employment Action Plan
- Job Search
- Job Coaching
- Employment Retention
- Vocational Counselling
- Career Planning
- Labour Market Knowledge
- Employer Networking
- Community Partnerships
- Stakeholder Relationships
- Disability Accommodations
- Training Providers
- Key Performance Indicators
- Customer Service
- Cultural Diversity
- Enhanced Police Check
- WSIB
- ODSP
- French
- American Sign Language