Job Summary The Lead Project Coordinator focused on Employer & Sector Engagement will provide day-to-day leadership for the initiative while taking the lead in building relationships with local employers, industry representatives, and workforce partners.

This is a highly outward-facing role for someone who enjoys networking, developing partnerships, identifying opportunities, engaging the business community, and moving projects forward.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide day-to-day leadership and coordination of project activities, priorities, timelines, and deliverables, with a particular focus on industry and skilled trades, health care, and the service sector.
- Engage businesses around Sarnia-Lambton to identify recruitment needs, workforce challenges, skills gaps, and employment opportunities.
- Organize and participate in employer meetings, networking activities, sector events, job fairs, and community events.
- Gather and share local labour market information, including hiring trends, occupational demand, skills needs, and emerging opportunities.




- Coordinate project marketing, employer communications, promotional activities, and community visibility.
- Provide regular project updates and contribute to project reporting, evaluation, and sustainability planning.

You May Be a Great Fit If You:

- Are confident approaching and engaging employers, industry representatives, and community partners.
- Are a strong relationship builder who enjoys networking and making recent connections.
- Have excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Understand, or have a strong interest in, the Sarnia-Lambton labour market.
- Are comfortable representing an organization professionally within the business and broader community.

Pay: Up to $25.00 per hour

Benefits

- Company events
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Ability to commute/relocate:
- Sarnia, ON N7T 7X1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

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