Position Summary

Cambrian College's Employment Options Espanola requires a Resource Centre Specialist on contract basis in accordance with the Initiatives/Opportunities language of the Support Staff Collective Agreement until April 2027.

Note: Internal candidates, as defined by the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement, will be given first consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Provide information and referral, case management, employment planning and preparation, and job placement to Employment Options clients daily.

- Conduct intake interviews to determine client eligibility and needs; conduct assessments of clients eligible for Employment Options assisted service by identifying and documenting clients’ skills, interests, abilities, barriers, educational background, and work experience.

- Complete all appropriate file documentation which may include items such as: application form, service plan agreement, releases of information, and obtains necessary identification.

- Develop a service plan that clarifies vocational goals, barriers to employment and describes short-term and long-term steps required to overcome barriers and achieve goals. Provide on-going career direction to clients, making appropriate referrals to community services or additional Employment Ontario services as required. Monitor client progress and makes appropriate adjustments to the service plan.

- Research, develop and deliver workshops on topics as a result of the assessment process and the ongoing needs of the client as identified in the career development plan and throughout Employment Options.

- Identify and negotiate career exploration opportunities such as job shadowing, voluntarism, job trials, and on-the-job training placements. Negotiate a subsidy reimbursement rate with employers and payment schedule within prescribed program guidelines. Appraise work sites for safety and quality of training.

- Develop skills training plan in collaboration with training employer,



and maintain required documentation.

- Monitor client performance during job search and placement; proposes and implements appropriate problem solving, as required.

- Maintain client-tracking systems, records the activities of individual clients and ensures the timely completion and accuracy of required documentation including contracts, payroll information, and statistics. Conduct 3, 6, and 12-month client follow-up.

- Liaise with employers, government agencies, a variety of community, social and educational agencies; participate on committees where community planning needs and issues regarding training and employment are being addressed; make presentations to community groups and agencies as required.

Qualifications

Required:

- Minimum of a two-year postsecondary diploma. (A copy of educational documents must be submitted with application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application)

- Minimum of three years of work experience in career and employment guidance and counselling, along with experience in employment workshop delivery, and job placement.

- Must have worked in an environment where analysis and assessment of client needs and barriers was required.

- Travel is required to employer job sites to monitor clients; therefore, a valid Ontario Driver’s Licence and reliable transportation are essential.

- Self-directed individual with the ability to balance multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.

- Effective communication skills, valuable judgment, the ability to problem solve.

- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

- Proficiency in Microsoft software such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.

- Commitment to working within a team environment.

Additional Assets/Preferred:

- Experience working within the college system.

Required Information

To be considered, candidates must provide the following as an attachment:

- Educational documents

- WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University

📌 Resource Centre Specialist - Espanola (I/O)
🏢 Cambrian College
📍 Espanola