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About the Role

Enhance employer engagement and create meaningful employment opportunities for youth in STEM, Skilled Trades, and Sustainability career pathways. This role will focus on building sustainable partnerships with employers, educating them on barriers youth face entering the workforce, and offering tailored training and support to facilitate long-term employment success.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with employers in STEM, Skilled Trades, and Sustainability sectors.
• Develop and implement strategies to build and maintain positive relationships with partners.
• Educate employers on barriers faced by youth, including systemic challenges and workplace accessibility.
• Develop and execute employer-focused initiatives to promote inclusivity and accessibility in hiring practices.
• Work with employers to create and implement training plans addressing the needs of youth with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Work with employers to ensure an ongoing supportive environment for youth development in the workplace.
• Organize employer-focused workshops, networking events, and training sessions.
• Work closely with program teams to understand the needs of job seekers in the trades sector and identify opportunities for partnership with employers.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for partner organizations, responding to inquiries and addressing concerns.
• Manage employer accounts, tracking all employer engagement initiatives and maintaining accurate records.
• Represent Skills for Change at industry events, councils, and roundtables to expand the program's visibility.
• Facilitate engagement activities, including job fairs, employer panels, and mentoring events tailored to youth participants.
• Monitor and evaluate the outcomes of employer partnerships, tracking metrics like retention rates, job placements, and employer satisfaction.
• Participate in agency marketing and promotion activities to strengthen relationships with stakeholders.
• Stay connected with public and community resources relevant to the organization's programs.
• Stay abreast of market-demand trends, changes in various sectors/industries, and in-demand skills and education training.
• Contribute to the distribution, collection, and analysis of participant surveys and other evaluation procedures.
• Provide regular reports and recommendations to improve program impact.

Requirements

• Post-Secondary degree in marketing, administration, social services, immigrant settlement, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in client relationship management, recruitment strategies, and marketing to employers using diverse sales approaches.
• Strong facilitation and employment counseling skills, with experience in vocational counseling being an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-focused skills, with a positive attitude towards change.
• Proven ability to develop goals and action plans in collaboration with program participants.
• Exceptional verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Google Suite, and the ability to create and deliver compelling presentations.
• Excellent time management and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of the current labor market, employer expectations, and training and education requirements.
• Understanding of the unique challenges and concerns faced by refugees and immigrants.

Skills

• Written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to write and speak in a second language is considered an asset (French, Hindi, Farsi, Yoruba, Swahili, Chinese etc).
• Ability to work both independently and collectively in a diverse and dynamic team environment.
• Planning and organization skills with ability to prioritize deliverables.
• Client relationship management
• Recruitment strategies
• Marketing to employers using diverse sales approaches
• Facilitation skills
• Employment counseling skills
• Vocational counseling skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Client-focused skills
• Positive attitude towards change
• Developing goals and action plans
• Presentation skills
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Proficiency in Google Suite
• Time management skills
• Teamwork skills
• Knowledge of the current labor market
• Knowledge of employer expectations
• Knowledge of training and education requirements
• Understanding of challenges faced by refugees and immigrants

Location

• 1345 St Avenue West Toronto, ON

Work Type

• 35 hours per week
• Monday-Friday with occasional evening and/or weekend hours

Experience Level

• A minimum of 3 years of experience

Education Level

• Post-Secondary degree in marketing, administration, social services, immigrant settlement, or a related discipline.

Salary/Compensations

• $25.72

Benefits

• Accommodation for applicants with disabilities in each stage of the hiring process.

About the Company

• Skills for Change is working towards advancing the Sustainable Development Goals for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
• Named Charity Village’s Best Non-Profit Employer - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and winner of the 2021 Canada Volunteer Awards for innovation.
• Our organization is committed to reducing poverty, improve mental health, eliminating gender-based violence, building community, eradicating systemic racism, and settling and creating sustainable communities for all immigrants, refugees, and underserved communities.
• Skills for Change is a leading non-profit organization serving immigrants and refugees in Canada.
• Our mission is to build welcoming and equitable communities.
• Skills for Change is known for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends and lead to employment.
• We create skills development opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.
• Our Agency has played a major role in uplifting immigrant and equity-seeking communities for 43 years.
• Skills for Change offers more than 25 programs and services, and annually serves 16,000 people who are newcomers, immigrants, and equity-seeking groups in services around employment, integration, mental health, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.
• Skills for Change is working to: Reduce poverty through decent jobs, Settle newcomers to build a life in Canada, Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing, Build skills to promote increased labour market freedom, Advocate for environmentally sustainable and healthy communities, Combat social and professional isolation through mentorship and networking, Help underserved seniors to make friends and be digitally safe, Empower entire communities to work towards eradicating systemic racism, Provide youth with equal access to opportunities, Promote gender equality.

Equal Opportunity

• Skills for Change provides learning and training opportunities for immigrants, refugees and equity seeking groups to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community to persons with disabilities to newcomers to Canada (including refugees) to Indigenous peoples to members of a visible minority to children or youth to seniors to the LGBTQ2 community.
• Skills for Change offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities in each stage of the hiring process. If you are contacted regarding a job opportunity, please advise if you require accommodation. This document is available in alternate format on request.