Employment Specialist – Trades Training Program (1.0 FTE – open to consider less than full time)
Who We Need
You love a challenge and the world of employment thriving when others meet career success. It’s where science meets art…With a good dose of employment sector knowledge, applying your professional tool kit mixed with a dash of the art of relationships you connect amazing people with work experience and ultimately employment.
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Responsibility:
The Placement Facilitator reports to the Skills Training Manager. The Placement Facilitator will participate in and support the vision of the Trades program and will focus upon obtaining, monitoring and reporting on the work experience and employment placements for Trades Training participants. The position supports the Trades Training program with marketing, promotion, interviewing, and selection of the participants. The Placement Facilitator will support ongoing projects as determined by the needs of the Trades Training program.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Coordinate the work experience placements of participants
- Coordinate employment and employment support for participants
- Employer engagement
- Trades Training program support
- Program administrative duties
Qualifications
- Post-secondary degree, or other relevant combination of experience and education: career development, community economic development, social services or adult education
- Demonstrated success with work training/placements and employment outcomes
- Experience in working with multi-cultural and/or highly barriered clients
- Strong knowledge of trades and the apprenticeship system
- Ability to use your network and the hidden job market to secure job placements
- Understanding of the industrial labour market
- Results oriented
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills
- Tenacious, persistent, professional
- Demonstrated ability to network, build and maintain excellent relationships
- Able to work independently and take a high degree of initiative, as part of a dynamic team
- Sound knowledge of computers and MS Office environment and tools to manage
- Ability to collect and maintain program information (ie. data collection, documented processes)
- Creative, compassionate and flexible regarding work schedule
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Excellent coordination and analytical skills
- Must have access to a vehicle
- Knowledge of CED and evaluation issues considered an asset
Want even more flexibility? We’re open to less than full time for the right candidate.
To apply:
Please forward resume with covering letter:
Via e-mail to: job@momentum.org. State competition number in subject line of email.
Or by mail: #16, 2936 Radcliffe Drive SE, Calgary, Alberta T2A 6M8
Or Fax: 403.235.4646
Attention: Hiring Committee
Competition Number: CCED0203
Closing Date: Until suitable candidate is found
Applicants must state salary expectations in their cover letter.
Momentum is an equal opportunity employer. Persons from diverse groups are encouraged to apply. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
For a detailed job description and more information about Momentum visit www.momentum.org
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Deadline:
28 Feb 2013
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Momentum
Calgary Alberta
Canada