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Employment Counsellor

Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto • Contract • Toronto, ON, CA • C$ 33 / hour • 6d ago

Job Posting: Employment Counsellor
Hours: 21 hours per week
Duration: March 2025 (with the possibility of extension)
Remuneration: $33.80/per hour

About the Organization

This position is a part of MNLCT’s employment initiative to help clients get access to meaningful employment opportunities. The position holder is expected to provide labor employment counselling and supports to newcomer women and other vulnerable populations – individual and group. This role will oversee creating bridges to engage employers in hiring newcomer talent, and preparing clients in occupation-specific mentoring, networking opportunities, and Canadian workplace culture. Working directly with our Settlement Workers, this position will help clients explore appropriate career paths within their field, provide guidance and counselling, and support clients job search initiatives. This role reports to the Settlement Program Coordinator.

Position Summary
The Mennonite New Life Centre (MNLCT) is a vibrant, multi-cultural agency for newcomers and immigrants to Canada. The Centre provides integration services, language instruction, mental health supports and capacity building workshops, public education, and employment and training services to internationally educated professionals. MNLCT is a tech-forward non-profit charity that utilizes technology solutions to meet the needs of its stakeholders, as a result we run different services and Programs delivered in a hybrid format, offering clients and participants to conference-in and to use a variety of online tools. The Employment and Entrepreneur Facilitator will provide support to newcomers to start a business based on their skills, experience, and passion. This person will also be responsible for assisting and teaching them to develop and manage their own business, helping to get their own independence and flexibility as a business owner. The successful candidate will help establishing business plan, follow ups, leadership, and economy improvement.

Essential Duties

Advising and coaching clients in the process of seeking and securingemployment through engaging in job search, matching postings to tailor job applications and developing networking skills.
Work as part of a team with the support of the Program Manager, and other employment counselling staff.
Analyze potential employment opportunities to determine suitability with job and career objectives.
Develop and facilitate an engaging training curriculum on job search skills such as resume writing, mock interviews, information interviews, workplace culture and networking.
Create an innovative course and workshop content that applies adult learning principles and methodologies to engage, enroll, and retain clients.
Conduct group and 1-1 job coaching sessions to help participants explore realistic career paths.
Create, write and edit resumes with participants; knowledge of various resume formats, ATS capabilities and the ability to determine the best formats based on clients’ fields.
Maintain an active caseload, including all file management responsibilities.
Offer Individual support to participants who struggle throughout the program and refer them to the appropriate services (internally and externally).
Support clients to apply for credential recognition and make appropriate referrals.
Build and sustain relationships with private and public sector employers, encouraging them to offer employment opportunities, and to hire newcomer women Provide reports on outcomes as outlined in the Project Work Plan as it relates to the client’s participation in program activities.
Support program events, admissions, documentation, and other program related activities as needed.
Represent MNLCT at external workshops and meetings.
Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

A post-secondary education in Career and Work Counselling, and/or an

acceptable combination of equivalent experience (career development,
human resources and/or adult learning).

1-3 years of experience working in a similar role.
Demonstrable success in placing clients in a variety of fields/sectors of

employment.

Experience in job search facilitation and employment case

management.

Experience with successfully matching program participants with

employers; relationship building with stakeholders and employers.

Thorough knowledge of job search and career development including

job application processes, job development, resume writing,
networking, labor market trends, and social media platforms such as
LinkedIn.

Knowledge of adult learning principles including facilitation, use of

digital/social media and/or online learning concepts.

Demonstrated experience in case and file management.

Knowledge and experience working with immigrant, newcomer, and
refugee women.

Excellent presentation and facilitation skills (online facilitation in

Zoom/MS Teams).

Passion for people, equality, and social justice. Empathy, cultural

sensitivity, anti-oppression, and gender equity approach.

Must have experience working with newcomers and other vulnerable

populations from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work independently.
Ability to work virtually and in person at any of MNLCT’s locations.
Exceptional computer literacy skills and above-average proficiency in all

aspects of Microsoft Office, Client Management Systems, Adobe, and
other similar productivity software.

Speaking Spanish is a Must.

The Mennonite New Life Center is committed to the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized. The Centre will provide accommodations as needed to ensure fairness in our hiring process.Are you looking for meaningful work where you can make a difference in peoples’ lives? At Mennonite New Life Center, we care about our staff and clients. For more information please visit: www.mnlct.org.