Customized Employment Career Coach
Posted Yesterday
Job Description
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Position Information
Location Maple Ridge Salary Range
$63,024 to $68,224 annually. Salary is based on education and experience.
The Opportunity
The Customized Employment Career Coach supports complex clients in their job search, facilitating work experiences, community attachments, and paid employment opportunities. This role involves building employer relationships, sourcing placements, and providing follow-up support to ensure client success in the workplace.
Key Responsibilities:
Community Engagement:
Teamwork:
Do what you love. Be good at it. That's how Douglas College defines a great career. It's a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC's Top Employers. We love what we do. And we're looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada's best degree-granting colleges even better.
Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.
WHAT WE OFFER
We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.
WHAT IT TAKES
To be Successful in this Role You will Need:
Education:
This contract position is 40 hours per week located at the WorkBC Maple Ridge office. Working hours are Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:00pm and requires occasional evening shifts until 6:30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Posting Number 02459SA Position Title Customized Employment Career Coach Anticipated Start Date 02/17/2025 End Date 02/16/2026 Needs a Criminal Records Check Yes
How To Apply
Open Date 01/31/2025 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Minimum Number of References Equity Statement
Douglas College is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable learning and working environment. In support of this journey, we welcome all people to apply, including people from groups that are experiencing inequity, including, but not limited, to Indigenous Peoples, racialized or persons of colour, persons with mental or physical disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons of all faith identities, age, marital status, and parental status.
Important Note
Click the link at the top of this page to apply directly to this posting.
Interested applicants must submit their application and all required documents online on the Douglas College Career Site [www.douglascollegecareers.ca]. Please ensure your resume clearly explains how you meet the required knowledge, skills and abilities of the position for which you are applying. All candidates selected for interview will need to bring original certificates and diplomas of educational credentials noted on their resume.
Position Information
Location Maple Ridge Salary Range
$63,024 to $68,224 annually. Salary is based on education and experience.
The Opportunity
The Customized Employment Career Coach supports complex clients in their job search, facilitating work experiences, community attachments, and paid employment opportunities. This role involves building employer relationships, sourcing placements, and providing follow-up support to ensure client success in the workplace.
Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct complex client needs assessments that include physical, developmental, cognitive, and social and emotional barriers;
• Refer and interpret specialized assessments including medical assessment reports, Psychological and Vocational, Learning Disability, Neuropsychological, and Functional Capacity;
• Complete Client Discovery, Employment Profile and next steps action plans;
• Refer clients to community partners for additional supports and assistive technology solutions when required;
• Assist with Occupational Skills Training applications or Short-Term Occupational Training ( STOC );
• Analyze labour market trends to identify opportunities;
• Promote WorkBC services to employers and community stakeholders and highlight customized wage subsidies;
• Create and support unpaid work experiences, community attachments, and job placements;
• Provide job search and career planning assistance;
• Provide ongoing support to promote job sustainment.
Community Engagement:
• Represent WorkBC at community events;
• Assist with organization and promotion of specialized events such as hiring fairs.
Teamwork:
• Participate in regular team meetings, strategic planning and program review sessions as scheduled;
• Foster positive, productive working relationships and work collaboratively to contribute to a positive work environment based on mutual respect.
• Keep detailed client and employer notes to track activities and progress as required by Douglas College and the Funder;
• Maintain accurate records and ensure information is entered into ICM as per WorkBC policy;
• Review client progress outcomes against performance targets and contribute strategies to ensure program targets are met;
• Submit activity and progress reports to project CCSP as requested;
• Work to Training Group's Quality Management System, ISO9001:2015 standard;
• Perform miscellaneous duties as required.
Do what you love. Be good at it. That's how Douglas College defines a great career. It's a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC's Top Employers. We love what we do. And we're looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada's best degree-granting colleges even better.
Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.
WHAT WE OFFER
We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.
• Transit-accessible campuses
• Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions
• Competitive salaries
• Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions
• Defined-Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions
• Professional Development funding
• Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes
WHAT IT TAKES
To be Successful in this Role You will Need:
Education:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, employment and career counselling, vocational counselling certifications;
• Assessing complex client needs;
• Customized employment coaching and job development;
• Working with persons with disabilities;
• Conducting Disability-Related Needs Assessments ( DRENA ) and interpreting Specialized Assessments or clinical assessments is preferred;
• Identifying Assistive Technology solutions for Persons with Disabilities;
• Building partnerships with stakeholders and employers.
• Current local labour market knowledge across a range of industry sectors;
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills;
• Proven ability to successfully work within a multi-faceted program, and meet targets and deadlines;
• Ability to adjust to a flexible schedule;
• Access to a car and a BC Driver's License is mandatory;
• Satisfactory completion of a criminal records check.
This contract position is 40 hours per week located at the WorkBC Maple Ridge office. Working hours are Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:00pm and requires occasional evening shifts until 6:30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Posting Number 02459SA Position Title Customized Employment Career Coach Anticipated Start Date 02/17/2025 End Date 02/16/2026 Needs a Criminal Records Check Yes
How To Apply
Open Date 01/31/2025 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Minimum Number of References Equity Statement
Douglas College is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable learning and working environment. In support of this journey, we welcome all people to apply, including people from groups that are experiencing inequity, including, but not limited, to Indigenous Peoples, racialized or persons of colour, persons with mental or physical disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons of all faith identities, age, marital status, and parental status.
Important Note
Click the link at the top of this page to apply directly to this posting.
Interested applicants must submit their application and all required documents online on the Douglas College Career Site [www.douglascollegecareers.ca]. Please ensure your resume clearly explains how you meet the required knowledge, skills and abilities of the position for which you are applying. All candidates selected for interview will need to bring original certificates and diplomas of educational credentials noted on their resume.
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Application closing date is 2025-04-02
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