Employment Support Facilitator

Employment Support Facilitator

Arc programs exists to create thriving communities, free of systemic barriers and full of belonging, equity, and hope. We have a bold vision to ensure everyone in our communities feels connected and cared for, and we are excited to be expanding our team to help us accelerate our impact!

We are currently inviting applications for the position of Employment Support Facilitator to join our WHEELS Program, which is based out of the WHEELS site located at 2235 Leckie Road in Kelowna.

The WHEELS Program helps participants with diverse abilities gain the knowledge and skills for greater independence, community connection, and employment as they move from secondary school to the workforce. The program collaborates with local organizations, employers, and School District #23 to create these opportunities.

The successful applicant will assist and support participants of the program with community-based work experiences, independent work placements, and initial job training as needed.

Full-time, Fixed Term.

30 hours per week limited to the school year (10 months).

The successful applicant's primary responsibility is to make every effort to ensure that students enrolled in the program secure, achieve, and maintain paid employment.

The specific responsibilities of the Transition to Employment Facilitator include:

• Assisting students in preparing resumes and cover letters and support them with online job searches.
• Transporting students to and from job interviews, job search activities, and other program-related events.
• Conducting mock interviews, provide guidance on workplace behavior, and teach effective communication strategies.
• Helping students identify their strengths and areas for growth (in relation to the student's job search).
• Providing on-the-job support and guidance to students after they secure new employment.
• Regularly checking in with employers and program participants to ensure individualized ongoing support.
• Establish and maintain relationships with potential employers for the program.
• Collaborate with both the employer and the student to address any performance challenges that may arise during the course of employment.
• Maintain initiative-taking and reactive communication with employers and workers to ensure the ongoing success of student workers.
• Updating program teaching staff on students' progress.
• Initiating and maintain employer appreciation activities.

The ideal candidates will have qualifications which should include post-secondary training in employment facilitation.

• To be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.
• To be meticulous, organized, and efficient.
• To be skilled at managing multiple concurrent projects, assignments, and tasks requested from multiple sources.
• To be capable of working independently.
• To have experience as group facilitator, and one-to-one coaching is an asset.
• To be proficient use of Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• To have experience working with youth.

To be successful in your role, you'll also need:

• Need a valid BC Driver's License, regional insurance, and a reliable personal vehicle.
• Must undergo a screening process, including a criminal record search.

$ 27.00 – $ 30.50 based on relevant experience and education.

Upon successful completion of a probationary period, full-time employees (minimum 20-hrs per week) are eligible for a full benefit package (including dental plan, vision coverage, life insurance, extended medical coverage, long-term disability plan, and RRSP or TFSA contributions).

New full-time employees are eligible for 3-weeks paid vacation to start, as well as paid sick days as described in agency policy.

We are inclusive. We use an anti-oppressive lens to inform our work with folx of all cultures, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, religions, and other oppressions to enhance our approach to equality.

We are ever-evolving. We recruit and retain highly skilled staff and support their development through training, education, research, best practices, and innovation. We foster a culture of continuous learning and lean into diverse perspectives, encouraging all voices to be heard and honoring the wisdom of Metaptmumk - 'all-around seeing,' a multidimensional way of knowing, doing and being that reinforces positive, reciprocal relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, while decolonizing western knowledge and supporting an intersectional lens to cultivate warm, reciprocal relationship - while engaging meaningfully with the provincial community social services sector, Indigenous communities and agencies.

We acknowledge that arc programs is situated in the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Syilx peoples in the Okanagan and West Kootenay regions. We also acknowledge the Métis peoples and the Inuit who reside in these regions.