Developer​/Work Experience Coach

Job  In-person (Abbotsford, BC) | Part time

Project-Based Labour Market Training Programs (PBLMT)

Deliver Industry-Specific Workforce Development Program(s)

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Abbotsford

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Job Summary:

The Job Developer/Work Experience Coach is responsible for the successful delivery of participant recruitment, orientation, essential and employability skills, securing practicum placements, job coaching, and employment placements components of industry-specific workforce development program(s) under PBLMT as part of the Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) program. The PBLMT is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience required to pursue employment in specific priority occupations.

The group-based full-time program(s) include health and safety orientation for participants, essential and employability skills, Indigenous competency, occupational skills training, on-the-job work experience with local employers (practicum), and job search support. The incumbent provides both direct service and outreach to prospective participants, as well as connecting with employers to seek practicum and job opportunities for project participants.

This position requires a highly results-oriented professional with established relationships and networks with employers, industry partners, WorkBC Centres, and other community referral sources. The incumbent must demonstrate a proven ability to recruit eligible participants within short project timelines, develop and maintain employer partnerships, and secure quality practicum placements for all participants completing occupational skills training.

• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with WorkBC Centres, Indigenous employment service providers, community agencies, employers, industry associations, and other referral partners to ensure a continuous pipeline of eligible participants and work placement opportunities.
• Implementing targeted outreach and recruitment strategies to identify, assess, and enroll eligible participants from priority client groups.
• Recruiting the required number of eligible project participants, conducting intake assessments, and providing onboarding and occupational health and safety orientations.
• Completing an individual training plan for each participant.
• Providing essential, employability skills training, job coaching, and job search support.
• Ensuring suitable practicum placements are secured for participants prior to or upon completion of occupational skills training and that placement opportunities align with training objectives and employment outcomes.
• Collaborating with employers to address placement challenges and maintaining sufficient practicum capacity to meet project requirements.
• Conducting regular evaluations of each participant’s progress.
• In partnership with the local employers, providing each participant with on-the-job support during their work practicum placements, and follow-up support and assessment of each participant’s performance at the end of the work placement.
• Providing to the Supervisor activity reports summarizing the project activities and achieved deliverables by the prescribed deadline dates.

This position is a great fit for someone who is results-oriented, well organized, able to establish and maintain relationships and networks of employers, industry partners, WorkBC Centres and other community referral sources, and is able to coordinate occupational skills training and practicum placements for eligible participants.

• Wage: $31.86 per hour
• A part-time position at 30 hours per week, availability Mondays to Fridays, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
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