Community​/Engagement Specialist -B

Community/Employer Engagement Specialist
-B

Midland, ON, Canada

Posted Friday, July 10, 2026 at 4:00 a.m. | Expires Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 3:59 a.m.

The opportunity:

Do you love creating connections, building and fostering good community relationships and creating meaningful pathways to success for clients, and in support of healthy communities?

The Community/Employer Engagement Specialist acts as a community and employer liaison to our Employment service and to clients in their independent job search, and provides in-depth information on the job search process, its tools, and related information, in workshops, information sessions, and one-on-one, either virtually or in person.

The Community/Employer Engagement Specialist is knowledgeable about the Midland/ Penetanguishene and surrounding communities, its businesses and services, and is up to date on what is influencing the local rural labour market. They are specialists in the tools required to uncover hidden job market opportunities and creates a pathway for the mutual benefit of the employer and job seeker.

This high energy, dynamic position networks with employers and community partners, attends all business association meetings, community events, employer events to represent Employment Services and connects with employers to build strong new partnerships but maintain existing ones as well. This role provides labour market research support to job coaches, meets all new employers in the area to introduce them to our services, completes employer registrations and performs all Health and Safety requirements as laid out in the funder guidelines to promote training incentive placement agreements.

The Community/Employer Engagement Specialist makes decisions independently which support delivery of services and meet contractual obligations of our funder. This role involves disseminating and presenting relevant local rural labour market information to employers and job coaches and in addition will be the Key liaison with our tri-site Job Development coordinator and provides guidance and training to job coaches, and is responsible to organize community events including but not limited to our YMCA annual Job Fair, employer events/training, and creates local, relevant employer communications in consultation with Site Manager.

Part of this role may include carrying a caseload of clients, actively looking for work and are considered closest to the labour market. The goal is to review and make recommendations to help provide new in-depth information on the job search process, its tools, and related information, in workshops, information sessions, and to promote a full circle experience for clients who experience job loss in the 3-12 months post service.

In this role, you will:

• Be able to work independently while maintaining team cohesion
• Meet client and employer Volume and Key Performance Indicators set out by Manager and SSM
• Must be available to work flexible hours including evening and weekend hours to accommodate operational needs, client needs, community events, service provider and employer group meetings
• Market YMCA programs directly to employers using a structured marketing approach (prospecting, needs analysis, selling, follow-up)
• Actively participate in business community events to foster and maintain high visibility for the Employment Service and its services
• Assess workplace environments and employers to determine overall suitability for client placement and related opportunities
• Offer value added workshops and training for job coaches, clients and employers – possesses additional training to support Employment related workshops
• Assist employers to develop training plans for clients
• Develops and delivers workshops and information sessions for the employer community
• Monitors client on-the-job progress and provides appropriate interventions for all placements
• Coaches employers and clients to help ensure successful outcomes
• Develops clear pipeline potential of employers willing to work with YMCA Employment Services for placements of registered clients.
• Build knowledge about local Midland/Penetanguishene and surrounding area employers, their…