Area Manager, and Placement Services

Area Manager, Employment and Placement Services

About The Career Foundation:
The Career Foundation is a dynamic non‑profit organization and registered charity that offers a wide range of employment, training, and workforce development services to job seekers and employers. Since its inception in 1988, The Career Foundation has steadily expanded its services. Operating out of seven locations in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, as well as offices in British Columbia, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, we now help thousands of people each year successfully achieve their employment goals.

Our team of dedicated professionals has described The Career Foundation as caring, compassionate, innovative, and team‑oriented. For more information about us and our services, please visit our website at

• Competitive compensation
• A comprehensive health benefits plan that includes massage therapy, naturopath services, travel coverage, and much more
• An Employee & Family Assistance program
• Employee wellness initiatives
• Paid days off for religious observance purposes
• Paid days off for personal wellness purposes

The Career Foundation operates five full suite Integrated Employment Services (IES) Centres across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), conveniently located in Etobicoke, North York, Toronto, York, and Scarborough. These locations provide job seekers with a comprehensive range of services, including career exploration, résumé and interview preparation, job search support, employer connections, and employment retention support. The Career Foundation also partners with employers that share our commitment to community hiring.

Employer services include access to a diverse talent pool, support with coordinating and hosting hiring events, guidance on how to effectively coach and support new hires, and strategies to support job retention.

The Career Foundation is seeking a dynamic, results‑driven, and collaborative leader to join our team as Area Manager, Employment and Placement Services at our full‑suite Integrated Employment Services (IES) Centre in Scarborough, Ontario.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Employment Services, the Area Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of service delivery, site operations, and team performance to ensure exceptional client outcomes and full compliance with organizational and funder requirements.

This role provides daily, on-site management to a multidisciplinary team, fostering a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands‑on people leader who thrives in a fast‑paced, performance‑driven environment. You lead by example, inspire high performance, and provide your team with the clarity, coaching, and support needed to succeed.

With proven experience managing teams of 10 or more staff across diverse functions, you bring expertise in operational planning, performance management, financial oversight, and service excellence. You are passionate about advancing inclusive, client‑centered employment solutions that create meaningful opportunities for individuals and employers and ultimately strengthen communities.

Full-time (37.5 hours per week), one-year contract with excellent potential for permanency.

The annual starting salary for this position is $72,500.00.

This position is based on-site at The Career Foundation’s Scarborough Employment Centre, located near Kingston Road and Midland Avenue. The successful candidate must be willing to work on-site on a full‑time basis to provide effective day-to-day management to the team across all areas of program delivery, with travel to other locations and stakeholder sites as needed. The role also currently permits a hybrid schedule of one work-from-home day per week, typically on Fridays, subject to having access to a private work-from-home space with reliable, high-speed internet.

Please note that the hybrid schedule is contingent on individual and team performance, as well as operational needs, and is therefore subject to change at any…