Program Support Specialist

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
• A comprehensive dental insurance plan
• An RRSP Matching benefit
• 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's Youth Thrive program operates both regionally and nationally, offering youth a variety of activities such as professional skills workshops, a virtual retreat, and volunteer placements. These opportunities help youth participants gain valuable skills and experiences, engage in important community projects, and promote civic engagement and social inclusion. Our national Youth Thrive program is available to youth aged 16 to 30 living in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, or Nova Scotia, while our regional Youth Thrive program serves eligible youth living in Ontario.

Both programs particularly focus on youth who identify as Indigenous or are underserved from equity-deserving groups.

This Program Support Specialist position is available with our national Youth Thrive program in Ontario and based at our North York Office. In this role, you will be an integral member of the project team.

Some of your responsibilities will include presenting the program to potential youth participants, including those who identify as Indigenous or who are underserved members of equity-deserving groups; conducting thorough assessments and intakes; and developing tailored service plans with appropriate interventions to help youth participants achieve successful outcomes in their volunteer placements.

Utilizing your excellent attention to detail and organizational skills, you will also perform important quality assurance and administrative functions to ensure data integrity and high-quality record-keeping, among other duties.

You will be responsible for achieving targets relevant to your role, contributing to the team’s collective ability to meet all contractual requirements set by the program’s funder.

Full-time (37.5 hours per week) contract until March 31, 2027, with strong potential for permanency.

The starting annual salary for this position is $57,000.00 (or $58k if the successful candidate holds a master's degree, full bilingualism in French, or full proficiency in Sign Language).

This position is based at our North York office (Lawrence Ave. W. & Allen Rd.) and requires frequent travel to community partner locations and other stakeholder sites to achieve core deliverables and meet program support objectives.

The successful candidate should possess a valid Ontario G driver's licence and a reliable vehicle to meet the deliverables of the position that require frequent travel, including to remote areas not accessible by transit.

The position also currently operates under a hybrid-remote schedule, permitting one work-from-home day per week, contingent on individual performance and program operational requirements, and is therefore subject to change at any time. The hybrid schedule requires a private work-from-home space with reliable, high-speed internet. A company laptop, cell phone, and other equipment will be provided.

Please note that the work schedule for this position…