Placement Advisor

Job Description
- Placement Advisor - FSCS
- Appendix D (37195)

At Humber, we are a vibrant, diverse community of professionals dedicated to providing an exceptional learning experience for our students. Through our strategic vision and exciting new brand Builders of Brilliance, we are co-constructing a new model of polytechnic education for Ontario, Canada, and the world. We are committed to ensuring Humber offers the right programs, with the most effective teaching and learning approaches, to prepare exceptional leaders for our industries and communities.

To achieve our vision, we take finding and developing the right talent very seriously. We offer a collegial, collaborative, inclusive environment in which each individual is supported to grow and bring their best each day.

If you are excited by the prospect of contributing to our vision for learning, if you would like to be part of building a new model of polytechnic education, of ‘building brilliance’, in one of Canada’s preeminent higher education institutions, then here is your opportunity to join our dynamic team.

Status: Full Time/ Contract

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Faculty/Department: Faculty of Social and Community Services

Campus/

Location:

Lakeshore Campus;
Hybrid - 4 days on campus, 1 day remote

Payband: H

Salary Range: $38.09 - $44.04

Progression through the payband is in accordance with the increments in the payband as outline in the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement based on actual service in the payband.

About the Faculty of Social & Community Services at Humber:

The Faculty of Social & Community Services (FSCS) is one of six faculties within the larger Humber College Community with our focus being on Criminal Justice Services and Human Services. To align ourselves with the overall values of Humber, we are committed to demonstrating our own Faculty values which are Inclusion, Compassion, Integrity, Self-Awareness, and Respect.

About the Placement Advisor Role:

Reporting to the Manager, Work Integrated Learning, the Placement Advisor is a proactive team member in the Faculty of Social and Community Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for connecting field experience opportunities for students, liaising with internship hosts, seminar instructors and students, and managing a database of placement related information. The Placement Advisor is also responsible for administrative functions relating to Work-Integrated Learning and Experiential Learning including regularly connecting with students and providing support, resources and information in preparing for field experience.

The Placement Advisor will uphold the FSCS values of compassion, integrity, respect, self-awareness, and inclusion in all interactions with students, external and internal stakeholders.

About You:

You are passionate about working at Ontario's largest Polytechnic; you thrive on improving productivity and quality that contribute to team success! If this sounds like you, keep reading:

Education

Four (4) year degree or equivalent

Experience/Skills

What you bring to the role:

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in one or more of the following areas: human resources, counselling, recruitment or employment services, which demonstrates exceptional communication, interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision are essential
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, exercise good judgment, work with interruptions, and resolve conflicts
• Must be able to strategize in how to guide students, research new employment opportunities, create marketing materials, liaise between employers and students and plan placement networking events

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