Placement Specialist​/Coach

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 organization 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 help thousands of people each year successfully achieve their employment goals.

Our team of dedicated professionals has described the 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.

As a Placement Specialist/Coach with our regional Youth Thrive program based in Toronto, you will be a key member of the project team. Your responsibilities will include establishing and maintaining relationships with non‑profit organizations across multiple sectors and developing meaningful volunteer opportunities for youth participants of the program. You will also work directly with youth participants to help them understand the expectations, requirements, and success factors of various non‑profit workplaces.

You will manage a caseload of assigned youth and mentors and be responsible for achieving placement targets that contribute to the team’s collective ability to meet all contractual requirements with the program’s funder.

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

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

This opportunity is based at our North York office, located near Lawrence Ave. W. & Allen Rd. The position requires regular on‑site work from the office, as well as frequent local travel to employer sites, community partner locations, and other stakeholder sites to meet the core outreach and placement deliverables. The successful candidate must possess a valid Ontario G driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle.

The position also operates under a hybrid‑remote schedule, permitting one work‑from‑home day per week, contingent on program needs. You must have 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 requires flexibility and availability to work some evening hours and occasional weekends to meet the needs of the program.

An offer of employment for this opportunity will be contingent on the incumbent providing an acceptable Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC).

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