Youth Employment Specialist

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Youth Employment Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Employment Services

COMPANY: Skills for Change

HOURS: 35 hours per week (Monday
- Friday)

RATE : $25.72 per hour

With 43 years of operations, Skills for Change is a highly respected non‑profit charity with a province‑wide reputation for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends and lead to employment. We offer a range of accelerated programs including mentoring, employment, settlement, and language training together with specialized programs for skilled trades, women, and youth. We have 3 locations across the GTA and serve 16,000 clients annually.

Skills for Change offers a range of resources, supports, and service components to respond to the employment needs of individuals and the skilled labor needs of employers, and to help individuals on a path to higher skill training and employment. The Barrier Breakdown:
Dedicated Employment Pathways for Underserved Youth program will provide underserved youth with tailored wraparound support and career counselling as they explore opportunities in the Skilled Trades, STEM, and sustainability sectors. The focus is on ensuring multi‑barriered youth have access to equitable career and education pathways and dedicated support to help not just identify but remove barriers to fulfilling and prolonging employment or further skills development.

The Youth Employment Specialist will deliver pre‑employment support, case management and career development through tailored skills development and employment services.

• Provide diverse youth with tailored career development, guidance and individualized employment support through skills development and employment services.
• Conduct intake and recruitment activities to engage participants for the program.
• Facilitate skills building workshops and field trips for youth in partnership with subject matter experts and workshop facilitators.
• Provide career counselling related to sectors of skilled trades, STEM and sustainability to strengthen youth employment across these sectors.
• Offer career pathway exposure, future job prospects, and information about in‑demand skills in all three fields.
• Support youth job seekers with addressing barriers to employment through available wrap‑around supports for mental health, mentorship, coaching and other referrals.
• Provide individualized case management support to youth clients, including assessing employment and training needs to support career success.
• Liaise and coordinate sector‑specific Work Integrated Learning (WIL) employment opportunities and skills training with employer.
• Utilize innovative approaches to career development that support youth to build capacity and overcome barriers to employment.
• Identify, engage, and build relationships with employers to fill skilled labour gaps and secure meaningful employment opportunities for clients.
• Support employers in working with individuals from identified Inclusion groups to overcome barriers to employment.
• Support job seekers and employers through SfC led networking events and job fairs.
• Conduct outreach to generate referrals to the program and build community engagement and relationships.
• Connect with internal programs, outside agencies, and other community groups to raise awareness of and create intake pathways to the program.
• Gather and utilize Labour Market Insight and information to support clients and employers.
• Seek opportunities to advance client learning through participation in other training programs.
• Build and maintain a positive working relationship with employers.
• Attends various internal and external meetings, representing SfC for the purpose of client case conferencing, professional development, community engagement and program improvement, with a focus on achieving KPIs.
• Provide information and assistance to clients using the program resources (computers, books, fax, and photocopiers) in the Job Search facility.
• Participate in the distribution, collection, collation, and analysis of participant surveys and other evaluation to continually improve services based on client…