Employment Consultant - Pathways to Project; -CP

Employment Consultant – Pathways to Opportunity Project
-CP)

Employment Type: Contract Hourly – until Sep 30, 2026, Bargaining Unit (1 Vacancy)

Work Hours: 35 hours/week – Mon‑Fri, 9am‑5pm

Work Setting: Exclusively Onsite (1533 Victoria Park Avenue, Toronto, ON)

Salary: Internal G – $31.85/hour

Final date to receive applications: June 2, 2026 by 11:59 pm

Integrated Employment Services at Wood Green is a high‑performance team that improves communities, families and individual lives through effective access to employment. Working at a local Integrated Employment Services Centre or other sites in the City of Toronto, they rapidly help high‑need jobseekers obtain quality, sustainable employment. The employment needs in the City of Toronto are intense, and our staff bring compassion, energy, focus and skill to address these needs in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.

Wood Green’s staff are supported by caring managers, training, tools, procedures, and systems for success. We aim to have the best jobseeker client experience and outcomes available in Canada, and our Integrated Employment Services team is a cornerstone of this success.

• Screen clients for suitability for participation in the Pathways to Opportunity research project.
• Manage a reduced number of clients in a caseload who are simultaneously participating in Integrated Employment Services and the Pathways to Opportunity Research Project.
• Enroll eligible clients into the PtO research project and obtain required consents.
• Refer clients to appropriate PtO program components, including the In Motion & Momentum+ (10‑week training program), work experience placements, and wraparound supports.
• Conduct group activities, such as information sessions, and pre‑employment workshops for PtO participants.

• Build rapport and an emotionally supportive context for each client to feel trusting, engage readily in the job search process, and believe in their own success to obtain employment. Help clients build their motivation and confidence.
• Ensure clients understand the Integrated Employment Services approach and the value of services provided, particularly retention support.
• Create equity in all aspects of service delivery, striving for inclusion and equitable outcomes for all jobseekers who come to Wood Green.
• Manage a caseload of jobseekers, in various stages of job readiness. Using excellent time management and efficiency, effective appointment planning, client assignments, and group activities, move clients toward employment with pace and urgency.
• Readily participate in training and coaching to support achievement of targets. Use supervisor monitors and feedback as a constructive learning experience.
• Compassionately and effectively administer the Province of Ontario’s Common Assessment Tool and intake clients into the Integrated Employment Services program.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service and skills in the delivery of client activities, particularly: developing an employment action plan, needs assessment, goal setting, resume and cover letter development, applying for positions, interview prep, online job search, working on personal presentation including positive body language.
• Directly engage with employers on behalf of clients to confirm open positions, understand job needs, advocate for clients, set interviews, etc. Help remove temporary barriers to employment by referring to needed services and arranging financial supports.
• As needed, sit with and support clients as they use onsite computers for labour market research, resume development, job searching, interview practice, etc. including providing basic digital literacy training, helping to set up email accounts, accessing online training resources, submitting online job applications, accessing life stabilization resources (e.g. banking, Ontario Works, housing help etc.).
• In an efficient and prompt manner, complete all documentation and data entry per Wood Green standard operating procedures (e.g. client notes, data entry, referrals, updating forms).
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