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We Are Hiring!
When our employees were asked through a confidential survey to characterize The Career Foundation, they chose these words:
- Caring
- Compassionate
- Family
- Results-oriented
- Innovative
- Professional
- Helpful/Accomodating
- Teamwork
We are dedicated to helping our employees to achieve their career goals. Many of our current staff members were once our clients! We’re very proud of this because we feel it attests to the type of dedicated team we have in place.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Career Foundation is committed to diversity and inclusion and aims to create a healthy and rewarding environment for all. We welcome applications from qualified individuals who represent the diversity of the people we proudly serve, including, but not limited to, visible minorities, women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and individuals of all genders and sexual orientation.
The Career Foundation, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), is also committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We will work with candidates requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.
Career Opportunities
If you would like to join our team at The Career Foundation, we encourage you to view and apply to our current job postings below.
The Financial Controller is responsible for the overall financial reporting, planning, budgeting, and accounting practices for The Career Foundation. The Financial Controller manages strategic, capital, and operational planning processes, develops budgets, and recommends appropriate resource allocation. The Financial Controller ensures that the senior leadership team has the financial information required to support executive-level decision-making and evaluation of financial plans and funder requirements. The Financial Controller oversees the Finance team and implements procedures to optimize department operations.
The Career Foundation’s Completing the Circle (CTC) program is a youth employment and skills development project funded by Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS). CTC fosters the development of and provides individualized support to, youth with multiple barriers to employment. Through the program, youth participants are empowered to find employment, and are equipped with tools, supports, new skills, and confidence to start and maintain work. Placement Specialists are important members of the team, responsible for placing youth into employment opportunities, and other important functions to ensure program success.
The Director of Workforce Development is responsible for developing and overseeing a growing suite of workforce development training programs at The Career Foundation to ensure project successes and positive outcomes. The Director works closely with Managers and Program Coordinators of assigned programs to ensure that all targets are continuously met and exceeded through effective performance management, accurate and timely quality monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of all program activities, results, and budget management.
Our team of Employer Services Consultants work in our full suite Employment Centres and are responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with employers in multiple sectors, assessing workforce development needs, developing strategies to support employers with accomplishing their hiring needs, and other important services to support employers. Our valued team of Employer Services Consultants also work directly with our job seeker clients to provide job development support and connections to employment opportunities, in addition to other essential duties.
The Customer Information Representative is an important member of the Customer Service & Administration department that supports The Career Foundation’s five full suite Employment Centres. The Customer Information Representative is responsible for the collection, tracking, and input of important customer data in internal and funder-mandated reporting systems, preparing and updating various reports and trackers utilizing advanced Excel functions, and providing exceptional customer service duties.
The Career Foundation’s WorkFairly program provides eligible participants with a pre-employment and skills development training model that integrates technology, sales and high-performance workplace skills to prepare women for future-oriented careers across Ontario and British Columbia. Participants consist of women, including those who are immigrants, women with disabilities, self-identifying LGBTQ2 individuals, and those who have experienced prolonged unemployment. The program team also works closely with employers to conduct Gender Based Analysis (GBA+) workplace and policy assessments and to deliver Gender Equity and Inclusion training. The Placement Specialists are important members of the team, responsible for placing participants into employment opportunities by connecting them directly with employers that have suitable job vacancies to fill.
Reporting to the Marketing and Communications Coordinator, the Communications Specialist is an integral member of The Career Foundation’s Marketing and Communications team. The Communications Specialist is responsible for creating internal and external communications for the organization, including flyers, videos, and podcasts, creating social media content and responding to all social media inquiries, designing web pages, and writing and editing various written communications, as well as other related duties.
Reporting to the VP of Strategic Development, Community and Corporate Relations, the Marketing and Communications Coordinator is an integral member of The Career Foundation’s team, responsible for assisting with the design of the marketing strategy to meet organizational goals. The
Marketing and Communications Coordinator oversees a small Marketing and Communications team comprised of one full-time Communications Specialist, and a part-time Marketing and Communications Associate. Other key functions of this management-level position with The Career Foundation include the following: developing and reviewing marketing and promotional materials, creating and approving social media content and appropriate responses to all social media inquiries, conducting data analytics, and writing staff and client newsletters. Updating The Career Foundation’s website, and contributing to and editing funding proposals, are other marketing and communications projects for which the Marketing and Communications department will be responsible, as well as other creative responsibilities.
The Employment Services and Placement Specialists are integral members of our full suite Employment Centres, responsible for developing individualized action plans for a caseload of assigned job seeker clients, facilitating job matching between job seekers and employers, conducting outreach to develop new relationships with employers in a variety of industries, administration of important documents, and other essential functions.
As a key member of The Career Foundation’s HR department, the HR Generalist is responsible for performing a range of important HR functions within the organization, including full cycle recruitment, performance management, employee onboarding and offboarding, health and safety, benefits administration, employee engagement initiatives, and other important HR functions.
