Career Counsellor

Date Posted: 05/20/2022
Req ID: 24351
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Career Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00052070

Description:

About us:

The university’s second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 17 academic departments and offers 156 programs in 92 areas of study. Home to approximately 15,000 students and over 1,000 faculty and staff, the campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry and Institute for Management and Innovation. With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs. Established in 1967, the campus features award-winning architecture, robust community partnerships and a dynamic student environment set amongst 225 acres along the Credit River in Mississauga.

Your opportunity:

The UTM Career Centre utilizes a student-focused approach to help students develop career management skills that they can use throughout their life. Each teammember contributes, individually and collectively, via their specific role and by supporting others to meet the Centre's overall mission and goals. Under the supervision of the Assistant Director, Career Development Unit, the Career Counsellor facilitates workshops, provides individual counselling support and consults with campus partners to provide tailored programming. The role assists in developing and updating career resources and participates in cross-functional teams within and external to the Career Centre to support the career development of students of recent graduates.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Applying self assessment exercises, vocational assessments, non-directive and other career counselling techniques
• Screening for referrals and arranging appointments with other counselling services for students in distress
• Developing content for instructional workshops
• Facilitating educational workshops and seminars
• Promoting programming, student needs and interests to employers and industry contacts
• Editing content for brochures, newsletters, websites and/or handbooks
• Conducting labour market research and analysis to support academic programming alignment decisions
• Conducting a detailed analysis of student feedback and learning outcomes to inform program planning activities

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year of related experience in career counselling, preferably in a fast-paced post-secondary educational setting
• Must have exceptional facilitation experience in order to effectively deliver presentations and workshops
• Must have sound knowledge of the principles of counselling with demonstrated ability to support student success and personal development in the career exploration of labour market research, program selection for further education and employment
• Demonstrate knowledge of the ability to research, learn, and utilize theoretical approaches and best-practices for career counselling
• Proficient in MS Office Suite(.i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint), student information systems, client management and appointment booking database systems, and video conference platforms
• Must have strong interpersonal, counselling and written and verbal skills, in order to communicate effectively with a diverse student population
• Must have excellent organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Must be able to work well independently as well as part of a team, in order to foster an environment of trust, respect and collaboration
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and credibility with students, faculty, staff and senior administrators
• Able to work well and remain calm under pressure

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge of crisis intervention theories and methods and the ability to safely and effectively refer and transition clients in crisis to appropriate support services
• Knowledge of mental health issues with the ability to identify barriers to participate in the career counselling process

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Organized
• Possess a positive attitude
• Resourceful
• Tactful
• Team player

Closing Date: 05/31/2022, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 10 -- $63,089 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $80,678. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, person with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encourage to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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