Inclusive Workforce Specialist - CAN WiN - REMOTE ONTARIO

Inclusive Workforce Specialist CAN WiN

Salary Range : ?$80,000.00 per year

Hours of Work : ?36 per week

Competition Closing Date for Internal Applicants : April 16, 2024

Competition Closing Date : Open until filled

Commencement Date : May 2024 ?

Status : ?Exempt, Permanent, Full-Time?

Number of Positions : ?1

Work Area : ?Remote - ONTARIO

Open Door Group has been opening doors to lifelong learning and career success throughout BC since 1976. ?We’re expanding nationally and have an opportunity for a Bilingual (English / French) Inclusive Workforce Specialists to join our team in Ontario. ?

At? Open Door Group? we aim to support lifelong learning and career success for the people we serve, as well as our employees.

We pride ourselves on modeling a culture of authenticity, transparency and inclusion. Our?values are based on the genuine belief that all individuals can succeed and are the drivers of their own success.

From BC WiN to CAN WiN

This expansion builds on the success of? BC Partners in Workforce Innovation ?(BC WiN), an eight year initiative originating in British Columbia, to support inclusive hiring in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.

BC WiN is an innovative recruitment approach that helps BC employers meet workforce needs and connects people with disabilities / diverse abilities to careers with respectful, inclusive employers.

Much like a recruitment agency, this is a demand-based model that starts with the employer who has a career opening and Inclusive Workforce Specialists recruit on the employer’s behalf from a unique talent pool, providing job matching services, training and ongoing support to set everyone up for success. ?

With this national expansion comes a name change to? Canadian Partners in Workforce Innovation ?(CAN WiN). ?Under the general direction of the Associate Program Director, Inclusive Workforce Specialists will increase Employer Partner and Service Partner networks to help employers in five Canadian provinces (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario) increase workforce inclusion of people with disabilities.

This position also facilitates ongoing support to ensure effective onboarding and retention. ?Building strong, trusted relationships with employers is essential to ongoing success.

Are you an experienced HR professional, with 3 plus years of years of recruitment, combined with DEI experience ? ?Are you prepared to use your experience, contributions and voice to make a positive difference for others?

Are you passionate about connecting people with diverse abilities to well-paying, long-term careers with inclusion focused employers?

If this is you, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities Include

• Provide engagement, recruitment, retention, and support ? services CAN WiN Employer Partners focused on making it easier for employers to connect with diverse job seekers who meet the workforce needs of their organizations.
• Facilitate specific activities, including training related to best practices related to employment of people with disabilities.
• Respect the unique nature of each organization’s business style and environment.?
• As an extension of the Employer Partner’s Human Resources team, follow recruitment protocols in place within organizations engaged in the project.
• Actively seek candidates for opportunities put forward by participating employers and act as a primary resource to employers by providing and sharing relevant expertise.
• Interview and assess all candidates in advance of referral to employer.
• Recommend job-ready candidates who demonstrate suitability in relation to the opportunity and employer, identifying accommodation needs in advance as required.
• Work with the employer, local service partners and job seeker to facilitate recruitment.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and ways to remove barriers to hiring or retention.
• Maintain open, honest communication with all parties while protecting confidentiality.
• Participate in CAN WiN team meetings, career fairs, presentations, and other events.
• Collect and update data management systems. ?
• Collect, monitor and track progress of candidates pre / during / post hire to support project evaluation, and facilitate additional supports as required.

Required Skillset and Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Human Resources, with recruitment experience combined with leading inclusive hiring of people with disabilities in organizations.
• Sound knowledge of issues impacting employment of people with disabilities and a variety of accommodation measures that produce positive employment outcomes
• Fluent in French an asset
• A natural ability to easily translate the value of inclusive employment to employers.
• Comfort in delivering on a demand-based employment model where the employer is the client, while maintaining a trusting rapport with service partners and candidates
• Strong relationship building skills with employers, service partners and candidates.
• Effective communication and strong critical thinking skills
• Collaborative working style
• Motivated to make a positive difference for others whether this be to help make it easier for employers to hire diverse talent, connecting a qualified candidate with a disability to employment, or move the bar on inclusive employment in Canada.

Special Conditions of Employment

• Required to pass a criminal history background and / or fingerprinting.
• Must be able to work flexible hours.
• Must have the ability to work on a computer for an extended period.
• Must be open to occasional travel within the province you live in
• Occasional travel within Canada may be required.
• As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care / Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Officer Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Open Door Group must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Proof of vaccination status will be required. ??

Open Door Group values diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We are looking for qualified individuals who represent, at all job levels, the diversity of the people we serve and encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, individuals of all genders and sexual orientation, origin and ethnic affiliations, disability, age, and religion .

Priority consideration for people with experiential knowledge of disabilities.

We strive to ensure an accessible experience for candidates. If you require an alternative method to submit your application, please contact us toll-free at 1 866 377 3670 and ask to speak with an HR representative, or you can email us at [email protected]

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. ?

Thank you for your interest in joining the Open Door Group team!

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