Summer Student Placement Specialist, WorkBC North Vancouver

The Summer Student Placement Specialist (SSPS) will be responsible for connecting students between the ages of 15-30 to employers in their community.

The target will be to serve 100 students. The SSPS will actively recruit students through existing partners, youth workers, and the local high schools and post-secondary institutions.

While all students will be provided service, special emphasis will be placed on recruiting students with social or employment barriers including literacy and numeracy and students who are members of a visible minority.

Success will be defined by placing 70% of the student participants into paid employment or career-related volunteer placements.

What you’ll be doing

Student Engagement

Implements the student engagement strategy

Visits local high schools to promote the program

Connects with students via social media to promote this service

Develop an online registration form for student job seekers to complete

Supports students to connect with summer jobs in the community

Conducts a screening interview to match student’s interests to the employer’s needs where applicable

Employer Engagement

Develop a summer jobs outreach plan with the wider WorkBC team

Develop a marketing package to present to employers to actively solicit job postings for students

Meets with employers to present marketing package

Actively markets our job posting service to employers

Part of community events to promote services

Collaborates with the wider team to organize a student hiring fair

Matches suitable student job seekers to vacant jobs or volunteer opportunities

Follows up in weeks 1 and 4 of the job with both the employer and students to ensure success in the workplace

Conducts job search 101, resume and interview workshops for all student job seekers

Connects with student job seekers while job-seeking

Administration

Records all client information, contacts and updates in the Summer Student Tracker

Works with an employer database with key contacts

Documents all employer contacts

Other duties as required

What you’ll need :

Candidates will preferably be post-secondary students in a related discipline

Comfortable in delivering presentations / workshops

Comfortable cold calling employers

Strong team player

Ability to work in a flexible environment and relate well with others

Must have excellent computer skills.

A valid clear criminal record check (including working with vulnerable populations) is required.

The YWCA Metro Vancouver’s COVID-19 vaccination policy is currently suspended and as a result, vaccination from COVID-19 is not required at this time.

However, should circumstances change and the YWCA deem it necessary to reintroduce such policy, you may be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in order to be eligible to continue performing your duties.

What we offer :

Flexible working arrangements for applicable positions

Pay Rate : $22.73

A workplace that prioritizes employee health, safety and wellbeing, including many learning and growth opportunities such as our staff mentorship program and three equity committees that help to support our goals towards achieving meaningful equity and inclusion.

This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs Grant