Community Integration Specialist
Community Integration Specialist
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Job Description
About the role
Location: Peel/York Region Hybrid
Like WCG you believe in the power of work to transform lives. As a Community Integration Specialist youll be responsible for building and nurturing relationships with key community organizations in their designated region. The Community Integration Specialist is responsible for engaging local services to support clients to address barriers to employment and identify appropriate routes towards employment. As the lead for integration in their region the CIS will develop knowledge to be the expert on the range of services and support available in their location.
What youll do
- Collaborate with managers and local operational teams to assess client bases needs and develop and implement a quarterly community outreach plan to support your regions
- Identify opportunities for engagement with local tables working groups and forums to promote the EO and WCG offer
- Participate in and actively contributes to relevant forums committees and meetings promoting transparency of our services and fostering a collaborative multiagency support team approach to service integration
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment promoting teamwork accountability and excellence in service delivery
- Communicate regularly with collaborators and community partners to provide updates on project progress successes and challenges
- Prepare and presents reports summaries and analyses to stakeholders and senior leadership documenting project outcomes and impact
- Act as the key contact for community providers ensuring queries on referrals or on any aspect of partnership working are resolved within 48 hours 24 hours where possible)
Qualifications :
What you bring
- Experience and knowledge of the landscape of local services that offer specialist support or those of different inclusion groups
- Understanding of local public sector services and commissioned services
- Experience working in an outcomes / targetbased environment
- Able to work autonomously and selfstarter
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external partners
- Ability to work with a wide variety of people (CEOs senior managers front line staff)
- Ability to build strong partnerships and identify opportunities for collaboration
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to working with organizations with different working cultures.
- Resilient and persistent/ sales orientated with ability to pitch in a personable and engaging manner
- High standard of advocacy communication presentational and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional written/verbal communication skills ability to engage/influence diverse audiences
- Proficient in data analysis/reporting with focus on measuring initiative effectiveness
- Bilingual in English and French is an asset
For complete job requirements see the full Job Description here.
Additional Information :
What we offer
- Work in hybrid environment and earn a competitive starting salary of $65000 to $70000 annually
- Comprehensive and flexible health and dental benefits
- RRSP Matching program of 1.5 base earnings
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Flexible hours and part time opportunities
- Generous timeoff policies that promote work/life balance
- Do work that makes a difference!
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WCG is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to achieving a workplace that is equitable and representative of Canadas diverse population. We actively work to attract develop and retain employees from diverse and equitydeserving backgrounds who have exceptional ability and the desire to make a difference. We continuously strive to support individual needs and differences in a work environment that is built on inclusivity and respect for everyone.
WCG is committed to providing an accessible barrier free recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity please advise us if you require accommodation in advance of any part of the recruitment and selection process.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
