Employment Information
- Post ID: 568702567
- Open Date: February 13, 2025
- Close Date: May 9, 2025
- Organization: IEC Hamilton
- Sector: Education, Training & Research
- Business Location:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Total Views: 210
- Duration: 7 calendar days (6 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 week ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/hamilton/568702567/educational-counsellor/
Job Details
- Experience: 7 months - 1 year
- Job Vacancies: 4
- Compensation: $21.00 to $27.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 20 to 37.5 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Attend educational conferences and workshops
- Counsel students regarding educational, career or vocational issues
- Consult with teachers, parents, administrators and community agencies
- Co-ordinate the provision of counselling and information services to students, parents and teachers
- Refer students to other specialized services when required
- Participate in staff meetings, educational conferences and workshops
- Develop guidance and counselling programs
- Visit colleges and secondary schools to provide academic information to prospective students, their parents and educational institutions
- Prepare and deliver presentations at conferences, workshops and symposia
Experience and specialization
Counselling specialization
- At risk students
- Career or post-secondary training orientation
- Co-operative education or work placement
- Gifted learners
- Multicultural adjustment
- Personal or life skills management
- Persons with learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
- Special education
- Study skills
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Child Abuse Registry check
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver’s licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Organized
- Reliability
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Mileage paid