Career Advisor

Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys - CSSMB; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Four weeks of vacation after one year

Sick days and special leave

Group insurance plan

Pension plan (RREGOP)

Employee discounts

Telemedicine service

Professional membership reimbursement

Training and development reimbursement

Summer schedule

Mentorship program

Clinical exchange opportunities

Well-being and balance culture

Job summary

Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys (CSSMB) invites applications for a Career Advisor to support students in understanding themselves and their paths to make informed educational and professional choices within the CSSMB network.

You will assess students, conduct individual or group counseling, and help develop coping strategies and goals while collaborating with teachers and management to guide training and integration into future careers.

Qualifications

• Be a member of the OCCOQ and work within CSSMB guidelines.
• Demonstrate empathy and active listening in student interactions.
• Maintain strong communication with students, parents, and staff.
• Collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Navigate multiple files and priorities with composure.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate students in individual or group meetings on interests, aptitudes, abilities, and needs.
• Conduct counseling interviews to help students clarify goals and self-image.
• Support training project attainment and social/professional integration.
• Inform and advise parents on educational and career orientation.
• Identify students facing difficulties in collaboration with the school team.
• Plan and lead information activities about training programs and job markets.
• Collaborate with management, teachers, and professionals.
• Serve as a resource for COSP implementation.
• Analyze student files to guide them in the school system.
• Issue classification recommendations for new student integrations.

Skills

Empathy

Active listening

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multitasking

Education

OCCOQ membership

Job description

Schedule: 31.5 h / week

Start Date: 2026-08-20

Being a career advisor means supporting students in understanding themselves and their paths in order to help them make informed and coherent educational and professional choices.

On a daily basis, you assess the psychological functioning, personal resources, and environmental factors of young and adult students. You accompany and support them in developing coping strategies and in their decision-making, promoting their autonomy and their ability to build a life project aligned with their individual characteristics and their environment, throughout their educational journey.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate students during individual or group meetings regarding their interests, aptitudes, abilities, personality, work experiences, and personal needs;
• Conduct individual or group counseling interviews to encourage the student to question themselves and build a comprehensive self-image, explore and clarify their situation, and establish personal and professional goals;
• Support students in finding ways to overcome the difficulties inherent in achieving their training project as well as their social and professional integration;
• Inform and advise parents on the means to support their child regarding their educational and professional orientation;
• Contribute to the identification of students facing difficulties through lists and collaboration with team members of the school team, with a view to prevention and intervention;

• Plan, organize, and lead school and professional information activities to present the requirements of training programs, the nature of professions, the situation and evolution of the job market;
• Collaborate with management, teachers, and professionals;
• Act as a resource person for the implementation of COSP;
• Analyze various documents that are part of the student file to properly guide them in the school system;
• Issue a classification recommendation upon the integration of a new student;

Requirements

• Be a member of the Order of Career Advisors (OCCOQ);
• Enjoy working within a multidisciplinary team;
• Be able to maintain a steady pace and work on multiple files at once;
• Demonstrate empathy and active listening;
• Have very good communication skills;
• Possess a good knowledge of institutional and community resources in the CSSMB territory;

• Have a good knowledge of the education network (an asset);
• Proof of success in the French test SEL or CÉFRANC or TECFÉE or the CSSMB enhanced French exam within three months of hiring at the latest;

Benefits

• Four (4) weeks of vacation after one year of work and two (2) weeks of leave during the holiday period
• Sick days and special leave
• Group insurance plan
• Defined benefit pension plan (RREGOP) that ensures predictable and stable income during retirement
• Diverse recreational program and employee discounts
• Employee assistance program
• Telemedicine service
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees according to current terms
• Reimbursement for training and development activities
• Summer schedule
• Mentorship program
• Monthly consultation meetings allowing for clinical exchanges and sharing
• The CSSMB promotes a culture focused on well-being and balance. Disconnect to reconnect better!

We thank you for your interest in the Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Service Centre. Please note that all applications will be processed and we will contact those who match the desired profile.

We also subscribe to an employment equity program and therefore invite women, Indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities to submit their applications.

All our employees are subject to the Act respecting the laicity of the State and the Act respecting the education system (LIP). This law provides, among other things, for the prohibition of wearing religious symbols for anyone in contact with students.