Career Counselor

McMaster University; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Career Counsellor to enhance student success through tailored career development activities. This role involves providing individual and group counseling, designing career plans, and developing resources to support students in their career journeys. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree in a relevant field and have experience in psychometric assessment tools. Join a dynamic team committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment for students, helping them navigate their educational and career paths effectively. Embrace the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of students.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field required.
• 3 years of relevant experience necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group career counseling to students.
• Develop career planning materials and workshops.
• Administer psychometric assessments for career guidance.

Skills

Career Counseling

Psychometric Assessment

Client Relationship Building

Workshop Development

Data Analysis

Education

Master's Degree in Counselling Psychology

Master's Degree in Educational Psychology

Master's Degree in Social Work

Tools

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Strong Interest Inventory

Job description

Unit/Project Description:

The Student Success Centre provides a diverse array of programs to students related to transition, career development and employment, experiential learning opportunities both local and abroad and provides support services for our international students. We support students from the time that they enter university to the time that they graduate and beyond. The Centre is a high paced environment, popular with students and employers and works in collaboration and partnership with many other internal and external stakeholders.

The Career Counsellor promotes student development, student success and student retention leading to meaningful career achievement and lifetime success for our students. This is accomplished through a series of interventions with students dealing with career choice, educational direction, and progress toward vocational and scholarly goals. Choosing a career is perhaps one of the most important decisions/outcomes that we, as professionals, help students reach. We are seeking someone with a commitment to a student-centered environment and is attuned to the dynamic changing career fields, technology advances and the globalization issues.

The Centre remains committed to diversity and inclusiveness and promoting accessibility for all students.

Job Summary:

The Career Counsellor is responsible for the ongoing development, provision and delivery of a comprehensive range of career development activities in the areas of career decision-making, educational planning, professional school and continuing education, work search, and employment. These activities include individual counselling, group counselling, psycho-educational groups, psychometric assessment, career-related curriculum development and instruction, workshops, online and print resource materials, consultations and staff training.

Purpose and Key Functions:

* Provide individual career counselling to undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni.

* Design career counselling plans that are specific to an individual’s unique needs.

* Develop career development materials and intervention models.

* Interpret and analyze qualitative and quantitative data.

* Deal with personal issues, disability, English as a Second Language and other factors that complicate the career planning process and make appropriate referrals for specific support in these areas.

* Guide and advise students regarding education planning which includes having a broad knowledge of post-graduate programs within Ontario and Canada and an understanding of graduate school application processes.

* Prepare students for entrance to the employment market through guidance and support in resume development, interviewing, networking and effective job search techniques.

* Administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory and other personality and occupational assessment tools and help students integrate results into their career and education planning.

* Design survey and assessment strategies to measure program learning outcomes and effectiveness.

* Facilitate group career planning workshop and deliver education planning presentations.

* Develop workshops and presentations on topics including career decision making, educational planning and work search.

* Develop tools and resources to support career and education planning programs and activities.

* Develop and manage evaluations and learning outcome assessments for individual and group services and programs.

* Provide expertise in regards to theoretical contexts for career learning and development stages of students in support of the Student Development mandate.

* Work collaboratively with other staff within the department and within the University to meet students’ needs in an effective manner.

* Represent the department on University committees and community organizations.

* Establish, cultivate, and maintain client relationships.

* Utilize strong client relationship building skills, individual counselling and group facilitation skills to develop programs and counsel individuals.

* Utilize student development, student learning and career development theories and methods to design programs.

* Utilize knowledge of broader health related issues such as mental health, learning disabilities, and chronic medical concerns, that are especially relevant to client functionality and employability.

* Apply a high degree of intuition and empathic understanding of the student experience and well developed cultural competencies when counselling individuals.

* Update and maintain knowledge of and application of standards for the ethical practice of career counselling.

* Remain current with resources related to career planning, career decision making and the labour market and aware of changing career and work issues and trends.

Requirements:

* Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, Educational Psychology, Social Work, Psychology, or a related field of study.

* Certified in the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory and other Level B psychometric instruments.

* Requires 3 years of relevant experience.

Assets:

• This is a professional position. Persons in this role bear significant responsibility with respect to career and life outcomes and the overall wellbeing of students.
• Masters degree training should include supervised counselling/clinical placement
• Some evening and weekend hours required

Additional Information:

• Hybrid work environment (work from home and on-campus)

To apply for this job, please submit your application online.