Health & Safety Instructor (French Bilingual)

Worksite Safety; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and safety training provider in Ottawa is seeking a fully bilingual Health & Safety Instructor to deliver the CPO-approved Working at Heights program. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in training, a background in construction, and strong presentation skills. This role offers a competitive salary, three weeks of paid vacation, and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Three weeks’ paid vacation

Health benefits package

Company-provided training equipment

Ongoing career development

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience delivering training (preferred in Working at Heights program).
• Strong interest in educating people on health & safety training.
• Valid Ontario Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging and informative Working at Heights training.
• Evaluate participants through practical skills and written evaluation.
• Organize and submit participant records after training.

Skills

Bilingual (English and French)

Presentation skills

Adult engagement skills

Self-starter

Interest in health & safety education

Tools

Red Cross First Aid Instructor certification

Forklift certification

Mobile elevated work platform certification

Job description

Overview

Position: Health & Safety Instructor - Bilingual (Working at Heights)

Employment: Full-time

Location: Ottawa, ON

Salary: $70,000-80,000 to start, DOE

Worksite Safety Compliance Centre is looking to add another Instructor to our current training team, specifically for the delivery of our CPO-approved Working at Heights program in both French and English. If you are an experienced bilingual health and safety instructor who is passionate about construction safety education and keeping workers safe, this role is for you!

This fully bilingual Health & Safety Instructor will deliver training full-time at one of two locations in Ottawa. There may also be an opportunity for this instructor to train others on confined space entry, first aid and/or mobile equipment use (forklift and elevated work platforms). The position reports to the Manager, Instructor-Led Training.

Responsibilities

• Delivering engaging and informative Working at Heights training to job seekers, the general public and new and current members of the construction industry
• Evaluating participants through practical skills and written evaluation
• Organizing, filing and submitting digital and hard copy participant records following training
• Participating in team meetings and instructor development workshops

Qualifications and experience

• 3+ years experience delivering training (Working at Heights program preferred)
• Fully bilingual in English and French
• Background in construction management and/or other fall hazard-related industry
• Work experience or certification in occupational health & safety preferred
• Forklift, mobile elevated work platforms and confined space entry and rescue considered an asset
• Active certification as a Red Cross First Aid Instructor considered an asset
• Strong interest educating people on the importance and value of health & safety training
• Self-starter who is able to work independently, while also contributing to a team
• Strong presentation and adult-engagement skills
• Valid Ontario Driver's Licence - occasional travel by car for work
• Able to legally work in Canada

Why Worksite

We are looking for a great person to join a great team and we offer a work environment that can see you develop your career with an established leader in the industry. Worksite also offers:

• Competitive base salary
• Three weeks’ paid vacation
• Health benefits package including $2k spending account (100% company paid)
• Company-provided training equipment
• Ongoing career development and learning
• Exciting and collaborative work environment
• Working on an awesome team with a great company culture!

For a little more about us, please check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FpJSm9We4o

If this role is the right fit for you, please submit your resume and cover letter. We thank all those that apply, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted

About Us

Worksite is one of Canada’s leading providers of occupational health and safety services and was listed on Growth 500 as one of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies for three consecutive years by Canadian Business and Maclean's.

We help workers stay safe, and we help employers make it happen. We believe that work life should be enjoyable, and that creating a safe workplace should be enjoyable too. We do that through providing our clients with excellence in advice and service, as well as delivering high-quality online, instructor-led training, and safety products.

Worksite is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with disabilities, and will make all reasonable accommodations needed to ensure fairness in the recruitment, assessment and selection process.

Our Values

Building Together - We work collaboratively because we know that everyone has great ideas and unique perspectives build a better result. We are stronger when we are all-in as one team.

Growing Through Experimentation - We relentlessly pursue our vision by improving and expanding what we do, experimenting with new ideas, and valuing tests over assumptions.

Being Surprisingly Helpful - We look for ways to surprise and delight by going above and beyond to help others, even when we don’t stand to gain anything from it.

Enjoying our Work Life - Because our lives are better when we enjoy our work, we build genuine, positive, and supportive relationships with each other and inject a little fun wherever we can.