IM&M+ Facilitator: Empowerment & Employment Readiness

Bissell Centre; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation 3 weeks (4 weeks after 1

Health maintenance days

Extended health, dental, vision

Life insurance & ADD for dependents

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bissell Centre is hiring an IM&M+ Facilitator in Canada to deliver the In Motion & Momentum+ curriculum to individuals facing barriers to employment. You will facilitate activities, coaching, goal-setting, and community engagement in a trauma-informed, strengths-based manner to build confidence and readiness for work.

You will create a welcoming, inclusive space and support participants across IM&M+ phases with adaptable, culturally responsive teaching and individualized action planning.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in social work, human services, career development, psychology, adult education, community development, or related field.
• Minimum three years of group-facilitation experience.
• Experience supporting people facing barriers to employment including poverty, homelessness, mental-health concerns, trauma, or unemployment.
• Experience in employment services, career development, workforce development, human services, or community programming.
• Experience delivering strengths-based, participant-centred, or coaching-oriented services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the full IM&M+ curriculum according to its established design and methodology.
• Facilitate experiential activities, group discussions, workshops, reflective exercises, community projects, and other applied learning opportunities.
• Create a welcoming, inclusive, and psychologically safe environment that promotes belonging, mutual respect, participation, accountability, and peer support.
• Support participants through the In Motion, Momentum, and Momentum+ phases.
• Adapt delivery to diverse learning needs, abilities, and literacy levels using adult-learning principles and culturally responsive practices.
• Conduct participant intake, orientation, assessment, goal-setting, and individualized action planning.
• Use trauma-informed, participant-centred, strengths-based, harm-reduction, and motivational-coaching approaches.

Skills

Facilitation

Coaching

Relationship-building

Group management

Education

Diploma or degree in social work or related field

Job description

Bissell Centre is hiring an IM&M+ Facilitator in Canada to deliver the In Motion & Momentum+ curriculum to individuals facing barriers to employment. You will facilitate activities, coaching, goal-setting, and community engagement in a trauma-informed, strengths-based manner to build confidence and readiness for work.

You will create a welcoming, inclusive space and support participants across IM&M+ phases with adaptable, culturally responsive teaching and individualized action planning.