Resource Centre Specialist – Espanola (I/O)

Cambrian College Employment Options; Espanola; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambrian College’s Employment Options Espanola is seeking a Resource Centre Specialist on a contract basis until April 2027 under the Initiatives/Opportunities language of the Support Staff Collective Agreement. Position located at 91 Tudhope St., Espanola, ON with salary $30.43 hourly.

Openings run from 09/10/2026 with a closing date of 9/17/2026 12:00 PM Eastern. Internal candidates receive first consideration; travel to employer sites is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a two-year postsecondary diploma.
• Minimum of three years of work experience in career and employment guidance and counselling, along with experience in employment workshop delivery, and job placement.
• Must have worked in an environment where analysis and assessment of client needs and barriers was required.
• Travel is required to employer job sites; valid Ontario Driver’s Licence and reliable transportation are essential.
• Self-directed individual with the ability to balance multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Commitment to working within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide information and referral, case management, employment planning and preparation, and job placement to Employment Options clients daily.
• Conduct intake interviews to determine client eligibility and needs; assess clients’ skills, interests, abilities, barriers, education, and work experience.
• Complete all appropriate file documentation including application forms, service plans, releases of information, and IDs.
• Develop a service plan clarifying vocational goals, barriers, and steps to overcome them; provide ongoing career direction and referrals as needed.
• Research, develop and deliver workshops based on assessment outcomes and client needs.
• Identify and negotiate career exploration opportunities and subsidies with employers and program guidelines.
• Develop training plans with employers and maintain required documentation.
• Monitor client performance during job search and placement and adjust as needed.
• Maintain client-tracking systems and ensure timely completion of documentation; conduct follow-ups at 3, 6, and 12 months.
• Liaise with employers, government agencies, and community groups; participate in committees and present as required.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Education

Two-year postsecondary diploma

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Resource Centre Specialist – Espanola (I/O)
Salary
$30.43 Hourly
Location
91 Tudhope St., Suite 101, Espanola, ON P5E 1S6
Job Type
Full Time Support Staff-Initiatives/Opportunities
Job Number
26-00557
Division
Office of the President
Department
Employment Options, Espanola 6007
Opening Date
09/10/2026
Closing Date
9/17/2026 12:00 PM Eastern

Position Summary
Cambrian College’s Employment Options Espanola requires a Resource Centre Specialist on contract basis in accordance with the Initiatives/Opportunities language of the Support Staff Collective Agreement until April 2027.

Note: Internal candidates, as defined by the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement, will be given first consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide information and referral, case management, employment planning and preparation, and job placement to Employment Options clients daily.
• Conduct intake interviews to determine client eligibility and needs; conduct assessments of clients eligible for Employment Options assisted service by identifying and documenting clients’ skills, interests, abilities, barriers, educational background, and work experience.
• Complete all appropriate file documentation which may include items such as: application form, service plan agreement, releases of information, and obtains necessary identification.
• Develop a service plan that clarifies vocational goals, barriers to employment and describes short-term and long-term steps required to overcome barriers and achieve goals. Provide on-going career direction to clients, making appropriate referrals to community services or additional Employment Ontario services as required. Monitor client progress and makes appropriate adjustments to the service plan.
• Research, develop and deliver workshops on topics as a result of the assessment process and the ongoing needs of the client as identified in the career development plan and throughout Employment Options.
• Identify and negotiate career exploration opportunities such as job shadowing, voluntarism, job trials, and on-the-job training placements. Negotiate a subsidy reimbursement rate with employers and payment schedule within prescribed program guidelines. Appraise work sites for safety and quality of training.
• Develop skills training plan in collaboration with training employer, and maintain required documentation.
• Monitor client performance during job search and placement; proposes and implements appropriate problem solving, as required.
• Maintain client-tracking systems, records the activities of individual clients and ensures the timely completion and accuracy of required documentation including contracts, payroll information, and statistics. Conduct 3, 6, and 12-month client follow-up.
• Liaise with employers, government agencies, a variety of community, social and educational agencies; participate on committees where community planning needs and issues regarding training and employment are being addressed; make presentations to community groups and agencies as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a two-year postsecondary diploma.(A copy of educational documents must be submitted with application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application)
• Minimum of three years of work experience in career and employment guidance and counselling, along with experience in employment workshop delivery, and job placement.
• Must have worked in an environment where analysis and assessment of client needs and barriers was required.
• Travel is required to employer job sites to monitor clients; therefore, a valid Ontario Driver’s Licence and reliable transportation are essential.
• Self-directed individual with the ability to balance multiple tasks with frequent interruptions.
• Effective communication skills, good judgment, the ability to problem solve.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft software such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Commitment to working within a team environment.

Additional Assets/Preferred

• Experience working within the college system.

Required Information

• Educational documents
• WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University

Employer
Cambrian College
Address
1400 Barrydowne Road

Sudbury, Ontario, P3A 3V8
Phone
705-566-8101

Website
https://cambriancollege.ca/about/careers/