Guidance Counsellor

at  Vanier College

Reference number : P-24-25-3446
Job Category (Job Alert) : Guidance Counselling
Department : Services for Students
Services : Student Services
Immediate Supervisor’s Name : Anja Vroomen
Position Status : Full-time Replacement
Length of the contract : Until June 30, 2025
Work Location : Vanier College
Work Schedule : Mon - Fri, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (35 hrs/week)
External Posting Start Date : 2024-11-08
External Posting End Date and Time : 2024-11-21 17:00
Salary Scale : $53,876 - $95,479
Expected Start Date : 2024-12-09
Vanier College is an English-language public college with more than 6000 daytime students from over 90 different nationalities. We have a thriving Continuing Education division that provides services to adult learners, international students as well as to community and corporate clients. Vanier has approximately 1000 employees and offers a stimulating work environment and a beautiful green campus. Our dynamic faculty and staff enjoy numerous benefits including an employee assistance program, employee fitness programs, professional development, daycare, educational fee waivers as well as music concerts and other activities.
Our institution is committed to ensuring representation in its community; consequently, Vanier College welcomes applications from members of visible minorities, ethnic minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. The institution maintains its commitment to excellence in Education and recognizes that increasing the diversity of its staff supports this objective.
We offer a remarkable range of job opportunities so we invite you to navigate our job postings and apply so that you too can become a proud member of the Vanier College Community.
Description :
Reporting to the Coordinator of Services for Students, the Guidance Counsellor provides comprehensive guidance and career counselling to Vanier students and supports those students to enable them to achieve their goals through academic success, social and emotional adjustment and integration into college life.

More specifically, but not limited to, the Guidance Counsellor:

• Assesses students’ interests, aptitudes, values, personality, capacities and professional experience using appropriate methods;
• Administers and interprets psychometric assessments;
• Advises students with respect to educational and vocational choices;
• Meets with students individually, facilitates workshops and conducts presentations;
• Takes part in case studies within a multidisciplinary team;
• Collaborates with staff and faculty, as well as service providers or other agencies and organizations, and corresponds with the Ministry of Education as appropriate;
• Provides appropriate referrals and resource information to address needs the College may not be able to meet;
• Provides outreach to the Vanier community to promote awareness and use of the Service;
• Collects data and provides reports on the use of the orientation services;
• Liaises with High School Orientation counselors;
• Attends recruitment sessions in High Schools to provide information to prospective students;
• Collaborates with Student Services, particularly ATE and Employment Counsellor, to support students, provide outreach and develop initiatives;
• Maintains appropriate records;
• Acts a member of the Mental Health and Wellness crisis team.

Other related duties which fall within the scope of the classification of this position may be assigned.
Contract: Until June 30, 2025
Classification: Conseiller ou conseillère d’orientation (Guidance Counsellor)
Requirements :

Qualifications:

• Hold the guidance counsellor’s permit issued by the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec (OCCOQ).

Conditions related to the specific position:

• Excellent English written and oral communications skills (to be tested);
• Good French written and oral communication skills (to be tested);
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel and Word (to be tested);
• Proven knowledge of issues related to the CEGEP milieu and its student population;
• Good organizational skills;
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Expertise in facilitating workshops.

Comments :
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We thank all those who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Please refer the Job description for details