Reporting to the Director, Career-Integrated Learning, the Career Counsellor supports Sheridan’s diverse student population, providing career counselling services to help students explore, identify, and evaluate career goals, and make plans to achieve them throughout the student lifecycle. The Career Counsellor is an integral contributor to support career clarity, academic success, personal wellness, and designs programs, strategies, and innovative solutions linked to institutional priorities such as student retention, persistence, and career education. This role also supports the development of programs supporting graduates to careers in partnership with Academic Faculties or community partners, and to support first year students in student success and achievement.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting students through multiple methods including individual carer counselling appointments, in-person and virtual career development workshops and webinars and larger campus wide events;
- Conducting needs assessments, understanding psycho-social factors of students, and applying a holistic student centred counselling approach when counselling students in exploring, identifying, and evaluating career goals and developing a plan to achieve those goals throughout the student lifecycle;
- Utilizing career counselling interventions specific to a student’s unique needs to support career decision-making managing career and personal circumstances that affect career choices throughout the student lifecycle;
- Administering and interpreting a variety of level A & B standardized career assessment inventories including the MBTI and the SII that will assist students in exploring career options and making career decisions;
- Providing counselling and in-depth career assessments (standardized and non-standardized) for students from diverse educational backgrounds while supporting students through the career development process;
- Sourcing and providing information on specific job and career paths as well as current Canadian occupational and labour market information;
- Counselling students on industry specific certifications and educational planning, including both students changing their current academic path and those exploring further education and pathways at Sheridan;
- Participating in case conferences concerning their students with other Sheridan staff (including Accessible Learning, Counselling and Wellness, Student Advisors, Faculty Program Co-ordinators, Co-op and Field Placement Advisors), and/or helping professionals within the community;
- Partnering with academic Faculties on projects related to career education, weaving employability and career education into curriculum and programming, in addition to employability skills development both in and outside of the classroom;
- Developing and facilitating career education curriculum on a variety of topics including career assessments, strengths, interests, values and personality and labour market trends both in person and virtually;
- Organizing, promoting and participating in small and large events including orientation and transition programs, educational sessions and other career related activities;
- Liaising, offering professional consultation, and participation on Sheridan committees on the topics above to Sheridan managers, faculty and staff (e.g. student retention, career clarity, persistence, career education, etc.);
- Maintaining up to date student case notes and data; creating and updating career counselling and career education materials;
- Performing other related duties, as assigned.
About You
You are critically reflective practitioner who thrives working alongside students identifying as part of the BIPOC and/or 2SLGBTQ+ community, and you have a passion for fostering a sense of belonging, respect and equity for all members of our community, to educate and to amplify marginalized voices.
You are an agile individual with an ability to respond to change, adapt and seek improvements while applying principles of creative problem solving to most appropriately and effectively support each student’s unique needs.
You demonstrate your student/client centered nature through the passion in your practice in working collaboratively with students to assist them in the achievement of personal and academic goals.
You are committed to remain current on relevant job-related matters and topics to be success in this role.
You have excellent interpersonal, communication and group presentation skills are comfortable working in a variety of settings including, individually one-on-one and in groups.
The successful candidate will also meet the following qualifications:
- Master’s degree in counselling psychology, psychology, career development, social work or other closely related discipline
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience counselling in an educational or community-based setting with a focus on career counselling/career education, working with a diverse range of students/clients
- Compliance with the Canadian Standards & Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners
- Solid understanding of and experience using a diverse range of career counselling theories and modalities to assess student’s career readiness and goals
- Experience with and certified to administer and interpret level A and B career assessments, including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
- Knowledge of and experience with other career assessments such as TypeFocus, Strengths Finder, Personality Dimensions will be considered an asset
- Detailed knowledge of and ability to source career information, labour market trends and projections, and post-secondary education options in Ontario, Canada and abroad
- Comfortable using a variety of online tools to conduct virtual meetings and presentations; ability to learn online systems used by Sheridan
- Working knowledge of MS Office
- Familiarity with/working knowledge of Orbis Outcome will be considered an asset
Who We Are
Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in people’s lives. Our strategic plan, Sheridan 2027: Forging the Future (https://www.sheridancollege.ca/sheridan2027), charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity, diversity and inclusivity. Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence. Across our campuses, we’re making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.
- For more information, visit: Why Work at Sheridan
Other Details
Department: Career Integrated Learning
Primary Work/Campus Location: Trafalgar (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus)
Work Categorization: Hybrid | On-site at least 3 days/week
Reference #: J0824-1482
Employee Group: Academic - Temporary
Hours: 35/week
Salary Range: $73,079 - $126,689 (based on relevant educational qualifications and experience)
Application Deadline: September 15, 2024
Application Details: This is a temporary position that may continue to January 2026
Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabe Nation, Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands, and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here, and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land.
Sheridan values the diverse and intersectional identities of its students, faculty, and staff. Sheridan regards equity and diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for all employees. Sheridan seeks applicants who embrace our values of equity, anti-racism, and inclusion. As such, we encourage applications from qualified candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including those who identify as First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
Sheridan is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. If you have any application, interview, or workplace accommodation requests, please contact Human Resources.
You may be asked to provide copies of your educational credentials at the time of interview. Upon hire, we require official confirmation of educational credentials and Canadian equivalency assessments, if applicable.
