Community and Employer Engagement Specialist
About the role
Duties:
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Contact employers in various sectors to build and maintain relationships with businesses in the Toronto Region, the GTA and the community, with a focus on job lead generation based on client profile
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Researches and identifies prospective employers who are hiring or looking to train employees.
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Updates COSTI’s online Employer Database, registers employers and supports employers posting positions on the Employer Database
-
Utilizes telephone contacts, conferences, networking events, site visits and other methods to understand short-term and long-term labour market and business trends to respond to employers’ hiring and training needs.
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Represents COSTI Employment Services at employer services networks such as the Workforce Development Group and the Toronto Board of Trade meetings.
-
Participates in seminars, job fairs and conferences to network with employers and create connections that lead to employment opportunities for clients.
-
Organizes virtual and onsite bimonthly job fairs/hiring events with employers per location.
-
Collaborates and communicates with Employment Consultants to enhance their understanding of labour market information and employer needs.
-
Consults with Employment Consultants to understand client profile and conducts outreach to employers to market these clients and support them with the client’s job placement.
-
Acts as a resource to staff on the functionality/use of COSTI’s Employer Database.
-
Represents COSTI at various community events to promote services to potential clients.
-
Prepares weekly/monthly statistical and narrative progress reports about employer engagement activities and their outcomes.
-
Works in collaboration with COSTI’s site managers and Marketing Department to create effective program marketing campaigns, including web content, flyers, presentations, etc.
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Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- A university or College diploma in Marketing, Business or a related profession or a Career and Work diploma or equivalent, with relevant job development experience.
- Must have 12 months of full-time experience in a high-pressure marketing and sales environment, ensuring employer engagement that leads to job placements.
- Proven experience in working with employers in various sectors to secure job placements for clients to meet site performance targets.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel), MS Teams applications. Must also possess aptitude and willingness to learn and work with new online systems, databases and technologies.
- Verbal and written fluency in English. Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate effectively with employers to achieve job placements.
- A solid knowledge of Ontario labour market trends, education and training programs.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written English communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
- Ability to maintain sensitive information, exhibit tact, diplomacy, and good judgment, with exacting standards of professionalism, ethics, and confidentiality.
- Self-motivated, demonstrated ability to work independently, with the ability to identify and solve problems, and the ability to motivate others.
- Must possess a valid G driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for work-related travel within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
- Must be fully vaccinated or be exempt from vaccination on human rights grounds. COSTI reserves the right to request information establishing the validity of the exemption
- The ability to speak another language is an asset.
- Required to work onsite 5 days a week.
Click here to Apply
Location:
Toronto
Duration of Position:
September 15, 2025 to March 31, 2026
Starting Salary Range:
$32.19 to $33.75 per hour
Posting Date:
2025-08-18
Closing Date:
2025-09-01
Notes:
Priority consideration will be given to those on Notice of Recall. Subject to the response of those on Notice of Recall, this position may be open to Union members on a secondment basis. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes and cover letters, quoting reference #120-25
About Costi
Meeting the needs of a diverse society since 1952, COSTI Immigrant Services is a community-based multicultural agency providing employment, educational, settlement and social services to all immigrant communities, new Canadians and individuals in need of assistance.
COSTI strives to be a leader in community service by using a client focused, proactive, and innovative approach in planning, developing and delivering services. Our programs ensure that regardless of language or cultural barriers, people who arrive in Canada are able to use their existing skills, learn new ones, and participate actively in all aspects of Canadian life.
Operating from 18 locations in Toronto, the Region of Peel and York Region, COSTI provides services in more than 60 languages. Last year, over 39,000 individuals received assistance.
Community and Employer Engagement Specialist
About the role
Duties:
-
Contact employers in various sectors to build and maintain relationships with businesses in the Toronto Region, the GTA and the community, with a focus on job lead generation based on client profile
-
Researches and identifies prospective employers who are hiring or looking to train employees.
-
Updates COSTI’s online Employer Database, registers employers and supports employers posting positions on the Employer Database
-
Utilizes telephone contacts, conferences, networking events, site visits and other methods to understand short-term and long-term labour market and business trends to respond to employers’ hiring and training needs.
-
Represents COSTI Employment Services at employer services networks such as the Workforce Development Group and the Toronto Board of Trade meetings.
-
Participates in seminars, job fairs and conferences to network with employers and create connections that lead to employment opportunities for clients.
-
Organizes virtual and onsite bimonthly job fairs/hiring events with employers per location.
-
Collaborates and communicates with Employment Consultants to enhance their understanding of labour market information and employer needs.
-
Consults with Employment Consultants to understand client profile and conducts outreach to employers to market these clients and support them with the client’s job placement.
-
Acts as a resource to staff on the functionality/use of COSTI’s Employer Database.
-
Represents COSTI at various community events to promote services to potential clients.
-
Prepares weekly/monthly statistical and narrative progress reports about employer engagement activities and their outcomes.
-
Works in collaboration with COSTI’s site managers and Marketing Department to create effective program marketing campaigns, including web content, flyers, presentations, etc.
-
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- A university or College diploma in Marketing, Business or a related profession or a Career and Work diploma or equivalent, with relevant job development experience.
- Must have 12 months of full-time experience in a high-pressure marketing and sales environment, ensuring employer engagement that leads to job placements.
- Proven experience in working with employers in various sectors to secure job placements for clients to meet site performance targets.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel), MS Teams applications. Must also possess aptitude and willingness to learn and work with new online systems, databases and technologies.
- Verbal and written fluency in English. Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate effectively with employers to achieve job placements.
- A solid knowledge of Ontario labour market trends, education and training programs.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written English communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
- Ability to maintain sensitive information, exhibit tact, diplomacy, and good judgment, with exacting standards of professionalism, ethics, and confidentiality.
- Self-motivated, demonstrated ability to work independently, with the ability to identify and solve problems, and the ability to motivate others.
- Must possess a valid G driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for work-related travel within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
- Must be fully vaccinated or be exempt from vaccination on human rights grounds. COSTI reserves the right to request information establishing the validity of the exemption
- The ability to speak another language is an asset.
- Required to work onsite 5 days a week.
Click here to Apply
Location:
Toronto
Duration of Position:
September 15, 2025 to March 31, 2026
Starting Salary Range:
$32.19 to $33.75 per hour
Posting Date:
2025-08-18
Closing Date:
2025-09-01
Notes:
Priority consideration will be given to those on Notice of Recall. Subject to the response of those on Notice of Recall, this position may be open to Union members on a secondment basis. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes and cover letters, quoting reference #120-25
About Costi
Meeting the needs of a diverse society since 1952, COSTI Immigrant Services is a community-based multicultural agency providing employment, educational, settlement and social services to all immigrant communities, new Canadians and individuals in need of assistance.
COSTI strives to be a leader in community service by using a client focused, proactive, and innovative approach in planning, developing and delivering services. Our programs ensure that regardless of language or cultural barriers, people who arrive in Canada are able to use their existing skills, learn new ones, and participate actively in all aspects of Canadian life.
Operating from 18 locations in Toronto, the Region of Peel and York Region, COSTI provides services in more than 60 languages. Last year, over 39,000 individuals received assistance.