Job Title:

Career Consultant (Temporary)

Location:

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Application Deadline:

September 28, 2026

Job Number:

J0926-0834

Pay Range:

41.20 to 43.63

Reporting to the Director, Career-Integrated Learning, the Career Consultant provides career and employment coaching to students and graduates, supporting clients to navigate their career journeys, explore a range of employment pathways and to ensure career readiness. Using career development theory, this role provides consultative career services through one-on-one coaching, workshops, webinars, class visits, group drop-ins, career chat sessions and at in-person events. These services support students across the Explore, Experience, and Connect phases of career development, building skills in resumes and cover letters, networking, professional online presence, interview preparation, and career planning. The role includes assessing relevant resources, strengthening job-readiness, and facilitating referrals where appropriate. Ongoing collaboration with staff is essential to collaboratively designing and delivering strategic career and employment education programming and to prepare students for success in their careers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Career and Employment Consulting;
  • Delivering one-on-one career/employment support to Sheridan students and graduates as it relates to:
    • Personal marketing tools (cover letters, resumes, and portfolios)
    • Job search strategies
    • Employment and career management strategies
    • Labour market research
    • Interview skills
    • Negotiation
    • Career planning
    • Leveraging co-curricular recognition and utilizing the career catalyst portfolio
    • Referrals to other departments/service experts as needed
  • Clientele receiving these services are treated uniquely, in that services are tailored to their individual needs
• Facilitation and Presentation;
  • In collaboration with the C-IL team, developing, maintaining, and delivering employment related programming in workshops, class visits, webinars, group drop-ins, career chats and events to prepare students for up-coming networking or career fairs, and/or for general job search activities or career planning skills by:
    • Determining structure and content of workshop
    • Assessing and tailoring workshop content and delivery methods in order to meet needs of particular audiences;
• Peer Mentor and Co-op Intern Student Support
  • Providing leadership to the student Career Centre Peer Mentors and/or Co-op Interns
• Faculty and staff relationship building and promotion of career services, career education tools and career curriculum;
• Ensuring faculty, students, and alumni have access to modernized employment and career education materials and tools;
• Performing other related duties as assigned.

About You

You have the skills and knowledge to work with an increasingly diverse student and staff population as well as a proven commitment to anti-oppression, equity, and inclusion.

You have a client service focus with an aptitude to make connections, support others, provide excellent customer service and might identify as a community builder.

You demonstrate excellent judgement, initiative and creative problem-solving skills.

You enjoy balancing many different tasks, staying organized and like to develop processes or systems to keep things running smoothly.

The successful candidate will also meet the following requirements:

• 3-year degree or diploma in Business, Humanities, Adult Education, Human Resources, and/or Career Development Practitioner/Work Counsellor or related field;
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a business environment including progressive responsibility in career/employment development, human resources, coaching and mentoring, employment recruitment, job placement, training, and career/employment consultation;
  • Related experience which demonstrates an understanding of the barriers and issues experienced by job seekers;
  • Excellent customer service, communication, presentation, interpersonal and organizational skills;
• Knowledge of community services, labour market, occupational requirements an djob search resources;
• Knowledge of career planning tools and resume critique approaches;
• Completion of one of those programs will be considered an asset:
  • Career Development Practitioner (Conestoga College)
  • Career and Work Counsellor (George Brown College).

Other Details
Faculty/Department: Career-Integrated Learning
Primary Work/Campus Location: Trafalgar (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus)
Work Categorization: Hybrid |On-site 3 days/week
Reference #: J0926-0834
Employee Group: Support Staff - Temporary
Type of Vacancy: This is a replacement position
Payband: I
Hourly Range: $41.20 - $47.57
Hours/Week: 35
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Application Details: This is a temporary position that may continue until March 31, 2027
Application Deadline: September 28, 2026

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