Career and Education Advisor

Department: Education, Culture and Employment

The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) provides the residents of the Northwest Territories with access to quality programs, services and support to assist them in making informed and productive choices for themselves and their families with regard to education, training, careers, employment and labour, child development, languages, culture and heritage.

Job Information

The Career and Education Advisor is responsible for the provision of career and education advising services that are aligned with promising practices both in education and in the career development profession for all education jurisdictions in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

This position is located in Behchoko.

The Career and Education Advisor (CEA) reports to the Manager, Career and Education Advising. This position works closely with grades 9-12 education staff to collaboratively augment career development curriculum by providing practical, individualized and group career and education advising to students in grades 9-12, and provides training to department and education body staff as required.

Mental Demands
Extensive travel via small aircraft or by automobile on gravel roads or seasonal ice roads may be required when supporting small remote communities across the NWT. Travel may occur during extreme weather conditions, including blizzards and low temperatures (-40 degrees).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and understanding of career development, apprenticeship and trades, work experience, transitions, self-employment and post-secondary educational advising methods and processes aimed at grades 9-12 high school populations.
• Knowledge and/or the ability to acquire knowledge of territorial and federal funding programs and supports related to post-secondary education, trades and apprenticeship, self-employment, student financial assistance, scholarships, and bursaries.
• Ability to understand the impacts that colonization, institutional and structural racism and biases have had on society, in particular Indigenous people.
• Written communication skills for a variety of areas including Ministerial and departmental briefing notes and correspondence, policy and curriculum documents.

To be successful in this role, typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
- A Degree in Education or related field, and two (2) years of relevant work experience.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
jobsyk@gov.nt.ca

Note: If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.