Education Counsellor, Adult Literacy and Basic Skills

Education Counsellor

Job Description

The Education Counsellor reports to the Executive Director. The roles and responsibilities of the Education Counsellor include:

Education Program

• Sharing responsibility for intake and assessment of new learners
• Maintaining a program for monitoring and supporting tutor/learner matches
• Assessing skills and developing a learning plan for new learners
• Establishing tutor/learner matches
• Entering learner information in the Ministry database and maintaining active case status
• Supporting each match by monthly contacts and match visits when necessary and actively communicating with volunteer tutors
• Assessing learners’ progress
• Maintaining files, progress notes, exit reports for each learner
• Making appropriate referrals of learners to other literacy programs and/or employment or social service organizations when necessary
• Sharing responsibility for recruiting, screening and training of volunteer tutors
• Sharing responsibility for designing, organizing, and conducting periodic workshops for tutors
• Researching new materials for the Resource Library
• Encouraging regular submissions from learners for The Reader, PWC’s quarterly newsletter
• Creating The Reader by compiling learner-writings, inserting graphics, providing seasonal content
• Updating PWC’s website, managing Google Ad Grant
• Creating social media content
• Staying informed of the requirements of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
• Assisting in administrative duties that support ongoing operations

The Educational Counsellor’s roles and responsibilities may include:

Networking

• Attending training and professional development events
• Occasional participation in local literacy network meetings
• Maintaining links with other literacy programs in the region with regard to program development
• Investigating new outreach/communication opportunities and participation as needed
• Assisting the ED in outreach to potential sponsors and donors

Other

• Occasional attendance at PWC evening or weekend events not related to tutor training or workshops
• Occasional participation in Heartwood House fundraising events (once or twice a year)
• Occasional attendance at monthly members’ meetings of Heartwood House