Recruitment Officer NOC 1223

Description :

Family First is a licenced recruitment agency which offers advice and recruitment for Canadian employers seeking to fill their labour shortages with skilled foreign workers. We require an Administrative Services Coordinator/Recruiter to assist the CEO, Case Managers and the support team in screening, administering and providing the ideal foreign applicants to Canadian employers. Many of these applicants are from Latin America, South and North America and other Spanish-speaking countries, so this position requires an excellent working knowledge of the language, cultural customs, and country specific business environment.

Duties include:

• Connect with potential candidates, screen applicants and their accompanying documentation
• support employer hiring managers
• Source and reach out to qualified candidates for current open positions
• Review candidate inventories and contact potential applicants to arrange interviews and arrange transfers, redeployment and placement of personnel
• Recruit graduates of colleges, universities and other educational institutions
• Advise job applicants on employment requirements and on terms and conditions of employment
• Serve as a liaison for candidates and hiring managers
• Assist in administering client profiles, requesting records, filing forms and other documentation involved in the candidates’ recruitment process
• Network with potential hires on social media and during events
• Assist in promoting business opportunities particularly in the Mexican market for potential employers
• Host and participate in job fairs
• Collaborate with hiring managers to set qualification criteria for future employees
• Screen resumes and job applications
• Conduct initial phone screens to create shortlists of qualified candidates
• Interview candidates
• Notify applicants of results of selection process and prepare job offers
• Follow up with candidates throughout the hiring process
• Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures
• Maintain a database of potential candidates for future job openings
• Provide Spanish language translation assistance when necessary (both oral and written)

Qualifications:

• A university degree or college diploma in a field related to personnel management such as business administration or

• experience in a clerical or administrative position related to personnel administration may be required

• General knowledge of Canadian immigration programs, requirements, and procedures an asset

• High level of fluency in both English and Spanish suitable for translation purposes an asset

• High level of professionalism in maintaining client and project confidentiality when required

• Good character and ability to relate well with people from many different backgrounds

• Good working knowledge of computers and Office software like Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Wage

Fulltime, permanent position

$29.00 per hour based on experience, min 30 hrs/ week

Location:

Suite 330-1620 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9Y2

Please submit your resume and cover letter via email: shawna@familyfirstcanada.ca

No phone calls please.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of gender and ethic group but, as members of ethnic minority groups such as aboriginals, youth and new immigrants are at this level of post, we encourage applications from members of these groups. Selection based on merit alone.