Job Posting Start Date:
2025-10-06Job Posting End Date:
2025-10-18At Bruce Power, you’ll experience the meaningful work of advancing Ontario’s clean energy future and medical isotope innovation while contributing to a culture of excellence. Step into an inclusive and dynamic environment that values collaboration, encourages bold ideas and empowers you to make a real difference.
From safely delivering clean, reliable power to families and businesses across the province and cancer-fighting medical isotopes around the world to supporting challenging and innovative nuclear projects like our multi-year Life Extension Program, we offer interesting and impactful opportunities. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, providing constant growth and skill-building potential.
Be a part of the team — our future is bright!
Currently, our Human Resources division is seeking a Program Coordinator for the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP). The IEP team is dedicated to supporting Indigenous candidates through career development, mentorship, and employment opportunities, while fostering strong relationships with Indigenous communities and organizations.
The Program Coordinator, Indigenous Employment Program, plays a key role in managing candidate pools, facilitating career launch and internship programs, and driving community engagement initiatives. This position supports Bruce Power’s commitment to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities and helps advance employment opportunities for Indigenous peoples.
In this role, you’ll blend talent sourcing and recruiting with program management. Specifically:
You will source and screen Indigenous candidates across student, internship, career‑launch and pre‑apprenticeship pathways;
You will recruit and place candidates into unionized trades and corporate roles in partnership with Talent Acquisition and the Building Trades Unions (BTU), and
You design and deliver engaging info sessions, workshops, and community outreach—often to large groups and youth audiences—to build awareness and readiness for careers at Bruce Power.
This is a temporary position which may be for a period of up to 24 months, offers a competitive compensation package and is located on-site in Tiverton, Ontario.
What will you be responsible for?
Oversee the Indigenous Employment Program candidate pool, including the management of weekly postings and coordination of candidate engagement sessions.
Engage with candidates throughout the process to explore interests, review academic and employment history, and provide detailed program information.
Collaborate closely with the Building Trades Unions (BTU) and affiliated partners to support apprenticeship and training program placements, with a strong emphasis on skilled trades. This includes co-developing and enhancing pathways into unionized trades careers, coordinating with union halls to identify placement opportunities, aligning candidate readiness with trade-specific requirements, and contributing to the design and delivery of pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship readiness programs. Actively support initiatives that build long-term capacity in trades pipelines, ensuring Indigenous candidates are well-positioned for success in high-demand, unionized roles.
Manage and present candidate recommendations for various open positions, ensuring candidate profiles are aligned with role requirements and organizational needs. Provide timely insights and summaries to the recruitment team to support effective hiring decisions.
Drive programs, such as Career Launch and Internship programs, including mentorship coordination, tuition processing, transcript collection, recruitment processes and placement logistics.
Plan and participate in community outreach initiatives such as career support days, job fairs, and informational sessions.
Foster and maintain strategic relationships with Indigenous organizations and community partners.
Lead youth engagement with local Indigenous communities and school boards (e.g., advisors and student‑facing events) and coordinate logistics for school talks, assemblies, career days, and virtual sessions.
Design and deliver high‑energy presentations, panels, and workshops for secondary/post‑secondary students, jobseekers, and community partners and confidently facilitate Q&A and tailor content for youth audiences.
Knowledge and Skills:
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Exceptional public speaking and group facilitation skills
Ability to build relationships with candidates and community partners.
Experience in program coordination or talent acquisition.
Understanding of Indigenous communities, culture and experiences and that has contributed to employment barriers.
Ability to work collaboratively across teams and divisions.
Education and Experience:
Post-secondary education in Human Resources, Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies, or related field.
Minimum 2 years related experience in program coordination, recruitment, or community engagement.
Experience working with Indigenous communities is an asset.
Are you ready for a change?
Please complete the online application and attach a cover letter and resume, indicating your education and experience as it relates to this opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and will be in contact with you, should you be selected for an interview.
The successful candidate will be selected based on related and required education, experience, knowledge and skills, a competency-based interview, and background reference checks.
As one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Bruce Power is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion where workers feel valued for their uniqueness and are recognized for their individual differences, talents and skills. Diversity, equity and inclusion is critical to our business as we recognize that our people are our greatest resource. To support our inclusive workplace culture, we welcome and encourage everyone to apply.