Gateway Association Overview
Join the Team That’s Been Changing Lives Since 1975
What started as a bold vision by a group of determined parents has grown into one of Alberta’s leading disability organizations supporting equity-seeking individuals and families. At Gateway Association, we’re more than a nonprofit — we’re a community-focused force for change.
With deep roots and forward-thinking approaches, we support individuals with disabilities and their families to navigate systems, achieve goals, and thrive in welcoming, equitable communities and workplaces. We do this through three powerful pillars: our Family Resource Centre, Employment Resource Centres, and strategic education and capacity-building initiatives.
As a nimble and responsive organization, we actively pursue meaningful partnerships and community collaborations to drive the systemic change that true disability justice requires. Gateway is where meaningful transformation begins — building relationships, strengthening communities, and creating spaces of belonging by turning advocacy into action and values into impact.
Role Overview
The Calgary Employment Resource Centre (CERC) applies integrity and subject matter expertise to talent-matching and employment retention services to support engaged, inclusive workplaces. We assist job-seekers to overcome barriers and occupy meaningful employment roles while building employer capacity for diversity and inclusion.
The Workplace Inclusion Strategist’s function is to facilitate targeted job search and the engagement of employers in the inclusive recruitment of job-seekers with disabilities. Liaising with the business community to develop job opportunities and employer partnerships is a primary function. Supporting job-seekers to prepare for, seek and acquire employment is a key outcome for this role. This position is ‘teamed’ with the Career and Inclusion Consultant position to facilitate outcomes. Caseload management, communication and collaboration are essential.
Occasionally, this position functions to support people in the exploration, planning and learning around career development to facilitate identification of job targets and sustainable employment outcomes.
Workplace Inclusion Strategists should enjoy connecting and developing rapport with a variety of people. Directly assisting employers and persons with disabilities to overcome barriers, achieve goals, and create inclusive workplaces should be a genuine passion.
Direct Duties
- Employer Engagement (approximately 60%)
- Candidate Services / Engagement (approximately 30%)
- Administrative Tasks (approximately 10%)
Description
- Engage local employers, promote individual job-seekers and program services / supports
- Job Placement, job carving, and negotiating work responsibilities / accommodations
- Support job-seekers with career planning, job search and labour market participation
- Support employers with inclusive recruitment and onboarding strategies
- Identify and engage in networking and relationship-building opportunities within the business community, the academic community, funders, and other stakeholders
- Related administrative tasks: file keeping, information distribution, team meetings, etc.
Direct Duties: Employer Engagement (approx. 60%)
- Contribute to employment outcomes for participants by developing working partnerships with businesses
- Promote the business case for disability inclusion in the workplace – leading inclusion
- Promote our employer services and supports, as well as individual job seekers
- Acquire job interviews for Gateway Candidates and provide interview support
- Facilitate a minimum of 20 person-directed, sustainable job placements per year
- Prepare and co-facilitate sustainable workforce / diversity presentations for business
- Support supervisors and HR teams to implement redesigned roles and adopt inclusive practices
- Gather and analyze labour market information to identify hiring trends, skill shortages, and sector needs
Direct Duties: Candidate Services / Engagement (approx. 30%)
- Teach goal setting, job search strategies, personal presentation and interview skills
- Help job-seekers address barriers, using existing supports and community resources
- Engage in goal setting, career planning, and informed decision making
- Contribute to career development workshops that will help participants build skills, confidence and connections
- Facilitate mock interviews that may include employer partners, volunteers, or colleagues
- Verbal and written communications with clients, team members and employers
- Ongoing program development and promotion through ‘storytelling’
- Coaching work requirements, culture, as well as rights and responsibilities
- Coaching and connecting clients with natural supports in their work environment
- Support employers / employees with strategies and resources to meet goals and expectations
- Promoting inclusion through participation in storytelling and communications
- Support employers to build capacity around healthy, diverse and inclusive workplaces
The Commitment
Full-time position working 37.5 hours/week. Hours of work are Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM, but there will be some flexibility needed to accommodate work outside of regular hours. We believe in work-life balance and are committed to keeping the workload in alignment with the true hours worked.
At Gateway Association, we strive for roles to be permanent and continuous. However, as a registered charity supported by government funding, private foundations, grants, individual donors, and fundraising efforts, some funding is term-based with variable contract lengths. As a result, certain positions may conclude unless funding is renewed or extended, or new funding is obtained.
Reports To: Senior Program Manager – Calgary Employment Resource Centre
Supervises: No Direct Reports
What You Can Bring to Gateway
Education & Experience
- Experience working with the public (particularly families, people with disabilities, and youth)
- Education or experience in human services, community development, or career development
Knowledge & Skills
- Exceptional communication skills and a strong desire to work collaboratively
- Professional ethics, specifically related to service access, power dynamics, and confidentiality
- Strong organization and computer skills (including Microsoft Suite – Outlook, Teams, Word, etc.)
Equity & Inclusion
- Lived experience is highly valued
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Foundational understanding of anti-racism principles, structural oppression, and related terminology (desirable; training provided)
Additional Requirements
- Must reside within Calgary or the greater surrounding area
- Employment conditional upon satisfactory Police Information Background Check (Vulnerable Sector)
- Must have access to a personal vehicle for work-related purposes and provide satisfactory evidence of a valid driver’s license, current vehicle registration, and proof of third-party liability insurance
- New hires are subject to a 3-month probationary period
Gateway Value Proposition (Compensation & Benefits)
- Salary Range: $66,000 - $72,000.00 annually
- Health Benefits: 50/50 Employee/Employer Paid Premiums
- Paid Time Off: 15 vacation days, 9 personal (sick) days, an extended winter break (during this period, there will be rotating coverage and an intermittent schedule to ensure community needs are supported. Flexibility and collaboration in scheduling will be required.)
- Flexible, family-friendly schedule
- Work Conditions: Travel for events/resource fairs within Alberta, administrative computer work, travel within Calgary to connect with employers, frequent communication (calls, email, video conferencing, etc.) with participants/family members/community partners
Hybrid Work Model:
- Combination of office, home and community settings
- Although this role follows a hybrid work model, employees will be required to work some in-office hours.
Workplace Culture:
- Commitment from leadership on learning anti-oppressive practices
- Ongoing reflection of internal and external practices and how Gateway delivers impact
Our Application, Hiring Process and Timeline
- Application Requirements: Send one PDF with Resume & Cover Letter combined to: humanresources@gatewayassociation.ca
- Preferred Start Date: June 1-15, 2026 (date can be negotiated)
- Competition Closing Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026
- Posting Type: Internal & external candidates considered
- Number of Positions Available: 1
Application Process:
- Applications are reviewed continuously until the position is filled
- Video interviews are planned to be conducted between May 25-28, 2026
- All interviewed candidates will be notified of their status in the application process as it proceeds.
- While we’d like to connect with everyone, we simply don’t have the capacity to reply to all applications. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Inclusion and Accommodation
Gateway is committed to maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work and be supported and valued for their contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or other characteristics. Accommodations within our recruitment process and on the job are practiced and applied as needed. Please contact Human Resources at humanresources@gatewayassociation.ca for more information and to request any accommodations.
