Job Opportunities Program

Once you are approved

Once you are approved for Job Opportunities Program funding, you will be able to move forward with your project. You will need to consider the following points.

Receiving funding

Once your project is approved, we make every effort to provide funding in a timely manner. Our goal is to enter into an agreement and provide funding within two weeks of receiving ministerial approval.

Hiring workers

You are expected to make an effort to notify unemployed resource workers in the project area of upcoming Job Opportunities Project employment opportunities. You are encouraged to use one or more of the following methods to recruit eligible workers:

• Contact an employment agency or employee assistance centre in the community.
• Post an advertisement at local mills, union halls, the post office, municipal or district office, or in the local newspaper.
• Ask a community web site to post information on the project and the number of workers you need to hire.

Where projects are longer than six months, or extended through further funding, new eligible unemployed resource workers must be hired after six months.

Project changes

Once your project proposal is approved, an agreement is signed between your organization and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). You must contact PwC to request any amendments to the project you wish to make after the agreement has been signed and funding provided.

Monitoring your progress

PwC and the Ministry of Forests and Range audit projects once work is underway. Audits include a review of work activities undertaken, eligibility of workers, your budget and other matters PwC and the ministry consider to be relevant.

For more information about the Job Opportunities Program:

• 1-877-556-2748
• email: jop@gov.bc.ca

For more information about the Community Development Trust:

• 1-877-238-8882 from B.C. communities outside Victoria
• 250-387-5349 from Victoria
• email: cdt@gov.bc.ca