Employment Success Coordinator

Job Details

Job Location

195 Montague Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 - Brooklyn, NY

Position Type

Full Time

Salary Range

$57,500.00 Salary/year

Description

Position Title:

Employment Success Coordinator

Position Type:

Full-Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt

Schedule:

35 hours/week

Department/Program:

Graham SLAM

Direct Supervisor:

Supervisor, SLAM Success Services

Direct Reports (if any):

WPP Interns

About Graham Windham:

In full partnership with families and communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference with children, youth, and families who are overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges and obstacles, by helping to build a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the opportunity and preparation to thrive in school and in the world. With over 500 full-time employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting and enriching work experience.

Program Description:

The Graham SLAM (Support, Lead, Achieve, Model) program works with youth between the 9th grade and age 26 who are in Graham Windham’s programs including foster care, foster care prevention and community-based afterschool programs. The program aims to put youth on a livable wage path by focusing on their success in high school, college, and career development. The program ‘sticks with’ youth through age 26, or until they are on a living wage career path.

Principal Objective/Role Overview:

The Employment Success Coordinator will support SLAM youth in developing a pathway to employment success. They will develop and maintain long-term, cooperative working relationships with private, public, and community employment partners in collaboration with the Graham SLAM team. They will also assist program participants in internship placements and career-oriented employment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Create and manage a SLAM employment pathway for youth.

• Develop placements for work experience, work-study, internships, and community

• service/volunteer opportunities with employers in the private, public, and community sector for youth in the Graham SLAM program.

• Create and maintain a pipeline to entry-level employment internships that give access to direct placements with companies.

• Develop and maintain an internal job bank database.

• Maintain current applications, interview data, and initiate techniques to better serve and match participants with jobs and internships.

• Compile, develop, and maintain file notes, statistical reports, and records with both partners and participants to better understand success rate and trends.

• Stay up to date with job market information that affects youth employment trends.

• Develop and maintain long-term, cooperative working relationships with private, public, and community employment partners.

• Manage all employment and internship related reporting including entering required data into the SLAM database.

• Attend workshops, meetings and training related to workforce opportunities for SLAM youth.

• Work creatively towards increasing retention and maintaining strong participant

• attendance by facilitating work-readiness workshops. This includes serving as the lead person for Career Club and providing support to SLAM staff who facilitate the workshops.

• Develop and coordinate job placement activities with SLAM Coaches, such as field trips and Workshops.

• Travel to multiple service sites within the program

• Perform other related duties as required by Supervisor.

• Can work with diverse populations (including LGBTQ) and cultures, process information and respond empathically.

Qualifications

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree preferred

• Two years of experience in workforce development

• Computer literate and conversant with social media

  Salary & Compensation:

• Base Salary or Hourly Rate: $31.60/hour ($57,500.00/year)

• FLSAStatus: Non-Exempt

• Benefits Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in our Performance Based Merit Award program at the end of each fiscal year, and eligible for benefits including health insurance, retirement plans (pension and 403B thrift), career coaching via Bravely, and more!

  EEO Statement

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Graham Windham (GW) is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. GW hires and promotes individuals solely based on their qualifications for the job to be filled.

  Graham Windham believes that associates should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

  We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.