| Title: | Employment Practitioner - Youth |
|---|---|
| ID: | 1172 |
| Department: | Workforce Development |
| Location: | Spokane - Next Generation Zone |
| Position Type: | N/A |
Do you:
Have a passion for working with disadvantaged young adults, ages 16-24?
Believe the way to break the spirit of poverty is through the dignity of work?
Want to help young adults connect to a career that will allow them to support themselves?
Want to connect employers to the talent they need for their businesses to grow and thrive?
Want to make a “Best place to work” better?
We are looking for our next top talent to join our team providing youth services at The Next Generation Zone in Spokane, WA!
As an Employment Practitioner - Youth (aka Youth Career Specialist), every day is a chance to help prepare tomorrow's workforce. Using Career Path Services Program and Employer Models and the 21st Century Skills Academy, Employment Practitioners deliver comprehensive education and work-based learning opportunities, job and internship placement, and follow up services to a caseload of young adults and employers, according to requirements of the funding contract. The stability of this position depends directly upon individual and team performance, goal attainment, and funding.
A successful Employment Practitioner - Youth will have experience working with disadvantaged youth, be performance driven, entrepreneurial, know how to take the broad elements of a program model and customize to the needs of the candidate and the employer. Our practitioners work in a collaborative relationship with other practitioners and leadership to meet goals of the program and fund source. In this role you will need an eye for detail, flexibility and the ability to work at the pace of business.
As an Employment Practitioner - Youth, a day might include the following:
- Spend the morning recruiting participants for the program.
- Sit down with a potential participant to determine eligibility for the program.
- Customize a service plan for a program participant using program model service components.
- Help a participant in progressing through their service plan using funded and unfunded activities aimed at preparing participants for unsubsidized employment.
- Connect participants with internship placement.
- Build strong, mutually beneficial relationships with employers to identify job openings and assist in developing and implementing hiring, retention and wage progression plans.
- Conduct recruitment wrap up services, training completion, exit interviews, and assisting employers in filing for tax credits.
- Input data on the days' registrations/enrollments, status changes, exits/terminations and post exit MIS in the division’s operating system.
- Gather data, analyze, and report on program success, including adjusting goals and strategies as appropriate.
Required
- High School Diploma or GED
- Requires advanced level use of: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; LinkedIn, and other business-related networking applications, as appropriate.
- Requires flexibility in working some evening and/or weekend hours.
- Must be able to work in a culturally diverse and fast-paced environment and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and cultural competency.
- Daily availability of personal vehicle or alternate method of transportation sufficient to meet the daily transportation requirements of the position is a condition of employment. Copies of driver’s license and auto liability insurance coverage is required for personnel file at time of hire and annually thereafter.
- Demonstrated success working with disadvantaged youth, ages 16-24.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in: Business Administration, Human Resources, Social Work, Communication, Workforce Development, Psychology, or Sociology. Appropriate work experience may be substituted for the education requirement.
- Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP)
- Demonstrated success in a performance based system and one-year of experience working with employers, job placement, job development, sales, workforce development, job coaching, employment and training.
- Demonstrated success working with people from a variety of backgrounds which may include disabilities, criminal history, homeless, family violence, poverty etc..
- Experience in public speaking and presentations to a diverse community.
BENEFITS
- Competitive health care package, including medical, dental and vision, starting on the first of the month following date of hire with 90+% of the employee-level coverage premium paid by the company
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with strong employer discretionary contribution and 3 year vesting schedule
- 11 Paid Holidays, including Floating Holiday and Birthday Holiday
- Paid Vacation, Sick, Bereavement, Jury Duty and Military Leave
- Cell Phone Reimbursement
Career Path Services is a workforce development and employment training 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Spokane, WA. As an organization, we pride ourselves in being a part of our community and truly enriching the community we work in. We value our diverse team-based environments while recognizing the creativity and initiative of individuals. Career Path Services is committed to the training and development of employees, lifelong learning, and leadership development.
Career Path Services is an equal opportunity employer and provider of no-fee workforce development services. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to persons of disability. TTY relay 1-800-833-6388.
WorkSource is an equal opportunity partnership of organizations that provide employment and training services.
Breaking the spirit of poverty through the dignity of work
Job: Employment Practitioner - Youth
Primary Location: Spokane, WA
Number of Openings: 1
Classification: Full-Time Exempt
Salary: $46,863
Education Level: High School Diploma or GED (± 12 years)
Experience: 1-3 years
Recruitment Closing Date: 12/15/2017 - The hiring authority reserves the right to make a hiring decision and/or close recruitment at any time.
