Job Information
Graham Windham Employment Success Coordinator in Brooklyn, New York
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:
Work one on one with youth to create and manage their Workforce Pathways while building critical skills to set youth on a path to successful employment and a living wage career
Develop and maintain an internal job bank of placements for employment, internships, and community service/volunteer opportunities with employers in the private and public sector for youth in the Graham SLAM program and coordinate SYEP initiatives on a yearly basis.
Maintain data entry on a monthly basis around applications, interviews, job placements, interests, career goals, and employment outcomes of program youth. Manage additional reporting including entering required data into the Care4 database and SharePoint.
Stay up to date with job market information that affects youth employment trends and utilize this data for best practices and techniques to better serve and match youth participants between jobs and internships.
Develop and maintain long-term, cooperative working relationships with private, public, and community partners who provide effective and/or cost-free workforce training, employment, or vocational opportunities for youth
Attend ACS Education and Employment workshops, Fair Futures meetings and training related to the workforce field
Creatively recruit, increase retention and maintain strong participant attendance at workforce related workshops, internships and other job-related opportunities. This includes serving as the lead or co-lead person for the Career Club and providing support to SLAM staff who facilitate workshops.
Develop and coordinate networking opportunities and career exposure events, including but not limited to field trips and relevant workshops.
Travel to multiple service sites within the program, primarily in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan
Perform other related duties as required by Supervisor.
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.