Workforce Specialist

168 Newbury Street Lawrence, MA 01841 Phone 978.685.3115 Fax 978.688.8453

About Lawrence CommunityWorks

Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc. is a community development corporation that weaves together
community planning, organizing, and asset-building efforts with high-quality affordable housing and
commercial development to create vibrant neighborhoods and empowered residents. By facilitating
conversations and action on community priorities, LCW engages partners and a network of youth and
adult residents in opportunities to move themselves and the city of Lawrence forward.

About the Workforce Development Department

Our Workforce Development Department works towards helping individuals in the community reach
their professional and financial goals by offering innovative Workforce Trainings and Job Placement
Programs serving unemployed and underemployed adults of the Merrimack Valley. The program works
relentlessly and collaboratively across different sectors to ensure that participants can make gradual
progress toward self-sufficiency and toward their dreams for their families.

Position: Workforce Specialist

The primary responsibilities of this position are to facilitate job training and job readiness workshops,
source employment opportunities and career coaching. The Workforce Specialist will also ensure that
participants are taking part in all engagement opportunities in order to provide a one stop approach.

Responsibilities

• Teach four classes per week with allotted prep time.

• Monitor and record student attendance.

• Maintain classroom attendance levels and keep communication with students who are absent.

• Integrate the popular education approach in curriculum planning.

• Select and develop appropriate materials and methods that encourage student achievement.

• Administer teacher‐made pre/post classroom assessments.

• Support students to create a portfolio of their work on resumes/cover letters

• Incorporate student goals‐setting into classroom lessons and review goals monthly.

• Incorporate Soft Skills Training in: communication, interviewing, conflict

• Participate in program planning meeting.

• Provide Career Coaching

• Ensure that program outcomes and progress are being achieved as required by

• Participate in professional development workshops/meetings.

• Protects participants’ private and confidential information to the highest level of security

168 Newbury Street Lawrence, MA 01841 Phone 978.685.3115 Fax 978.688.8453

• Track job placements and job retention.

• Maintain knowledge of the local and regional labor market.

• Attend agency meetings and initiatives as assigned.

• Any other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Skilled at taking initiative, problem solving and working independently.

• Experience leading structured classes

• Knowledgeable in soft skills training

• Strong verbal skills to communicate effectively with staff, students, and community partners.

• Skilled at building interpersonal relationships to work effectively as part of a team and to

• Analytical, results oriented, critical and independent thinker

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to proactively manage multiple priorities

• Willingness to learn and practice LCW’s Network-centric approach to community-building

• Remain focused in the face of pressure, deliver against timelines, not intimidated by tasks/time

o Fluency in Spanish and English
o Teaching experience preferred, but not required
o Being friendly, dependable and flexible.
o Accurate and detail oriented.
o Data Entry and Record Keeping.
o Good verbal and written communications skills.
o Teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work some evening shifts with an occasional weekend

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: commensurate with experience

Benefits: Vacation, Sick Time, Health Insurance

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Norma Pagan

Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc.

168 Newbury Street, Lawrence, MA 01841

978-681-3115
recruiting@lawrencecommunityworks.org