Job Prep & Placement Coord

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Employment Services Supervisor, the Job Preparation and Placement. Coordinator is responsible for preparing clients to apply and interview for specific unsubsidized employment opportunities and working in close collaboration with the Job Developer, matching qualified job seekers with available positions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Serve as point of contact for employers identified by the Job Developer.
• Identify and prepare appropriate clients to be interviewed for specific job vacancies.
• Ensure that all job orders are filled in a timely manner.
• Provide intensive individual coaching to clients in job search.
• Mitigate issues that arise between newly hired clients and employers, and counsel newly hired clients, as necessary.
• Conduct cold calls as necessary to employers with the express purpose of identifying businesses that currently hiring and establishing relations with those who are not for later follow-up.
• Match a minimum of 20 participants into unsubsidized job placements by placing VRS participants into part time and of full-time employment of 20 hours minimum and wage no less than the approved minimum wage.
• Follow up with VRS participants and employers, if necessary, within one day of referring them to an interview.
• Design and create recruitment strategies, job fairs, on site employer visits, met the manger days and cyber info sessions for internet job search and companies that operate and scree through automated methods.
• Announce job leads weekly in workshops and work closely with work-readiness instructors on follow ups with consumers referred to interviews.
• Work closely with retention unit to ensure all employment data is accurate, verified and the proper codes are updated in NYC Way and All Sector.
• Perform other related duties as assigned. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, education or
• related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in counseling, coaching, staffing, human
• resources or workforce development.
• Experience working with at-risk clients with barriers to employment strongly preferred.
  

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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