Description & Requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop relationships with employers/community providers to provide our participants access to career driven employment opportunities both paid and unpaid.
- Assess and respond to employers specific needs by meeting with and presenting to employers to discuss specific services, assessing employer needs and building working relationships.
- Develop strong relationships with local economic development groups, chambers of commerce and professional organizations.
- Educate project staff on available employment opportunities.
- Establish ongoing feedback loops with employers to adjust referrals based on updated skill sets.
- Coordinate training opportunities to meet employer needs.
- Schedule, coordinate, facilitate and participate in job fairs, on-site recruitment events and outside functions with various community partners.
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent required.
- Minimum 6 years of related experience required.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in account/client management, program marketing or sales experience.
- Strong working knowledge of labor market, community resources and diverse populations.
- Demonstrate initiative, independent judgment, discretion and decision making and effective motivational skills.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, listening and verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment with continuous change, as a team member and independently.