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EAST SIDE HOUSE SETTLEMENT

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Employment Coordinator - PSP

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Position Title

Employment Coordinator

Department

Post-Secondary Pathways Program

Site/Location

337 Alexander Avenue, Bronx NY

201 Saint Anns Avenue, Bronx NY

Job Classification

Exempt

Full Time

Salary Range

$62,000 - $67,000 commensurate with experience

Reports To

Director, PSP

MISSION STATEMENT

East Side House cares for the individuals, families, and communities we serve by expanding opportunities to live more fulfilling lives through education, career, and supportive services.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/ Objective

East Side House (ESH) is a community resource in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan. We believe education is the key that enables all people to create economic and civic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their community. ESH’s Adult & Workforce Programs aligns with our mission by providing high quality programs and services within community centers and school partnerships.

Reporting to the Director of PSP, the Employment Coordinator is responsible for linking participants to work readiness, occupational training, subsidized internships, and unsubsidized employment. The Employment Coordinator will develop and cultivate partnerships with hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities and identify healthcare employers aligned with participant goals. This position’s direct reports include interns and a Retention Specialist and interacts with the Jobs Plus program. With a focus on workforce development, the Employment Coordinator provides under- and unemployed adults 18+ who are from communities most impacted by poverty, systemic inequity, and community violence

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Director of PSP, the Employment Coordinator will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

Essential Functions:

Under the supervision of the Director of PSP, the Employment Coordinator will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

  • Supervise and coordinate job placement and retention services, meant to increase employability, livable wages, and employment retention amongst participants

  • Develop strategy for engaging employers for the purpose of filling open job vacancies, increasing employer partnerships, and retaining existing partnerships; Evaluate and assess efficiency and effectiveness of employer partnerships.

  • Link participants to paid work-readiness, 300-hour occupational courses and subsidized internships

  • Offer both immediate and longer-term employment opportunities to participants and develop a comprehensive and robust employer engagement strategy to establish, maintain, and deepen employer relationships over time, to ensure program services meet employer needs, and to prepare clients for high-wage jobs.

  • Secure paid internships, arrange hiring events, track 90-day retention, and meet placement benchmarks.

  • Ensure employer engagement strategies would be demand-driven, based upon a working knowledge of labor market trends in New York City that are relevant to participants, using quarterly prospecting plans, which indicate target industries and employers for placing participants during the upcoming fiscal years and the placement volume expected.

  • Oversee department staff in the areas of coaching participants on a variety of post-employment work-related topics such as adjusting to work expectations, taking demands from a supervisor, identifying travel alternatives, securing back-up childcare in the event of a provider emergency, and asking for a raise.

  • Measure training effects on job placement/advancement and use tracking tools to accurately report on outcomes.

  • Represent program at networking events and functions.

  • Assist with facilitating inter-agency and inter-program communication, collaborating with other ESH programs.

  • Use diversified marketing strategies to reach a wide range of participants, taking into consideration the varying demographics, needs, work experience, skills, education levels, and career interests of participants

  • Use software such as Salesforce to case note and regularly track members’ progress.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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