Job Description
Agency Overview
Commonpoint is a multifaceted community center dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the quality of individual, family and communal life throughout New York City, offering services to people of all ages, ability levels, stages of life and backgrounds. They strive to meet the evolving needs of their community of over 100,000 members ranging from providing in-school and after-school programs, professional and career development, assistance with food insecurity, legal services, financial counseling, mental health services, senior classes, dementia care programs, and tax preparation assistance to name a few. Commonpoint has grown tremendously in the last five years and now has a mission-driven staff of 3,000 and over 80 sites in the five boroughs.
STATEMENT OF THE POSITION Within our framework of a holistic, strength-focused, and family-supported practice, an individual hired as Work
Experience Specialist in the Learn to Work Program will report directly to the Senior Director of High School &
College Success.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree plus a preferred minimum of three years successful experience in, employer engagement and connecting high school youth to internships as part of a wider service plan.
- Strong interest in working with at-risk high school and college students.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and leading work readiness workshops with an evidenced based approach.
- Ability to travel to multiple sites regularly to monitor students, meet with employers, etc.
- Knowledge of product marketing/sales concepts.
- Outcome driven with ability to respond to changing circumstances and priorities.
- Ability to manage and motivate groups and individuals.
- Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services within a community based organization, including policies and procedures on effective services for youth.
- Excellent oral and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent project management, strategic planning, and organizational skills.
- Demonstrate cultural competency through familiarity in working with people from very diverse backgrounds.
- Strong market, community and constituent perspective.
- Remain composed under stress, handle responses to criticism tactfully, and deliver on organizational commitments.
- Ability to analyze and integrate information from relevant sources.
- Proficient in computer-based information systems.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary relationship coordinator with responsibility for prospect research, recruitment, cultivation, and retention of targeted priority employment opportunities for student internships.
- Coordinate and facilitate work readiness workshops, career exploration experiences to best prepare youth for employment.
- Cultivate job placements for students based on interest, proximity to work and school and interests. Perform all necessary monitoring and tracking of the students placed in internship to create a supportive environment. Troubleshoot any issues that arise during employment.
- Ensure that all Commonpoint personnel files for staff and participants are current, including fingerprints, medicals, state clearance forms, credentials and licenses.
- Perform ongoing assessments and individual goal plans with students to eliminate barriers to success in academics and internship.
- Partner with the school to perform collaborative tasks such as conflict resolution, attendance improvement, activities designed to improve culture and climate. Perform tasks as requested by school administration and the agency in the interest of serving students.
- Serve as a liaison between the school and the Summer Youth Employment staff of Commonpoint to maximize summer internship enrollments.
- Collect data from employers related to job orders, including job requirements and skills; strategically match job skills with student qualifications; refer qualified students to employers, and conducts necessary follow-up when applicants are placed in position.
- Keep up-to-date regarding Job Fairs and Internet Resources; research various resume programs; and participate in outreach and recruitment activities by coordinating and attending job fairs.
- Organize and facilitate job shadowing and coaching opportunities for youth to learn about employment sectors of interest.
- Attend day and overnight trips with both a teambuilding and college exposure focus.
- Ensure delivery of successful program execution, including planning and continuous performance feedback.
- Build strong relationships and directly collaborate with program staff to leverage external affiliations and accomplish shared goals.
- Be adaptable and evolve with the ever changing needs and design of the LTW program as prescribed by the funder, school and Commonpoint.
General Tasks of Commonpoint Staff:
- Promote and implement the Core Values of the Community Center.
- Participation in all staff meetings and staff training seminars.
- Participation in agency-wide programs and program committees, as assigned.
- Active involvement, as a supervisee, in the supervision process.
- Support the mission of Commonpoint.
- Other tasks appropriate to Commonpoint staff, as assigned.
Salary: $65,000
How to Apply Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and cover letter to Kristan Valentin at kvalentin@commonpoint.org. Please include the Role “LTW Director" in the subject line. Due to the high volume of applications, only qualified candidates will be contacted for further consideration.
Commonpoint reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
Commonpoint is an equal opportunity employers/programs. Auxiliary aids and services are available
upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Job Tags
Full time, Summer work, Internship, Night shift,