The Hope Through Housing Foundation (Hope) is committed to breaking the cycle of generational poverty by implementing high-quality social services for low-income families and seniors living within and around National CORE's affordable housing developments throughout California, Texas and Florida. We seek passionate, hardworking team members who are committed to transforming lives and communities. Together, we deliver Hope, Opportunity, Prosperity, and Empowerment to thousands of youth, adults, and seniors each year.
The Workforce Development Specialist focuses on helping the organization build its capacity to provide robust employment and career development opportunities for low-income residents. The Specialist will develop partnerships, resources, and referral systems to connect residents with employment and training resources and employment leads. This position will play a lead role in the execution of CORE Academy, an innovative workforce training program preparing individuals to enter the field of property management.
Specific functions that will be required in this role include but are not limited to: collaborating with property management and program staff to develop effective workforce training programs; identifying and connecting with community resources, grant opportunities, employer referral pipelines, and other career services collaboratives; providing staff training activities and workshops; and data management and reporting. The Specialist will also work closely with National CORE's Learning & Development team and Hope's program team to identify and address barriers to employment that residents may be facing. This position will report to the Director of Program Quality and Data Management of the Hope through Housing Foundation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Community Outreach and Training
- Identify and develop partnerships with vocational schools, colleges, nonprofits, career centers and other career development entities throughout the National CORE portfolio.
- Create career development training materials and resources for residents and partners
- In partnership with Hope's program team, coordinate career services workshop programming, including outreach, implementation, and evaluation of the workshops.
- Conduct workshops, orientations, or other training and outreach activities for residents related to workforce development or career training topics.
- Conduct outreach to employers to identify on-the-job training and/or direct job placement sites for residents; maintain cooperative relationships with employers, academic and vocational training institutions; identify appropriate job placement/training opportunities for residents; maintain understanding of local job market and opportunities to assist in providing guidance to residents.
- Must attend company sponsored events that relate to the development of the team, which, from time to time, may include overnight stay at locations away from the employee's home.
- Other duties as requested.
Coordination of Employment Training and CORE Academy
- Coordinate resident/community outreach, registration, and facilitation of logistics for CORE Academy workshops.
- In partnership with Learning & Development and key CORE team members, assist with development and enhancement of job placement opportunities for CORE Academy graduates.
- Assist with identification of workforce training needs/opportunities among low-income residents and the development of additional training resources.
Capacity Building and Fund Development
- Serve as a specialist resource for staff on issues related to employment and career planning.
- Support Hope Service Coordinators and program team to integrate and strengthen an employment and career-building focus into their resident activities and interactions.
- Provide training to Hope and CORE employees around workforce development and employment opportunities for residents.
- Support Hope program team members in assessing residents' education, work experience, skills, and job interest and matching them to available employment, training, or other opportunities/services.
- Identify and pursue, in conjunction with fund development team, new grants and contracts to support CORE Academy and other career focused activities/programs.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
The Workforce Development Specialist should have the ability to:
- Work well with a variety of internal and external partners.
- Identify and navigate various systems, collaboratives, and funding sources.
- Write clearly and concisely.
- Ability to facilitate meetings and to speak in public.
- Successfully solicit funds from a variety of donors.
- Show initiative and manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Be a team leader and team player.
- Maintain work pace appropriate to given workload.
- Must attend Company sponsored events which may include overnight stays at locations away from the employee's home.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- A minimum of 2 years of industry experience in progressively responsible positions is required.
- BA/ BS degree in related field is preferred.
- Career training program management, including programming for low-income individuals.
- Ability to build relationships with a variety of people and have confidence in navigating a variety of constituencies and geographic areas.
- Demonstrated success with building relationships and partnerships that lead to tangible results.
- Work harmoniously with clients, consultants and other professionals.
- Proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Operate computer and office equipment.
- Moderate walking, bending and lifting under 20 pounds.
- Work is primarily sedentary in nature.
- Exposure to the elements for site tours, ground breakings and other similar events
- Driving will be required for offsite meetings as needed.
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