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Employment and Education Specialist

, NY, United States

Overview

Overview

Rapid Rehousing for Young Adults is a solution to homelessness designed to help young adults aged 18-24 quickly exit homelessness to permanent housing. The program provides rental assistance and support services that are tailored to the unique needs of the young person

Rising Ground

Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 50 programs in 70 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in downtown Brooklyn.

Benefits

At Rising Ground, we encourage everyone to live a healthier life. When you enroll in health care benefits — medical, dental, and vision care, you and your family can take advantage of each plan’s preventive services, which will help everyone to stay well. Another way to remain healthy is to eat right and keep active. Ultimately, we all benefit when we make the right choices, whether through diet and exercise or health care services. You can also take advantage of other important benefits, including life and accident, disability benefits, the retirement savings plan, and the employee assistance program.

Responsibilities

The Education and Employment Specialist is key in helping youth connect with jobs, job readiness training and continuing education through developing contacts and networks in the public and private sector.

Responsibilities:

Assist youth in obtaining and maintaining employment that is consistent with their individual vocational goals.

Assess youth’s vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences.

Conduct job development and job search activities directed towards positions that are individualized to the interests and uniqueness of the population served.

Provide outreach to employer contacts and serving as an advocate for youth providing necessary engagement with participants and staff to connect them to opportunities.

Help youth to develop an individualized career development and employment plan.

Assist youth to create a portfolio i.e., resume, cover letter, a list of references, copies of vital documents such as birth certificate, social security card, etc.

Act as a source of support for youth and provide appropriate feedback to promote youth success.

Track employment placement outcomes and retention for participants and utilize data to improve the quality of services provided.

Qualifications

Requirements:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college.

Two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to employment or education development.

Working knowledge of NYC workforce development systems.

Excellent communication, planning, organizational and multi-tasking abilities.

Ability to motivate participants toward full-time, entry-level employment.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.

Comfort traveling throughout NYC.

Prior experience with facilitating training preferred.

Salary $50,000

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