Career Development & Graduate Services Specialist​ F/T

The Doe Fund is a leading New York City non-profit organization that operates the enormously visible Ready, Willing & Able program, whose participants clean over 160 miles of streets and sidewalk every day. With a $50 million budget, 400 staff members and 46,000 individual donors.

The Doe Fund is nationally acclaimed as a work-based model for solving homelessness and criminal recidivism. We empower people to break the cycles of homelessness, welfare dependency, substance abuse, and incarceration through innovative work and housing programs.

The Career Development and Graduate Services Specialist​ is responsible for seeing clients through the last 5 months of the RWA program as well as maintaining contact with their graduate caseload for 12 months after graduation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching, Coaching and Training 50%

• Facilitate CSS (Career Success Strategies) class which covers:
  • Online job application
  • Personal and Professional References
  • Budgeting
  • Job interviewing both general and job sector specific
  • Resume Building
  • Cover Letter Building
• Meet regularly with assigned caseload of trainees to deliver one-on-one coaching in:
  • Resume preparation
  • Interview preparation and practice
  • Difficult questions and employment gaps
  • Ongoing job search efforts
• Interact in person and via email with Program Directors, Case Managers and other Career Development Specialists to refine understanding of applicants’ needs and identify targeted job development efforts
• Maintain up-to-date records on client efforts, progress and development needs
• Aid in facilitating monthly mock interviewing evenings with corporate partners
• Participate in staff meetings and team meetings

Job Development 30%

• Conduct extensive outreach to potential employers to market trainees and increase pool of employers, increase job bank listings, and develop new job orders
• Maintain regular contact with employers to monitor employment satisfaction and to suggest accommodation of requirements for hard-to-fill positions
• Maintain up-to-date records on employer outreach efforts for tracking and follow up
• Participate on a job sector team

Graduate Follow-up 20%

• Provide comprehensive graduate case management for a caseload of approximately 30 trainees including chart documentation, individual sessions, and group facilitation
• Provide service coordination and referrals to meet Doe Fund Graduate needs, both internal to The Doe Fund as well as external if necessary
• Monitor and provide support in an effort to maximize retention outcomes related to employment, housing, and sobriety
• Assist in the development of career advancement opportunities
• Assist in the planning and coordination of recreational events

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A passionate desire to motivate participants to secure and retain employment
• Bachelor’s degree
• Two to four years of experience working with workforce re-entry for those with significant
• re-entry barriers; especially the homeless and individuals with conviction histories
• Two to four years of classroom facilitation
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with a in a culturally diverse environment
• Strong oral and written communication, presentation and networking skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Manage multiple agendas effectively
• Ability to follow-up and multi-task
• Ability to work independently
• Be a team player
• Flexible, creative and solution-oriented approach to issues
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office programs, including Excel and Word
• Strong work ethic
• Able to work on average two-three evenings per week
• Fulfill other job duties as necessary

The Doe Fund is a fast paced, energetic, dynamic environment that employs people with strategic and innovative ideas. This job offers a salary of 45,000 with full benefits including: medical, dental, 401k, vacation, personal and sick time, etc.
Apply at www.doe.org or use this link to apply.