Job Description EASTCONN is hiring a full time (40 hours per week with benefits) Program Facilitator for the Youth Employment Program in the Danielson (and surrounding towns) area. Job responsibilities listed below.
- Recruiting and training various community partners to be workplace mentors to 14-24 year old young adults.
- Developing work based learning opportunities in Eastern Connecticut.
- Coordinating youth leadership activities and events.
- Achieving recruitment and contractual performance goals for the Youth Employment grants.
- Coaching eligible job seekers through employment plan action step development, training funding application procedures and job placement activities.
- Providing referrals to human services and community resources.
- Completing basic mathematic equations for balancing budgets, assisting with training-funding applications or requesting support service funding on behalf of job seeking customers.
- Maintaining customer management database and required reporting.
- Guidance to job seekers on knowledge of local job market, training providers, and case management best practices.
- Assisting young adults with securing work based learning internships and permanent employment.
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Sociology, Human Development, Counseling, Workforce Development, or other relevant degree field plus three years related work experience (will consider reasonable alternative combination of education and experience)
- Experience in Case Management systems, having been responsible for a caseload of customers, and maintaining requisite data entry.
- Ability to thrive within diverse teams and serve people with diverse socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Excellent customer service, communication, mediation and de-escalation skills; verbal and written.
- Competency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Capacity to complete data-entry tasks utilizing web-based systems, maintain accuracy and efficiency in fast-paced environment.
- Ability to frequently travel within Eastern Connecticut and occasionally statewide with reliable transportation.
At EASTCONN, we believe that diversity is key to our success. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, including those who may not meet every listed qualification. Your passion, drive, and perspective are what matter most to us.
As an EEO/AA employer, EASTCONN provides equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation based upon a person's race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law, and caste, which is protected by our policies.
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