Youth Employment Talent Pipeline Manager: City of Philadelphia

Bryn Mawr College; Wales; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a Youth Employment Pipeline Manager to champion partnerships that connect youth with workforce opportunities. The role includes collaborating with various educational and city departments to support programming aimed at providing high-quality job training and internships. Candidates should demonstrate strong project management skills and a commitment to equitable access to career pathways. This position is crucial for fostering youth workforce development initiatives within the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in youth workforce programming and partnerships with educational institutions.
• Strong understanding of workforce development needs and challenges.
• Ability to mobilize resources and lead diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Support partnerships connecting youth to workforce opportunities.
• Collaborate with various offices to implement city workforce employment programs.
• Track deliverables and ensure programming is equitable and accessible.

Skills

Project management

Relationship building

Collaboration

Program implementation

Job description

Position Summary

The City College for Municipal Development & Workforce Programming (CCME &WP) unit sits within the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).

The City College for Municipal Employment (CCME) launched in October 2024 as an investment by the Parker Administration to create economic opportunity and open doors of access to residents seeking sustainable and fulfilling career pathways. The training and education CCME prepare Philadelphians to work and serve in a number of critical areas and industries with good paying jobs, health care and retirement benefits. CCME serves as a hub for the City’s investments in workforce development across Philadelphia’s economy and seeks to foster systemic solutions to City and external employers’ human capital challenges and strengthen Philadelphia’s workforce development ecosystem.

The CCME Youth Employment Pipeline Manager will support partnerships among a diverse set of stakeholders that connect school year and summer youth workforce opportunities, including youth workforce skill building, technical training, and credentials. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Education (MOE), the Office of Children and Families (OCF), the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), various Charter Schools, and other partners, the Manager will collaborate with various offices to identify key priorities, shared best practices, support the development of strategy for implementation with the internal team and providers and collective measures for youth workforce programing.

The Manager’s primary role is to support City departments and other city-related agencies in the implementation of direct pipelines into City workforce employment and other quality jobs, work- based learning activities like summer and year-round internships with the City, and career awareness activities. The Manager will be responsible for supporting CCME, MOE and various City departments in the implementation of existing programming, development and implementation of new programming, ensuring best practices, and tracking deliverables.

The Manager is a resource mobilizer, relationship-building expert, and is savvy at leading and leveraging people, process, and policy both internally and externally. Project management is an essential skill. The Manager will work in coordination with CCME and MOE leadership, to ensure youth workforce programming is equitable and accessible to all youth, working with SDP and Charter high schools, and career and technology schools.