Career Pathways Connector

Justworks, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 46,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

SJLI in Houston, Southern Region, seeks a Workforce Connections Counselor to translate scholar career prep into employment, internships, apprenticeships, training, credentials, and other mobility opportunities. Working under the Higher Pathways Regional Manager, you’ll build employer, workforce, industry, training, and community partnerships and manage pipelines for placement and retention.

You will coordinate with the Higher Pathways team to move opportunities forward, monitor outcomes, and

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with employers, workforce agencies, industry associations, apprenticeship programs, training providers, economic-development entities, community organizations, and other partners aligned with scholar interests and regional opportunity.
• Regularly attends regional workforce commission, taskforce, board and council meetings, workforce focus events and spaces where workforce relationships can be established, developed and maintained.
• Develop and implement regional employer-engagement and workforce-partnership strategies that create repeatable pipelines for internships, employment, apprenticeships, credentials, training, mentorship, and other career-connected opportunities.
• Identify gaps in available opportunities by industry, skill level, geography, scholar interest, compensation, and accessibility, and proactively cultivate partnerships that address those gaps.
• Establish clear expectations with partners regarding scholar experience, supervision, compensation, communication, accessibility, and follow-through, and assess partnership quality over time.
• Represent Higher Pathways professionally with employer and workforce partners and communicate SJLI's mission, scholar strengths, program expectations, and commitment to equitable economic opportunity.
• Source, vet, organize, and maintain a current pipeline of internships, jobs, apprenticeships, fellowships, credential programs, training opportunities, entrepreneurship resources, and other pathways that can advance scholar economic

Job description

SJLI in Houston, Southern Region, seeks a Workforce Connections Counselor to translate scholar career prep into employment, internships, apprenticeships, training, credentials, and other mobility opportunities. Working under the Higher Pathways Regional Manager, you’ll build employer, workforce, industry, training, and community partnerships and manage pipelines for placement and retention.

You will coordinate with the Higher Pathways team to move opportunities forward, monitor outcomes, and