Career Pathways & Workforce Partnerships Counselor

Justworks, Inc.; Inglewood (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Justworks, Inc. is a real-world employer relations and workforce-development nonprofit? SJLI-like context. Workforce Connections Counselor will work in Inglewood, CA to convert scholar career preparation into employment, internships, apprenticeships, and credentials within the Higher Pathways program.

The role focuses on building regional partnerships, managing opportunity pipelines, and supporting scholar placement, retention, and advancement toward measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with employers, workforce agencies, industry associations, apprenticeship programs, training providers, and partners.
• Attend regional workforce meetings and events to establish, develop and maintain workforce relationships.
• Develop and implement employer-engagement and workforce-partnership strategies that create internships, jobs, apprenticeships, credentials, and training.
• Identify gaps in opportunities by industry, skill level, geography, scholar interest, compensation, and accessibility; cultivate partnerships to address gaps.
• Set clear expectations with partners on scholar experience, supervision, compensation and follow-through; assess partnership quality over time.
• Represent Higher Pathways professionally with employer partners and communicate SJLI's mission and program expectations.
• Source and maintain a pipeline of internships, jobs, apprenticeships, credentials, training opportunities and other pathways for scholar mobility.
• Evaluate opportunities for compensation, benefits, accessibility, workplace culture and growth potential.
• Coordinate with partners to reduce barriers to participation and advocate for equitable access and opportunities.
• Maintain clear opportunity information and referral processes for eligibility, timelines and expectations.
• Share labor-market trends and employer feedback to strengthen career development and program strategy.
• Provide individualized placement support including application strategy, interview coordination and onboarding preparation.
• Collaborate with counselors to align opportunities with scholars’ goals and readiness.
• Support scholars in balancing work, education and family responsibilities while pursuing opportunities.
• Follow up with scholars and employers post-placement to identify barriers and support retention and advancement.
• Help scholars identify next-step opportunities for advancement and increased responsibility.

Job description

Justworks, Inc. is a real-world employer relations and workforce-development nonprofit? SJLI-like context. Workforce Connections Counselor will work in Inglewood, CA to convert scholar career preparation into employment, internships, apprenticeships, and credentials within the Higher Pathways program.

The role focuses on building regional partnerships, managing opportunity pipelines, and supporting scholar placement, retention, and advancement toward measurable outcomes.