Job Prep & Placement Coordinator

The Fedcap Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fedcap Group is seeking a Job Preparation and Placement Coordinator to prepare clients to apply for unsubsidized employment. Working with the Job Developers and Employer Strategy Teams, you will match qualified job seekers with opportunities and drive successful placements.

You will lead coaching for job search, coordinate with employers, and design recruitment strategies and outreach activities to maintain strong partnerships and effective outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, education or related field required.
• Minimum two years of relevant experience in counseling, coaching, staffing, or workforce development.
• Experience working with at-risk clients with barriers to employment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for employers identified by the Job Developer and the Strategic Sector Leads.
• Identify and prepare appropriate clients for interview for specific job vacancies.
• Ensure that all job orders are filled in a timely manner.
• Provide intensive individual coaching to clients in job search.
• Match a minimum of 20 participants per month into unsubsidized job placements with at least 20 hours per week and minimum wage.

Skills

Counseling

Coaching

Staffing

Human resources

Workforce development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work, education or related field

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Job Preparation and Placement Coordinator is responsible for preparing clients to apply and interview for specific unsubsidized employment opportunities and, working in close collaboration with the Job Developers and Employer Strategy Teams, matching qualified job seekers with available positions.

Position Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Job Preparation and Placement Coordinator is responsible for preparing clients to apply and interview for specific unsubsidized employment opportunities and, working in close collaboration with the Job Developers and Employer Strategy Teams, matching qualified job seekers with available positions.

What You'll Do

• Serve as point of contact for employers identified by the Job Developer and the Strategic Sector Leads.
• Identify and prepare appropriate clients to be interviewed for specific job vacancies.
• Ensure that all job orders are filled in a timely manner.
• Provide intensive individual coaching to clients in job search.
• Mitigate issues that arise between newly hired clients and employers, and counsel newly hired clients as necessary.
• Conduct cold calls as necessary to employers with the express purpose of identifying businesses that currently hiring and establishing relations with those who are not for later follow-up.
• Match a minimum of 20 participants per month into unsubsidized job placements by placing VRS participants into part time and of full-time employment of 20 hours minimum and wage no less than the approved minimum wage.
• Follow up with VRS participants and employers, if necessary, within one day of referring them to an interview.
• Design and create recruitment strategies, job fairs, on site employer visits, met the manger days and cyber info sessions for internet job search and companies that operate and scree through automated methods.
• Announce job leads weekly in workshops and work closely with work-readiness instructors on follow ups with consumers referred to interviews.
• Work closely with retention unit to ensure all employment data is documented accurately in the HRA SEAMS system and FedcapCARES.

You're a great fit for this role if you have:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, education or related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience in counseling, coaching, staffing, human
• resources or workforce development.
• Experience working with at-risk clients with barriers to employment strongly preferred.

Compensation

$24.04-$25.97/hr./$50k-$54k annually

About Us

Mission:

We are committed to improving the economic and social well-being of the impoverished and disadvantaged.

For 85 years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group is the parent company of a growing number of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to serving over 300,000 children and adults each year across the United States and the United Kingdom. The Fedcap Group provides educational services to every age group, vocational training in high-growth labor industries, behavioral health services, work readiness skill-building and jobs—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.

The work of The Fedcap Group is structured within four major practice areas: Education, Workforce Development, Occupational Health and Economic Development, which are strategically aligned for maximum impact.

The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader systems change—working in partnership with federal, state and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded and delivered.

Website:

http://fedcapgroup.org/