Project Coordinator

Amityfdn; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Amity Foundation seeks a Project Coordinator for CalVIP in Los Angeles to deliver direct services, advocate for participants, and support the education-to-employment pathway. You will liaise with Case Managers, educational partners, and prospective employers to augment participants’ pathways and outcomes.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, participant-centered support, data collection, and coordination of resources to remove barriers to education and employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or high school diploma or equivalent with 2 years experience as a job developer.
• Preferred: 1 year of experience in a job development or similar position.
• Knowledge of criminal record expungement process is a plus.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed, participant-centered case management of CalVIP participants.
• Cultivate relationships with participants to build trust and support from enrollment through discharge.
• Guide participants through vocational training, work readiness, advocacy and sourcing for needed services.
• Maintain regular contact with participants to gather data about needs and outcomes.
• Provide job readiness services including mock interviewing and career coaching.
• Prepare and review individual service plans (ISP) for participants.
• Monitor progress relative to ISP through all phases of the program.
• Document progress and services in case files and employment data.
• Collaborate with Project Director and education/employer partners.
• May liaise with Case Managers and referral partners for warm hand-offs.

Skills

Public speaking

Facilitation

1:1 communication

Interpersonal skills

Typing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences

High school diploma with 2 years experience as job developer

Job description

Job Summary

The Project Coordinator for the California Violence Intervention & Prevention Project (CalVIP) is responsible for providing direct services andsupportfor project participants. This position liaises with existing Case Managers (referral partners), educational partners and prospective employersto support and augment the education-to-employment pathway forCalVIPparticipants,Project Coordinators provide active advocacy, wrap-around and relational credibilityto participants with former criminal-justice involvement who are pursuingeducation-to-employment pathways.

Essential Duties

• Provide trauma-informed, participant-centered case management ofCalVIPparticipants.
• Cultivates relationships with project participants to cultivate trust, build and maintain relationships, and support fromenrollmentthrough discharge/program completion.
• Guides participants through all available services including vocational training, work readiness training, including advocacy andsourcingfor neededservices(if available throughCalVIPproject).
• Maintain activeand regular contact with participants to gather data aboutparticipants’needs and performance outcomes.
• May providetrainingthat reduce barriers to programscompletion.
• Provides consistent case management support.
• Supports participantsto overcome historical barriers to employment, including acquisition of educational credentials, transportation, work-related clothing and tools, record expungement,physical/health issues, technological challenges, and/or child support payments.
• Collaboratively constructs personal development plans identifying needed additional resources and makes appropriate referrals.
• Works with participants to monitor progress towards goals, identify and address challenges, and provide ongoing support.
• May liaise with existingCase Managers or referral partner to ensure a warm hand-off into theCalVIPproject.
• May liaise withCalVIPFinance Specialist or Project Director to ensure eligibility, fund availability, or fund utilization.
• May liaise with External Evaluator to maintain or acquire data points, coordinate interviews, or assess project satisfaction.
• Developrelationshipswith potential employer organizations within Los Angeles community that may hire certified Amity Works students and graduates.
• Coordinateintake, and eligibility and aptitude/interest assessment of prospectiveCalVIPparticipants.
• Provide participants with job readiness services, including mock interviewing, coaching regardingappropriatedisclosure of partjusticeinvolvementor parole status to potential employers.
• Prepare, review and update individual service plans (ISP) for participants assigned to caseload.
• Montior participants’ progressrelative totheir ISP through all phases of the program.
• Document all progressand services provided in the case files, including relevant employment data.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with Project Director, BSCC liaisons, education and employer partners.
• Provide employment services includingresume, writing, mock interviews, time management, appropriate and prosocial workplacerelationships and following instructions.
• Demonstrates cultural competency, community advocacy and professionalismin representingthe Amity Foundation and its project to the community.
• Responds positively to changing demands and priorities, recognizingscope of authority and decision-making processes within a team-oriented framework.
• Participates in training provided by BCSS and/or External Evaluation team (when applicable).
• Participate in in-service training on the background and purpose of theCalVIPProject and all relevant policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in socialsciences orpossess a high school diploma or its equivalent AND two (2) years of experienceas a job developer or similar position.

Preferred:

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in a job development or similar position
• Basic knowledge and experience with the criminal record expungement process.
• Lived experience with incarceration, addiction, poverty, foster care, or other systems involvement considered an asset.

Skills/Abilities

Physical Requirements

• Ability to effectively andpersuasively represent Amity Foundation and theCalVIPproject to diverse stakeholders, includingpotential employers, educational partners, and the public.
• Ability to integrate, disseminate, and implement information and/or procedures changes as indicated by the contract, project leadership and/or the External Evaluation team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team and participants.
• Excellent public speaking, facilitation and 1:1 communicationskill.
• Excellentinterpersonal, written communications and typing skills

Work Environment

• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when necessary.

• Ability to travel as needed.

ADA Information

Physical Requirements

• Faculty mustfrequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently requiredto sitand/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Frequently sitting and typing for extended periods of time
• Occasionally required to reach, walk, climb, pull, push, grasp, stretch, stoop.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, see and userepetitive motions.
• Frequently able to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Frequently able to use all types of vision, such as close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, to complete daily tasks.

• Required to wear comfortable and office appropriate clothes.

Mental Demands

• Ability to change direction as priorities shift.
• Ability to thrive in an environment that requires one to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to professionally work underpressure with difficult or temperamental students & faculty.
• Ability to handle mental andemotional stress related totheposition.

Workconditions

• Generally, in an indoor office setting.

EnvironnentConditions

• The noise level in the work environment is moderate but can be loud.
• The temperature in the work environment isusually moderate to cool but can be cold or hot.

Travel

• May travel locally as needed.

Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and work responsibilities of the position. It is not possible or desirable to commit every detailed aspect of each job to a written description. This job description and the duties of this position are subject to change,modification,and addition as deemed necessary by the company. Job descriptions alone cannot be used as an argument to refuse work assignments. Faculty are required to comply with supervisory instructions and perform other job duties, responsibilities and assignments required by company officials. This job description does not constitute an employment contract between the company and any employee. The job responsibilities of this position may include cross-training in other functions to ensure satisfactory operation.

I have read the above job description, understand itscontents,and have had an opportunity todiscuss itwith my supervisor or the hiring manager. By signing below, I agree and understand what is expected of me, and will comply with all requirements of this position.

___________________________________________________________________ ______________________

Employee Signature Date

___________________________________________________________________ ______________________

Employer Signature