Reentry Job Developer

Housing Works; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

PTO 30 days first year

Educational benefit

Job summary

Housing Works in New York City seeks a Job Developer to build and maintain relationships with NYC employers in maintenance/infrastructure and culinary services. The role provides individualized career development support, including work readiness and vocational counseling, in a program funded by DYCD.

The candidate will develop internship pathways, create career maps, and facilitate employer education while managing data systems and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in social services or related field.
• Minimum 1 year experience in business development or workforce.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to document clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative internship and career pathways for clients enrolled in the program.
• Create and maintain career maps to assist clients with workforce sectors.
• Facilitate employer education presentations and networking activities.
• Utilize labor market data to identify NYC employers for outreach.
• Lead business development and present partnerships to the team.
• Provide work readiness groups and individual vocational counseling.
• Match clients with employers and internships aligned with training goals.
• Ensure accurate data entry and reporting in the account systems.

Skills

Strong communication

Problem solving

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Compensation Range

$65,000 - $75,000 yearly commensurate with experience

Benefits

We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview

In partnership with the Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD), Housing Works launched the CRED Program, a new specialized 24-week paid training program for justice-involved and justice-impacted individuals ages 25 - 40. The program provides case management, connection to wraparound health services, industry recognized credential trainings, paid internships and employment placement and retention support.

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Job Developer will be responsible for, but not limited to, developing and maintaining relationships with NYC employers within the designated sectors of 1) maintenance and infrastructure and 2) culinary food service and providing individualized career development support to program participants to match clients with employers and career paths of their interest. The responsibilities include facilitating employer education presentations and participating in networking activities, developing innovative career pathways, maintaining account management systems to evaluate and expand partnerships, facilitating work readiness groups and providing individual vocational counseling and career development support. The Job Developer will have knowledge of the criminal legal system and the barriers associated with previous legal involvement and the impacts on employment outcomes, experience working in the workforce development sector and experience building and maintaining relationships with employer partners.

Responsibilities

Primary:

• Develop innovative internship and career pathways for clients enrolled in the program.
• Create an maintain career maps to assist clients with preparing and navigating the specified workforce sectors.
• Facilitate employer education presentations.
• Participate in community outreach and networking activities.
• Utilize Labor Market Index (LMI) reports to generate lists of NYC employers for strategic and targeted outreach efforts.
• Lead the business development component of the program and present to team members on labor market availability and current partnerships.
• Facilitate work readiness groups.
• Conduct individual vocational counseling sessions with clients enrolled in the program to address workforce development and work readiness skills building.
• Match clients with employers and internship partners that align with their training and career goals.
• Maintain accurate data entry and reporting in the designated account management data system.
• Document client services accurately and thoroughly in the designated case records systems.
• Ensure contract deliverables specific to this positions responsibilities are met.
• Prepare and submit timely and accurate program reports.

Secondary:

• Provide culturally competent services in accordance to Housing Works policies and practices.
• Promotes Housing Works core values consistently.
• Ability to work with clients with diverse clients with varying levels of service needs.
• Works collaboratively with other team members within the Justice Initiatives Department and cross-agency.

Other functions that may be required with this position include

• Attend and participate staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
• Responsiveness to emails, texts and phone calls.
• Adhere to remote work policies, procedures and protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred in social services, psychology, social work or other related field.

Qualifications and requirements of the position

• Minimum 1 year experience working in business development or workforce.
• Experience placing individuals with legal backgrounds in employment or career opportunities.
• Strong written documentation and communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously
• Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, required
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOC clearance.

Additional competencies viewed as important to success in this position

• Preferably bi-lingual in Spanish.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent or proficient technical skills to perform tasks related to Microsoft Office, email and case management systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with the team.
• Dependability and reliability to arrive and depart timely for scheduled shift.
• Ability to frequently travel within the boroughs via public transportation.

About Housing Works

Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Mission

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.