Workforce Connections Counselor - TX

Justworks, Inc.; Houston (TX); In loco; USD 46.000 - 47.000; Tempo pieno

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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

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• 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

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Employment type Full-time employee Department Houston Office Work location SJLI Houston Office Compensation $33.17 – $34.14 per hour
Final compensation will depend on the location and level at which the candidate is hired

About this job

WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS COUNSELOR

Position Title: Workforce Connections Counselor

Reports To: Higher Pathways Regional Manager

Location: Southern Region - Houston Office

Position Summary:

The Workforce Connections Counselor is a specialized member of SJLI's Higher Pathways team responsible for converting scholar career preparation into meaningful employment, internships, apprenticeships, training, credential, and other economic-mobility opportunities. Working under the supervision of the Higher Pathways Regional Manager, this role builds and manages employer, workforce, industry, training, and community partnerships; develops high-quality opportunity pipelines; supports scholar placement and retention; and helps ensure that Higher Pathways produces measurable employment and advancement outcomes.

Within Higher Pathways' coordinated model, Postsecondary Success Counselors remain the primary relationship and case owner for scholars, while the Career Development Counselor leads career exploration, professional readiness, and Career Action Planning. The Workforce Connections Counselor receives referrals when scholars are ready to pursue specific employment, internship, apprenticeship, training, or placement opportunities and works with the scholar and team to move those opportunities toward successful participation and sustained outcomes.

The Workforce Connections Counselor serves as a bridge between SJLI scholars and the regional workforce ecosystem. The role maintains employer and partner relationships, communicates labor-market and employer feedback to the Higher Pathways team, monitors the quality and accessibility of opportunities, and follows placements beyond the initial connection to support retention, advancement, and improved economic mobility. This work contributes directly to Higher Pathways' long-term outcomes of Postsecondary Success, Career & Economic Mobility, Civic Engagement, and Lifelong Well-Being.

Responsibilities

Employer, Workforce, and Industry Partnership Development

• · 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.

Opportunity Development, Quality, and Scholar Access

• · 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