Career Development Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

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SUMMARY

The Career Development Coordinator will work to ensure that refugees can equitably access the resources from mainstream employment programs and build coalitions of support in the community. The Career Development Coordinator will work diligently to break down barriers and build relationships with local workforce development agency, employers, and community colleges to ensure refugees have equitable access to training and advancement opportunities. The Career Development Coordinator will also work to identify, train, and convene of coalitions of champions that will work to shift negative narratives about refugees and promote inclusive communities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform landscape analysis' to identify 1) career paths with tangible, transparent opportunities for salary and skills growth, 2) training, including bridge programs and funding, and 3) the barriers for refugees in accessing those opportunities.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with employers.
• Seek and advocate for enhancement of refugee employment opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for career advancement for refugees and ensure the training participants are completing match the skills needed to fill workforce gaps.
• Conduct trainings and/or support events to promote workplace inclusivity.
• Work with institutions that offer & fund trainings to train staff on how to work with refugees and ensure refugees access vocational training opportunities.
• Identify potential champions within workplaces and neighborhoods (ie faith leaders, neighborhood associations,community leaders) and train champions as facilitators of inclusion and narrative change.
• Work with champions to plan and implement connection events that promote inclusivity.
• Maintain records documenting partnerships forged and trainings conducted.
• Work with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) and academic partners to conduct a robust evaluation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to market refugees and immigrants as potential employees and agency services to businesses.
• Past experience in job development and coalition building preferred.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships and partnerships with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to make and maintain a connection with one stop career centers.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business and technical documents or instructions related to employment programs and businesses.
• Ability to contribute to reporting with accurate data about employer connections and workforce center partnerships.
• Ability to facilitate trainings and workshops with workforce staff, employers, and champions.
• Cross cultural sensitivity and knowledge with the ability and desire to work with people of other cultures.
• Ability to track and report data regularly.
• Functional fluency in one or more foreign languages preferred.
• Ability to self-start but also works well in a team setting. Can collaborate effectively with others.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license and provide proof of auto liability insurance at the level of $100,000/300,000/100,000.
• Demonstrates commitment to the Mission, Values and Vision of Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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