Do you want to help change young adults' lives? TRA is hiring in their Worcester office for an Employment Specialist/Job Developer. This position is responsible for:
- providing personal, academic and vocational counseling to clients;
- providing self-esteem/life skills/job readiness training to enable students to increase their self-confidence, self-sufficiency and ability to obtain/retain employment;
- Leadership development training to help students develop leadership skills and knowledge of the community;
- assisting with job development activities to help students find employment;
- developing/ maintaining job bank information, job development, job matching, marketing, & placement,
- maintaining client files, monitoring and follow-up services for clients to enable them to find and retain employment;
- developing/ nurturing strong rapport with area employers in order to generate worksites for participants;
- organizing/coordinating activities to help recruit new clients across all our programs;
- Delivery of job readiness curriculum to all site participants.
BA/BS degree and related human service/counseling experience required. This job also requires experience in Recruiting and/or job development, strong human relations/communications skills, and the ability to motivate/relate to a diverse, multi-cultural teen population with varying needs/issues. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, and the position requires flexibility, initiative, creativity, and strong organizational skills. It requires that the incumbent have his/her own vehicle for outreach/recruitment/counseling purposes.
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Job Type: Full time with some opportunity to work from home 1-2 days a week.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 per hour
Expected hours: 35 per week
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Work Location: In person