Employment Partnership Coordinator

The Work Force Youth Development Program

 Winner of Ford Foundation/Harvard University Innovations in State & Local Government Award

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Best Practice Designation by HUD and Department of Labor

 

Unique public housing-based program with 24-year history of bringing schools, parents and local employers together in support of 130 teens annually seeks energetic, experienced professional to maintain and expand program relationships with local employers who serve as work-based mentors to program participants.  The Work Force consists of a 5-year long, highly structured series of work- and community-based learning experiences which assist youth to attain the related goals of education achievement and economic mobility.  The Employment Partnership Coordinator manages the jobs/mentorship component of the program.

 

The Employment Partnership Coordinator will: develop work/mentorship sites; develop and conduct workshops to orient employer-mentors and teach them mentorship skills; coordinate job placement activities; work with Work Force Teacher/Counselors to resolve work site problems;  provide career counseling;  assist in the development of curriculum and teach financial literacy and work readiness workshops; plan and implement career fairs, field trips and related events; solicit businesses to participate in scholarship program; and coordinate preparation of participant payroll.

 

Candidates must possess: at least a B.A. in social work, education, school guidance counseling or a related field; demonstrated experience in delivery of youth services, especially in mentorship programming, to a low-income, multi-cultural population; experience in community outreach or  marketing/sales; excellent organizational and written/oral communication skills; and the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with adolescents, their parents, school personnel, businesspeople and other community-based agencies.

 

Salary:  $44,380 to start, plus full benefits, including health, dental and State Retirement System

 

Deadline:  September 10, 2008

 

Please send resume and cover letter to :            Cambridge Housing Authority

            675 Massachusetts Avenue

            Cambridge, MA  02139

            Attn:  Human Resources Department

 

Electronic submissions may be made to:              jobs@cambridge-housing.org

            Please reference position title in subject line

 

It is the policy of the Cambridge Housing Authority to give preference in employment to Section 3- eligible individuals.  The Cambridge Housing Authority is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.  Minorities, handicapped and others are encouraged to apply.

TDD 1-800-545-1833, x 112