Business Engagement Coordinator-SPR

Description

Job Summary: To build significant, long-term relationships with employers within specific sectors to promote Job Corps as a premier no-cost training program for underprivileged youth. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develop in cooperation with the Center Director and      Workforce Development Director marketing materials and a business/employer      outreach and recruitment plan that includes clear goals and objectives, a      calendar of events that would help promote program awareness, and      collaboration of other state funded employment and training programs.
• Engage with employers in specified sectors and support them with      employee skills training and development, cross-selling and upselling Job      Corps’ full range of services.
• Liaise with employers seeking a Workbased Learning, Apprenticeship,      and employment opportunities for students. 
• Participates in various community-based programs and business      networking groups.
• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans and programs      for the center’s long- and short-term goals.
• Coordinates with the Workforce Development Department to align      goals and target employers.
• Collaborate with business/employer groups, trade associations,      chambers of commerce and other workforce entities to connect Job Corps      participants to employment opportunities.
• Prepare overview and detailed      presentations and marketing materials as necessary for public speaking and      outreach engagements, and other uses as appropriate and assigned.
• Promote public      relations of the center to the outside community and employers. 
• Analyzes on      an on-going basis the effectiveness and efficiency of programs and affects      necessary changes.
• Establishes      and develops meaningful relationships and networks with local and distant      employers, applicable one-stop centers and applicable local boards to      promote and provide job opportunities for graduates.
• Develops      public awareness materials such as newsletters, brochures, posters,      etc. Develops special materials to      address targeted groups including females/minorities and employers.
• Establishes      and develops meaningful relationships with members of the local community      to keep them informed about the center and to consider areas of mutual      interest to the center and the community.
• Works with      center Work-based learning Coordinator to identify and develop innovative      work-based learning opportunities for students with local employers.
• Develops      programs to actively integrate community service into the center learning      strategies and to involve students in national community service events.
• Participates      on community service boards, local workforce or training associations,      etc.
• Participates      in the Vocational Advisory Council and facilitates a curriculum      development team approach dedicated to the integration of academic,      vocational and social skills in on going center curriculum development.
• Provides      support to the center Workforce (Industry) and Community Relations      Councils.
• Attends      in-service training sessions.
• Provides      in-service training for departmental staff as required.
• Insures      departmental equal employment and affirmative action goals and objectives      are met.
• Performs      other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Requirements:

Minimum/Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in work related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Three years work-related experience, one of which was in a supervisory capacity. Model company Core Values. 

Knowledge: Working knowledge of education and vocational training programs. Ability to effectively relate to disadvantaged youth. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to motivate and inspire staff. Excellent organizational skills. Knowledge of local labor market and ability to analyze labor market trends. Ability to plan, organize and effectively present ideas and concepts to groups. Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use of mass media. 

Physical Requirements:

Frequently

Sitting

Seeing

Hearing

Speaking

Occasionally

Standing

Walking

Bending

Stooping

Squatting

Flexibility

Seldom

Climbing

Lifting 50 pounds

Carrying

Kneeling

Pushing/Pulling

Running

Driving

Environmental Demands:

Equipment: Ability to operate office equipment 

Work Alone: Occasio