Reentry Senior Career & Academic Coach

Position Overview: Career Coaches work with participants one on one in order to create participant centered career and education plans, which are designed to help them reach the short and long-term goals that will lead to economic self-sufficiency. Applicants should have experience serving youth and adult ages 14-24 years old within the following priority populations: Justice involved, system impacted, undocumented, disconnected from education, unemployed and underemployed, public housing residents from San Francisco, foster care, pregnant and parenting. All applicants should be able to act with a sense of urgency, carry a caseload of 40 to 50 clients, should be confident with problem solving skills and be innovative in working with multi barrier youth and adults.

Reports To: BACR Manager of Career Pathways

Benefits:

• Pay: $30 - $31.25/hour, Full-time
• 16 BACR paid holidays
• Up to 3 weeks vacation (dependent on hours worked)
• Medical, dental, vision, wellness program, mental health resources, employee assistance program, life insurance, flexible spending account, 401(k)
• Professional development opportunities

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to work full time (Mon-Fri, possible to work some evenings and periodic Saturdays)
• Ability to provide complete vaccination against COVID-19 at the time of hire and submit COVID-19 test results weekly
• Successful completion of Live Scan/fingerprinting (upon hire)
• 3+ years’ experience in the Workforce field
• 3+ years’ experience working with multi barrier youth and/or adults ages 14-24 years old
• 3+ years’ experience with workshop facilitation/lesson planning
• 3+ years’ experience with college counseling or college access support
• 3+ years’ experience working with system involved youth and young adults
• Ability to be on call
• Experience with the framework or practice of Youth Development, Restorative Justice, and Trauma Responsive approaches, and practices.
• Familiar with the criminal justice system and its impact on marginalized communities
• Must have valid California Driver’s License and an insured, registered and operational vehicle to use for work purposes
• Experience with data entry and analysis; computer literacy; ability to scan, edit and create PDF files and experience with shared files.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree or attending college currently
• Knowledgeable of Bay Area communities and career and education resources
• Ability to assess crisis situations and initiate action independently and without direction
• Working with undocumented transitional aged youth and adults in the Bay Area
• Familiar with working with the local community college networks and or career pathways.
• Ability to empathize with colleagues and individuals from a racial, ethnic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, academic and cultural diversity backgrounds

Responsibilities:

• Take lead in building out Career Pathway projects (career panels, college trips, career advisory board, college success labs); Support with college enrollment process; navigating the UC and CSU systems, FAFSA application process with each eligible student
• Coordinate with workshop staff on new career and employment readiness workshops; create short and long term educational and career plans
• Point person for post-secondary education and/or vocational trainings resources in San Francisco
• Develop and maintain communication and positive relationships with high schools, GED services, colleges, vocational training and CTE programs in San Francisco, other organizations, institutes, community partners, and employers
• Create curriculum for participants to receive information on in-demand and hidden career sectors
• Represent BACR’s Career Pathway team at workforce meetings in San Francisco
• Provide program updates and progress reports; complete evaluations, reports, and assessments as required
• Make referrals and/or connections for participants to other services and programs as appropriate; attend and/or bring participant to such activities when necessary
• Meet with participants in person weekly, depending on need, to formally monitor their progress at their work sites. Check in via phone call, text and email on a daily to weekly basis for informal monitoring
• Train worksite supervisors on best practices when supervising interns; troubleshoot work site issues and resolve workplace conflicts
• Connect with local employers to create internship and long-term job placement for participants and work