Specialist - Mobile Employment - Los Angeles, United States - Downtown Women's Center

Downtown Women's Center
Downtown Women's Center
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Los Angeles, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description
Summary


The Downtown Women's Center (DWC) seeks a full-time Mobile Employment Specialist with a proven history of high-quality employment services provision, to provide culturally responsive services to women experiencing Homelessness.

The Mobile Employment Specialist will support DWC's general workforce development programing, both onsite and in the community, provide individual employment navigation services, conduct employer engagement, deliver DWC's Career Series onsite and in the community.

The Mobile Employment Specialist plays a key role in helping participants achieve their educational and employment goals and supports them with job readiness, searches, and placement.

This individual will be responsible for employer engagement and job development, working closely with department Employment Specialists to fill open job opportunities.

This position reports directly to the Workforce Development Manager.

Essential Functions

  • Locate prospective employers through networking, set appointments and coordinate tours for participants, referral agencies, and prospective employers.
  • Maintain uptodate referrals resources for clients to facilitate employment search.
  • Provide inhouse and fieldbased services to best accommodate individuals living throughout Los Angeles
  • Coordinate DWC's workforce development programming through recruitment of participants, conducting orientations, program scheduling, and coordinating a continuum of support across the agency to assist with employment and education obtainment
  • Conduct career readiness series to prepare individuals for employment.
  • Facilitate Job Preparation classes and other seminars on an asneeded basis
  • Support learning center, and volunteer and peer leader coordination
  • Maintain accurate and timely records of activities, case management notes, and services provided to each client
  • Participate in individual and group supervision, and participate in meetings and trainings
  • Conduct data collection, provide regular written reports, and assist with program assessments and ongoing program improvements
  • Build appropriate rapport with internal and external partners (case management, volunteers, and donors).
  • Provide fieldbased services and as needed to ensure women are linked to employment in the community
  • Other duties as assigned to support the mission of the organization
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions._
Competencies

  • Creativity
  • Flexibility
  • Empathy
  • Experience with employment coordination
  • Attention to detail
  • Relationship building skills
  • Public speaking
Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment


This position is primarily in a professional office environment on Skid Row, but does include field-based services, meeting clients in the field.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands


The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

This position would also require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position.

Days and hours of work are Mondays-Fridays 8:30am 5:00pm, with the flexibility to adjust schedule to work other dates and times as needed.

Travel

Regular travel throughout Los Angeles County is required in this position.

Work Remotely

Option for hybrid work schedule but with expectation to work onsite full time as scheduled.

Required Education and Experience and Qualifications

  • High School or GED required, Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Experience as an Employment Specialist, Job Developer, Business service Representative preferred.
  • Lived experience a plus
  • Knowledge of the complex barriers surrounding women's homelessness and unemployment
  • Experience working with issues of homelessness, trauma, and mental health preferred
  • Advanced computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
  • Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and ability to build relationships with women, coworkers, and community partners from diverse backgrounds
  • Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, implement plans, and meet deadlines
  • Active listening and problemsolving skills, a solutionoriented attitude, and good judgment
  • Experience serving as a mentor or program counselor
  • Knowledge of culturally responsible interventions
  • Cultural humility
  • Must be a CA resident and live at least 80 miles from the office and must be a
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