AHRC NYC is looking to hire a Program Director for their Manhattan Train and Earn Career Pathways Program with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development.
Salary: $64500 per year plus a very generous and comprehensive Benefit Package...see Benefit information below.
Background
Train & Earn is a career pathways program funded by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) that provides comprehensive job training and employment services along with support services needed by participants to find a permanent job obtain their high school equivalency if applicable and access postsecondary education and training. Train & Earn is for youth and young adults aged 1624 who are not working and not in school and meet certain eligibility requirements. The Program Director for the AHRC NYC Train & Earn program will be the primary liaison to DYCD.
Essential Responsibilities
The Program Director will be responsible for the following duties:
Program Supervision:
- Supervise and manage the growth of a new department and team consisting of a Social Worker an Outreach & Retention Specialist a Job Developer and two Employment Coordinators
- Directly oversee the work of all assigned staff and participants in the DYCD Train & Earn Program including
- Oversee key program staff
- Meet weekly with all program staff
- Perform annual employee evaluations
- Ensure all staff are in compliance and up to date with required training and professional development
- When appropriate participate in disciplining and terminating staff
- Participate in the process of hiring new staff
- Coordinate orientation and training of new programs individuals
- Act as the liaison to the Department of Youth & Community Development ensuring the program is in compliance with all requirements of the Train & Earn contract
Program Operations
Directly oversee the programmatic operations of the DYCD Train & Earn program including
- Complete all program and contract required steps for recruitment assessment enrollment retention service plan development and implementation tracking and reporting participants in the program
- Coordinate programs to ensure appropriate expertise in meeting participant needs
- Create and evaluate program training and credentialing modules
- Incorporate feedback and update program as needed
- Ensure appropriate resources are procured and available for successful credentialing and training
- Participate in identifying resources and linkages in the community for participants families and staff
- Support the Outreach and Retention Specialist in conducting information session presentations and/or discussions with community partners
- Traveling citywide to attend and participate in community events and public meetings
- Establishing and maintaining new relationships between the community and AHRC NYC including business connections internship sites and additional support services
- Develop internship sites in the appropriate sector
- Represent AHRC NYC in the business sector by developing new relationships that lead to the development of internship sites
- Being responsive to internship sites and quickly and professionally addressing issues
- Manage program budget
Relationship Building
- Build collaborative relationships with community partners employers and a diverse group of stakeholders
- Manage the ongoing development and coordination of services between the community and DYCD participants
- Serve as a primary liaison between staff participants families community members and service providers
- Hold standing checkin meetings to review progress challenges and new initiatives
- Engage community in partnership to support participant achievement and align resources
- Lead standing checkin meetings to review progress challenges and new initiatives
Administrative Deliverables
- Collect meaningful data to track program success
- Assist with the evaluation of program and participant performance
- Evaluate and monitor the service delivery of goals and objective as set forth by the DYCD Train & Earn program
- Track and report on outreach efforts direct services provided and program completion and utilizing feedback to enhance future strategies
- Meet or exceed all expected program recruitment targets and program completion goals
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with relevant experience; or Associates degree with five years of relevant experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at once
- Experience managing a project budget
- Solid organizational and multitasking skills and the proven ability to handle sensitive and/or stressful situations
- Clearance of all background checks and fingerprints
- Additional knowledge and experience in the specified sector preferred
Additional Information :
Benefits
- Low Cost High Quality Medical Insurance
- Paid time off (sick personal & vacation)
- Paid Training
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Referral program
- 403(b) retirement plan
- 403(b) company match
- Life insurance
- Employee discount
- Health savings account
AHRC New York City is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to age race color creed religion national origin alienage or citizenship status gender sex sexual orientation pregnancy disability marital status partnership status military status status as a victim of domestic violence sex offenses or stalking genetic information or unemployment or any other protected characteristic under federal state or local law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime