Career Readiness Specialist
Career Readiness Specialist
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Job Description
The Opportunity
As a Career Readiness Specialist you will play a vital role in preparing individuals for success in the workforce by providing comprehensive career readiness services. Your primary responsibility will be to equip program participants with the skills knowledge and resources necessary to successfully navigate todays competitive job market. You will conduct assessments develop individualized career plans and provide ongoing support to ensure participants are prepared for their desired career paths. Additionally you will collaborate with team members community partners employers and other stakeholders to facilitate job placements and opportunities for program graduates. The ideal candidate will be passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their career goals and committed to making a positive impact in their lives. This roles dedication to student success and a desire to inspire and guide will empower our students to realize and achieve their goals.
The Details
Key Deliverables:
- Provide mentorship and coaching to students to guide and ultimately allow students a safe space to open up about the goals for the future as well as barriers that are keeping them from successful completion.
- Monitor student program enrollment drops and withdrawals to identify and formulate action plans for success.
- Support the development of a structured inperson career readiness and life skills workshop including presenting and facilitating via online or an inperson setting
- Lead efforts toward increasing college and career readiness for all students.
- Organize meaningful workbased learning opportunities through business/industry and community resources.
- Respond in an appropriate and timely manner to all student inquiries.
- Maintain accurate comprehensive confidential and uptodate notes/records within the enrollment management database.
- Process documentation and student information appropriately according to departmental standards.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.
LOCATION: Indianapolis IN or within a 40mile radius.This hybrid position requires inperson interaction with students training partners and community partners as needed.
Experience and Education Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in social work higher education or a related field of study or four years of related experience.
- Two years of experience advising or admissions within adult student services.
- Knowledge of workforce development career pathways and hiring trends.
- Proficiency In working with spreadsheets (Excel) databases and CRM platforms like Salesforce and Hubspot (Or Similar) Is mandatory.
- Understanding of career advising and education best practices.
- Experience in adult education training customer service and personal service.
- Must possess excellent skills in active listening speaking reading comprehension social perceptiveness critical thinking writing judgment and decision making active learning complex problem solving and service orientation.
- Highly skilled in deductive reasoning problem sensitivity inductive reasoning and information ordering.
- Knowledge of social work case management is required.
- Being bilingual is an added advantage.
Compensation and benefits:
- A base salary that is competitively aligned to the market.
- Benefits Healthcare vision and dental insurance
- Incentive and bonus opportunities
PLA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristics as outlined by federal state or local laws.
Please read carefully.
Phalen Leadership Academies (PLA) is an equal opportunity employer. PLA does not discriminate in employment on account of race color religion national origin citizenship status ancestry age sex (including sexual harassment) sexual orientation marital status physical or mental disability military status or unfavorable discharge from military service.
By completing this application you understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration for employment establishes any obligation for PLA to hire me. If hired I understand that either PLA or I can terminate my employment at any time and for any reason with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of PLA has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary.
You attest by applying to this position that you have given PLA true and complete information on this application. No requested information has been concealed. I authorize PLA to contact references provided for employment reference checks. If any information I have provided is untrue or if I have concealed material information I understand that this will constitute cause for the denial of employment or immediate dismissal.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
