Position Summary: The Employment Coordinator is responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with employers to create unsubsidized employment opportunities for members; market Jobs-Plus members to employers; work closely with Workforce1 career centers. What You'll Do: • Secure employment opportunities according to members’ sector-specific career pathways, including part-time and/or full-time employment at or above the approved minimum wage by providing interview referrals on a weekly basis. • Coordinate closely with Workforce1 career center staff and coordinate two on-site events quarterly. • Recruit employers, residents, community leaders, and CoS partners as guest speakers and/or event sponsors. • Conduct field visits on a bi-weekly basis to ensure that all employers are well-versed in the methodologies of the program. • Prepare members for transitional employment. • Meet with members to clearly ascertain their skills and strengths in order to present candidates to employers. Your Responsibilities Include: • Conduct cold calls each day to employers with the express purpose of identifying businesses that are currently hiring, in addition to follow-up calls to employers. • Host at least two onsite employment events monthly at BJP. • Attend at least one HRA-led P.D. per quarter. • Leverage relationships with employers to meet the needs of members. • Perform follow-up with employers to obtain feedback regarding interviews, identifying strengths, areas of improvement, and next steps. • Prepare and develop training materials for seminars and workshops as needed by the Career Development Specialists, Education Coordinator, and Financial Counselor. • Regularly review local newspapers and websites to remain abreast of employer open houses and refer all qualified members. • Complete weekly reports of cold calls and field visits. • Design and create recruitment strategies, on-site employer visits, “meet the manager” days, and cyber info sessions for internet job search companies that operate and screen through automated methods. • Enter case notes for every member and complete all necessary reports in FedcapCARES™ and HHSA Information System. • Announce job leads weekly in workshops and work closely with facilitators on follow-ups with members referred for interviews. • Assist the retention unit to ensure all employment data is accurate and verified You're a Great Fit For this Role If: • You have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in business management, human relations, social work or related field, such as psychology, vocational rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation/therapy or related field from an accredited institution required or commensurate experience. • Bring a minimum of 1 year of experience in job development, human relations, employer relations, workforce development, or 2 years of experience working with employment programs for individuals with barriers to employment, or commensurate experience. Compensation: $21.64/hr-$27.89 Equal Opportunity Employer