Televerde Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing personal and professional development opportunities to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women to help them attain meaningful and rewarding careers upon release. We are looking for an experienced Programs Manager to join our team and help us achieve our mission, vision, and objectives. This role will be responsible for managing programs and activities related to the Foundation's mission, vision, and objectives.

Televerde foundation is looking for a dedicated and experienced Employment Coach for our Foundation participants and our Employment Partners. Additionally, the Employment Coach (EC) will assist participants in finding suitable job openings and career advancement opportunities. The employment coach's responsibilities include helping participants to prepare for job interviews, recommending effective job search techniques, and working with participants to enhance their job skills. The EC should also be able to address any concerns employers may have regarding the hiring of participants of our diverse audience. An EC should be knowledgeable of different career paths and committed to helping participants achieve their employment-related objectives. Ultimately, an outstanding EC should be able to build rapport with employers & participants and demonstrate excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Ability to nurture employment partners for successful onboarding of participants
• Developing and implementing effective coaching strategies to help participants overcome employment related challenges.
• Identifying participants’ strengths and advising them on how to use those strengths to secure employment or excel in their chosen career path.
• Providing information on suitable career paths based on clients' skills, qualifications, interests, and experience.
• Reviewing participants’ resumes and suggesting improvements as needed.
• Monitor, measure and ensure documentation of key KPIs for engagement and results of clients, with a focus on ensuring effectiveness, opportunities for improvement and accurate reporting.
• Identify and incorporate the use of community partners, volunteers, 3rd party providers and outsourced activities to enable/support successful community reentry.
• Liaising with employers to identify possible job opportunities for our participants.
• Teaching participants how to use job-related tools, instruments, and equipment correctly.
• Associate degree or equivalent years of experience required.
• 1-3 years of experience as a recruiter required.
• Experience working as an employment coach.
• Market knowledge of different jobs and career paths.
• Proficiency in using Sales Force and in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent research, organizational, and time management skills.
• Effective communication skills.

Education and Experience:

• Associate degree or equivalent years of experience required.
• 1-3 years of experience as a recruiter required.
• Experience working as an employment coach.
• Market knowledge of different jobs and career paths.
• Proficiency in using Sales Force and in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent research, organizational, and time management skills.
• Effective communication skills.

As a growing nonprofit, we are actively looking for workforce development partners supportive of #SecondChances, corporate sponsors who believe in #FairChanceHiring and volunteers of all kinds. If you’re interested in getting involved, we would love to hear from you at: info@televerdefoundation.org

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