Bilingual Employment Trainer

COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES•Roanoke, VA

9d•$20 - $25

About The Position

Since 1923, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) has provided life-changing human services to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. CCC offers quality and compassionate human services to all people, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of faith. We are passionate about the work we do in our communities, providing 31 critical services at 11 locations throughout Virginia SUMMARY: This position supports the local employment program for assigned clients to include job readiness support including specific job skills training, and workplace literacy, and career pathway support

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent is required with one year of related experience; bachelor’s degree preferred.
Must be bilingual in English and at least one of the following languages: Dari, Pashto, Farsi (Persian), Hindi, Nepali, Swahili, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, or Ukrainian.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Limited English Proficient populations is preferred.

Responsibilities

Works with employment program to construct pre-employment training for the jobs that are available in the service area.
Plans and prepares curriculum, syllabus, instructional materials, testing instruments, and classroom space for the employment/job readiness training program.
Coordinates planning of training activities for each assigned client with appropriate staff members.
Provides one to one and group career pathway support to targeted refugee clients
Research available community resources including scholarships on the area of On the Job Training (OJT), skill and financial literacy training and other career enhancement opportunities for clients
Develops worksite training opportunities for enrolled clients.
Conducts pre-employment training.
Maintains accurate documentation of progress and activities.
Works with other staff to deliver quality services to all clients.
Ensures client and employment program needs are met.
Represents the Agency in the community and workplace in a professional and ethical manner.
Demonstrates sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Demonstrates strong interpersonal, decision-making, problem-solving, oral, and written skills.
Utilizes a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Benefits

Retirement savings – After one year of employment, the agency contributes 4% of your plan year earnings into a savings account for you and will match dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of salary if an employee makes contributions to the plan. That’s an 8% annual contribution to your retirement savings!
PTO – earn 16 days off for vacation, sick, or personal time in your first year. This goes up to 22 days in your second year and keeps climbing every five years.
Holidays – Enjoy eleven paid holidays
Other paid leave at no cost to employees – bereavement, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid parental leave
Virginia Credit Union memberships
Employee Assistance program – Free services including five free confidential consultations with a mental health professional
Medical Insurance – a choice of 4 PPO plans for employee, employee + spouse, employee + child(ren), or family coverage. A portion of premiums subsidized by the agency.
Dental Insurance – a choice of two dental plans for employee, employee + spouse, employee + child(ren), or family coverage. A portion of premiums subsidized by the agency.
Vision Insurance
Life insurance – paid by agency with option to purchase additional coverage
Other insurance benefits – flexible spending accounts including dependent care, health savings account (for qualified HDHP participants), legal resources