Career Coach

JVS Boston•Brockton, MA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Career Coach at Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) provides job-readiness training and career development support to individuals with disabilities, with a focus on foundational skills for obtaining and maintaining community employment. The role delivers pre-employment and on-the-job training through individual coaching and small-group instruction, including services for the MassAbility Transition Program. That program supports career seekers with disabilities ages 14–22 who are enrolled in school or higher education through career exploration, self-advocacy, work-readiness training, post-secondary education counseling, and work-based learning opportunities. The Career Coach assigned to the Transition Program delivers career and professional development sessions in person and virtually, supports student participation and progress, and cultivates employer partnerships for work-based learning. The position serves the Greater Boston and Brockton areas and averages four in-person days and one remote day per week. For four weeks annually, the Coach leads intensive in-person Career Camps, with two camps each in Boston and Brockton, and is on site with students every day during those camps. Services may be provided outside traditional school hours; scheduled hours are either 11 a.m.–7 p.m. or noon–8 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break. The Coach may also support career seekers pursuing, securing, and sustaining competitive employment. The role requires collaborative relationships with transition-age career seekers, families, schools, employers, and other support professionals. The Coach contributes to program enrollment and completion goals, adapts curriculum to student learning and support needs, monitors and documents client progress, and helps advance JVS’s mission of building an inclusive workforce. Local travel and in-person service delivery are required. JVS is a nonprofit, non-sectarian workforce development agency committed to diversity and an inclusive workplace.

Requirements

A deep commitment to disability inclusion in the workforce.
Flexibility to provide in-person services and travel locally in Greater Boston and Greater Brockton.
Ability to work effectively with staff and clients from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Ability to learn and use JVS’s Salesforce database.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

1–3 years of experience in workforce development or a related field.
1–3 years of experience working with individuals who face barriers to employment.
An associate or bachelor’s degree in human services or another related field.
Understanding of job development and job placement.
Knowledge of virtual meeting platforms.
Fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Cape Verdean Creole.
Knowledge of community and web-based resources.
Knowledge of the disability rights movement and/or self-advocacy movements.
Experience in education, employment, or other settings with young adults with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Deliver engaging in-person and virtual training on job exploration, work readiness, self-advocacy, and post-secondary education counseling.
Help the Transition Program meet enrollment and program completion goals.
Strengthen, revise, and adapt the MassAbility Transition Services curriculum to students’ learning and support needs.
Organize and lead intensive youth Career Camps during spring and summer school vacation periods.
Collaborate with career seekers, families, and educators to identify and remove barriers to participation.
Engage employers in fields aligned with student interests and secure their commitment to work-based learning opportunities.
Work with disability-focused workforce development professionals to provide pre-employment training, job coaching, and individualized or group coaching support.
Demonstrate schedule flexibility to meet career seekers’ and employers’ support needs.
Conduct outreach to prospective students, families, educators, and employers.
Contribute to or help construct transition teams involving families, educators, MassAbility, and other supports.
Partner with MassAbility Counselors and Placement Staff to help students achieve career and education goals.
Maintain relationships with existing employers and community partners and cultivate new partnerships.
Monitor and evaluate program effectiveness; assess and document client progress.
Organize and maintain electronic files and records.
Participate in regular supervision and department meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.