Job Developer

Center for Employment Opportunities•New York, NY

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is seeking to hire a Job Developer for its local office. This role is crucial to CEO's mission of helping individuals who have been incarcerated regain the skills and confidence needed for a successful transition to stable and productive lives. The Job Developer will increase the range of employment opportunities available to participants by using their interests, experiences, and ambitions as a foundation for job placements. This includes identifying and cultivating potential employers for prospect portfolios. The most rewarding aspect of this role is making the "right fit" match between a participant and an employer, leading to successful matches and participant longevity in the workforce, which often drastically reduces the rate of recidivism. CEO strongly encourages individuals with lived experience of incarceration or involvement in the justice system to apply.

Requirements

Experience in workforce development, recruitment, or sales/account management, with a role in which performance goals needed to be met regularly.
Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to adjust to particular personalities and interaction styles on the spot.
Resilience and persistence in anticipating and addressing challenges while keeping an eye on the end goal.
Comfort working under pressure and meeting deadlines despite opposition or setbacks.
Ability to look at a set of data or market research and use it to guide practice and decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Deep dedication to social justice.
Experience in the re-entry space.
Passion about making an impact in people's lives and guiding them to achieve their career goals through a balance of accountability and empathy.
Enjoyment of networking and cultivating lasting relationships with people and businesses.
Lived experience of incarceration or involvement in the justice system.

Responsibilities

Envision, develop, and implement a strategic plan for placement services that ensures CEO meets its participant placement metrics.
Conduct reviews of existing CEO business partnerships regularly, evaluate employer demand and usage of CEO services, and determine improvements and ways to leverage relationships with employers.
Achieve weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual placement goals in accordance with CEO’s contractual obligations.
Research, conduct outreach to, and build relationships with prospective employers willing to hire CEO participants and who have hiring needs that match the skills, experience, and interests of our overall participant cohort.
Maintain relationships with existing employer partners.
Schedule and conduct daily prospecting, cold calls, and face-to-face meetings.
Serve as the liaison among employers, participants, and our criminal justice partners.
Screen and match program participants with employment opportunities, taking into consideration each participant’s skills, work experience, interests, and goals and aspirations.
Customize participants’ resumes to fit identified opportunities.
Manage a caseload of participants, support and coach them around applying for jobs, navigating the hiring process, and finding and securing right fit employment.
Document all participant and employer contact, activities, and outcomes in our case management system (Salesforce).
Perform other job-related duties and responsibilities assigned from time to time.