Pathways to Success Career Coach

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$49,117 - $58,364/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • Portland, OR
51-100 employees
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Our Pathways to Success Career Coach will recruit, screen and provide assessments for all potential Pathways to Success Project participants. You will provide career track job exploration, training placement, job coaching, and support services to participants, working closely with WorkSource Oregon to determine program eligibility. You will also coordinate efforts with other partner organizations to ensure program success.

  • Outreach/recruitment of SNAP eligible recipients
  • Encourage participant engagement in WorkSource Portland Metro (WSPM)
  • Facilitate life skills, career mapping, financial empowerment, and other work-readiness workshops.
  • Provide job searching support
  • Referral to community support
  • SNAP benefit retention management
  • Provide ongoing outreach and recruitment of low-income and geographically diverse SNAP recipients residing in the city of Portland. This may involve planning and implementing new recruitment strategies and techniques.
  • Engage participants in Career Mapping workshop to identify strengths, gifts and capacities, develop employment goals and address barriers to employment. Provide typed and recorded results to participant’s career coach.
  • Learn and apply SNAP and ABAWD rules to ensure that program participants are receiving benefits.
  • Assist participants with job search activities.
  • Develop a system to plan, monitor and document program and participant activities.
  • Maintain accurate records and statistics to reflect project activities.
  • Participate in all available trainings provided by partner agencies, county, and funder agency.
  • Provide careful data entry and case-noting of participation and monthly verification.
  • Provide continuous and enhanced life skills, soft skills development and work-readiness instruction to help participants build employability.
  • Engage participants in job readiness activities that will address barriers to employment.
  • Link eligible and ready clients to community resources.
  • Provide resource information for tutoring during occupational training or volunteer management as necessary.
  • Facilitate strong communication with all project coaching staff and key partners.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and have the ability to use other software packages including internal and external e-mail/internet
  • Ability to work autonomously and complete program objectives in a timely manner
  • Successful candidates must have ability to maintain positive working relationships with agency, programs and with all community contacts
  • Have strong project and time management skills
  • Ability to function in a positive manner in a demanding work environment, to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, to respond to priorities and schedules that change frequently, and to meet commitments
  • Ability to meet multiple, sometimes conflicting deadlines
  • Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment and make good judgments as it pertains to clients/customers and community partners
  • Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
  • Must have strong skills in decision making, interpersonal skills, conducting presentations, teamwork, problem analysis, creativity, negotiation, customer service, training/supervising, perform basic math (add, subtract, multiply and divide), perform basic programming (database setup, setting system defaults, some software modification) and independent judgment
  • Must be punctual, maintain a good attendance record, able to work flexible and variable hours
  • Must be able to use basic office equipment including computer, multi-line telephone, copy machine, fax machine and office supplies
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (4 years)
  • Experience in career coaching, instruction or case management preferred
  • Experience with pre-employment activities and job search skill development
  • Knowledge of local resources and community supports
  • Experience with data entry software and strong typing skills
  • Knowledge and/or experience working with low-income populations
  • Fluency in English required and another language preferred
  • Preferred knowledge of SNAP and ABAWD rules and requirements
  • Preferred knowledge of WorkSource Portland Metro system including I-match and the ability to learn I-track database tracking system
  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • HRA
  • FSA
  • HSA
  • 401K (with 2% employer match)
  • STD
  • LTD
  • Life & Voluntary Life
  • PTO
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