Director, Employment Services

Summary

The Director, Employment Services oversees Brotherhood Crusade's Proud to Be Me initiative implementation which is uniquely innovative, trauma-informed, human centered, and a Whole Person Care Model that provides extensive wraparound support to Priority Population, Young Adults, and Opportunity Youth in order to prepare them well for and ultimately facilitate their transition into sustained middle-wage employment. 

Essential Duties- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Manages the operational unit of Employment Services to include Job Developers, charged with obtaining and effecting employment services for opportunity youth.
2. Attends any meetings, workshops, trainings, and events pertinent to Employment Services
3. Manages and develops orientation policies and procedures to include timely transactions relating to the effectiveness of onboarding for youth and employers.
4. Coordinates and ensures performance evaluations are provided to staff at predetermined intervals
5. Administers and submits pre-, mid, and post-assessments, assimilate, review, correct data and, as appropriate; present data results to key stakeholders and senior management
6. Ensures your team is advocating for the youth and ensure their receipt of culturally- and age-appropriate trauma- informed youth development services for themselves and their families. Work with staff to ensure youth and their family have access to necessary services and resources from Brotherhood Crusade and its collaborative partners (employers)
7. Works in partnership with YouthSource Center Program Team, to support all facets youth employment services
8. Ensures that employers are recruited, retained and educated regarding the youth that we serve
9. Ensures that partner employment sites are being serviced and communicated with on a regular basis to allow for success for our youth in their employ
10. Supports the Brotherhood Crusade Proud to be Me Initiative and curriculum
11. Be a steward and make sure external collaborations with individuals and businesses have impactful opportunities for youth ready for employment.
12. Be accountable for significant job development and participant recruitment targets
13. Attends all supervisory and all staff meetings
14. Conducts researches, compiles data, such as maintaining records, managing data systems and providing information to external and senior management
15. Creates and submits monthly reports that track overall program progress and results to the Senior Director of Workforce Programs.

     

    Additional Duties 

    1. Other duties and special projects as assigned.
     

         Education & Experience

• Minimum of three years of youth development experience working with low-income, highly urbanized youth and young adults in marginalized communities
• Passion and commitment to the betterment of all individuals, especially low income and at-risk individuals
• Minimum of two years of demonstrated clinical or non-clinical mental health experience, a working understanding of social emotional learning and adverse childhood experiences, and demonstrated engagement in trauma-informed, trauma-responsive youth development outside of and separate from their work obligations

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year university required.

      Other Qualifications

• Possesses a valid driver's license and state-required auto insurance.

• This position may require some travel.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Spanish / English bilingual preferred.
• Ability to handle confidential information. 

• Participates in, conducts, and sustains performance quality improvement activities according to designated role and responsibilities.

• Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Punctual and dependable attendance.
• Understands Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade’s basic philosophy and participates fully in carrying out its mission.

     Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• None required.
  

Disclaimer

• The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to perform in this job.

Benefits

• Excellent full benefits package.

Schedule

• Must be available to work Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday from 9:00am – 5:30pm and Wednesdays from 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm
• There may be occurrences when a work or community event occurs on Saturday and/or Sunday. Your work schedule will be revised to accommodate this change and you will be notified in advance.