Lead Bilingual Adult Employment Coordinator
Company: Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: October 3, 2024
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Job Description:
Under the direction of the Executive Director and Director of
Programs, the Lead Bilingual Adult Employment Coordinator provides
a range of essential services to job seekers who are residents of
Supervisorial District 11 in San Francisco. BHNC offers
comprehensive, people-powered solutions for growing neighborhood
jobs andstrengthening the local economy. One of the goals is to
provide opportunities to low-income and people of color residents
to overcome significant employment barriers. We are seeking a
highly motivated individual with a strong interest in workforce
development as a means to achieve social and economic justice for
low-income and people of color.THE ORGANIZATION: Bernal Heights
Neighborhood Center BHNC is a non-profit community-based
multi-services agency founded in 1978. Our mission is to preserve
and enhance the ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity of Bernal
Heights and surrounding neighborhoods. We promote community action
to build a just and equitable community for all.BHNC focuses on the
needs of people with low and moderate incomes. We accomplish our
mission by:? Developing affordable housing throughout San
Francisco;? Providing linguistically and culturally responsive
services to our community's most vulnerable adults, seniors, youth,
and their families;? Developing leaders, organizing and empowering
our tenants, clients, members, and allies to advocate for their
needs and the needs of the community.BHNC has five key program
areas to meet this mission: Housing Development and Rehabilitation,
Employment Programs, Senior Services, Youth Services, and Community
Organizing.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESClient Management? Lead
employment coordinator with weekly one on one meetings and ongoing
team meetings.? Oversee staff use of client database, ISP review,
and client support? Outreach and marketing of programs to related
agencies and local businesses.? Recruits jobseekers from District
11. Screens, matches, and refers candidates for job opportunities.
Maintain participant records.? Develops, customizes, and delivers
cohort training based on individual clients' needs and in groups to
provide clients with skills to achieve employment preparation, job
placement and retention, and career advancement.? Provides
one-on-one meetings with clients to create an individual employment
plan, identifies and arranges participants support services, and
makes appropriate job referrals.? Refers client to appropriate
resources for training, work experiences, employment and/or other
community services.? Coordinates community activities including,
but not limited to, computer and basic writing skills classes,
financial coaching and financial literacy workshops, vocational ESL
classes, and others activities that will enhance both hard and soft
skills of our clients.Employment Coordination & Job Development?
Researches the employment market and identifies job opportunities.
Develops and maintains strong relationships with
employers/businesses to create employmentopportunities for
clients.? Oversees outreach events such as job fairs and business
association events; markets programs and services to employers?
Coordinates hiring process between employer and job seeker, as
appropriate.? Coordinates and implements all employment services,
including job training, job development, referrals, placement and
retention activities? Prepares monthly activity reportsOther
Responsibilities & Duties:? Participates in internal and external
meetings and other collaborative opportunities to support efforts
to identify job s and explore capacity building? Represents the
organization in community meetings, including program partner
organizations and participating employers.? Actively seeks to
expand knowledge based off workforce development issues and best
practices and share information with CUHJ partners.? Oversees the
systems to organize and maintain an efficient client flow/case
management with specific emphasis on employment activity and
retention follow up? Others duties as assigned.Knowledge/Skills
Required:? Excellent verbal and written communication skills both
in English and Spanish. Fluency in Spanish is required for this
position.? Ability to work with at-risk, low-income
transitional-aged youth and immigrant adults, especially those who
live in the Excelsior.? Minimum of two years experience working
with the target population? High School diploma or equivalent and
relevant work experience required.? Computer literacy in Windows,
MS Word, and the internet; some database experience (Salesforce
preferred).? Fingerprinting Background check
requiredKnowledge/Skills Preferred:? Experience facilitating,
creating, and implementing activities geared toward transitional
aged youth and immigrant adults? Understanding of employment
basics, including resume writing, job application completion,
interview techniques, etc.? Commitment to social action, social
justice, delivery of quality services, and development in
mixed-income, multi-racial, multi-ethnic community.? Working
knowledge of the private sector and business practicesBHNC is an at
will, equal-opportunity employer. "Pursuant to the San Francisco
Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, we will
consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and
conviction records."Compensation details: 30-32 Yearly
SalaryPId7c26356673f-25660-34873199
Keywords: Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Redwood City , Lead Bilingual Adult Employment Coordinator, Human Resources , San Francisco, California
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