Level 1

Summary

Join us as a Job Developer-Level 1 in Philadelphia, PA, and play a crucial role in helping individuals coming out of incarceration regain skills and confidence for a successful transition to stable and productive lives. As a Job Developer, you will increase employment opportunities available to our participants using participant interests, experiences, and ambitions as foundation for participant job placements.

Requirements

• Experience in workforce development, recruitment, or sales/account management
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to adjust to particular personalities and interaction styles on the spot
• Resilience and ability to anticipate and address challenges along the way while keeping your eye on the end goal
• Ability to look at a set of data or market research and use it to guide your practice and decision-making

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

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental coverage
• Professional development opportunities and training, including regular training opportunities in Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Paid parental leave
• Participation in a retirement plan
• Sick and vacation leave
• Paid holidays