Description
Revolution Workshop is a social enterprise that provides carpentry and woodworking workforce development for unemployed or underemployed people in partnership with area businesses.
We deliver financial independence and careers through skills, hope, and resilience.
Position Summary
Revolution Workshop is looking for an individual who is interested in assisting individuals through their construction pre-apprenticeship experience. This includes case management activities, coaching, accountability, goal planning, and barrier removal. The Case Manger also runs logistics for much of the day-to-day activities during active training. This position is full-time and year-round. The training at Revolution Workshop is completed through a trauma-informed lens and coaching to help the trainees successfully complete the program and be placed into long-term employment.
Direct Reports
This position reports directly to the Program Manager.
Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 12pm-8:30pm
Friday and Saturday 8am-4pm
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Maintaining individual case management and supportive services for participants in the program, including but not limited to updates of case notes on participants within the program’s database such as attendance, career interests, job positions applied to, and barriers to employment.
- Lead in the support services both internal and external for each participant based on individual need which include but not limited to: transportation assistance, child care, financial issues, housing.
- Prepare applications and other key documents for the program such as handbooks and necessary grant documents.
- Teach life skills/executive functioning as well as financial 101 classes to each cohort covering topics including but not limited to conflict resolution, communication, workplace professionalism, email etiquette etc.
- Build authentic relationships with trainees through the sharing of lived experience and adoption of Revolution Workshop’s coaching approach.
- Hold trainees accountable to the attendance, communication, teamwork and pace of the construction industry.
- Responsible for collecting grant required data and documentation including all eligibility documentation, attendance records, supply sign-outs, and individualized training plans.
- Prepare applications and other key documents for the program.
- Assist in the screening and selecting of all participants for Revolution Workshop programs through interviews of potential candidates.
- Lead weekly meetings to keep all key Program staff informed of trainee progress and concerns.
- Collect feedback from trainees to continue to improve program outcomes and experiences.
- Assist with the planning, development of Revolution Workshop programs.
Other tasks assigned by the supervisor
Benefits:
Unlimited PTO
Employee Assistance Program
Professional development opportunities
ICHRA medical reimbursement
Short term and long term disability
403b 3% match
Disability Specifications:
- ADA: Revolution Workshop will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Work Environment:
- This position is performed in a typical office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree encouraged but not required
- At least one years’ experience working with diverse groups.
- Knowledge and experience working with underserved individuals through approaches that emphasize resiliency, strength based coaching, and trauma informed care.
- Have an understanding of the social service resources available to underserved individuals throughout Chicago and the surrounding area.
- Excellent computer skills – Google G Suite (google docs, sheets, forms, gmail etc.), Microsoft Office, excel, ability to learn new systems and databases.
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
- Detail-oriented.
- Takes initiative, able to anticipate program needs.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.
- Recognize and respond to emerging priorities, allowing for flexibility in your schedule.
- Valid driver’s license to transport trainees to support services, as needed
- Evenings and weekends times are required for this role; work schedule will be flexed accordingly
Skills Required
- At least one year of experience working with diverse groups
- Knowledge and experience working with underserved individuals using resiliency, strengths-based coaching, and trauma-informed care
- Understanding of social service resources available to underserved individuals in Chicago and the surrounding area
- Excellent computer skills, including Google G Suite, Microsoft Office, and Excel, with the ability to learn new systems and databases
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills
- Detail-oriented and able to take initiative and anticipate program needs
- Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills
- Ability to recognize and respond to emerging priorities with schedule flexibility
- Valid driver's license for transporting trainees to support services as needed
- Availability for evening and weekend work
- Bachelor's degree
What We Do
Revolution Workshop is a Chicago-based nonprofit social enterprise that provides free carpentry, woodworking, and construction workforce training for unemployed and underemployed adults, especially people from underserved communities. Working with area businesses, unions, and other employer partners, it prepares participants for construction careers through pre-apprenticeship and technical pathways, coaching, and job placement. Its mission is to advance economic equity while helping meet the construction sector’s demand for diverse, skilled workers.
