The Role
Develop and maintain employer relationships to secure unsubsidized jobs for clients. Conduct daily cold calls and follow-ups, perform regular field visits, maintain a job bank, run recruitment events, enter case notes into SEAMS and FedcapCARES, produce reports, and coordinate with work readiness and retention teams to meet placement targets.
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Position Summary:
The Job Developer is responsible for identifying, developing, and maintaining relationships with employers to create unsubsidized employment opportunities for clients
What You'll Do
- Conduct a minimum of 25 cold calls each day to identify businesses that are currently hiring, in addition to follow-up calls to employers and VRS participants.
- Secure a minimum of 14 unsubsidized placements, including but not limited to part-time and/or full-time employment of a minimum of 20 weekly hours, making no less than the approved minimum wage.
- Conduct a minimum of 2-3 field visits on a bi-weekly basis to establish and enhance partnerships with businesses to create job opportunities for WeCARE participants.
- Possess a comprehensive job bank, and/or the ability to leverage relationships to meet the needs of participants.
- Meet and understand the skills of VRS participants to identify barriers to employment, as well as how to best present them to employers.
- Produce weekly reports of cold calls and field visits, and conduct daily follow-up with employers to identify strengths, areas of improvement, and next steps.
- Design and create recruitment strategies, job fairs, on-site employer visits, and cyber info sessions for internet job search companies that operate and screen through automated methods.
- Enter case notes into SEAMS, HRA’s record management system, as well as FedcapCARES for VRS participant services.
- Announce job leads weekly in workshops and work closely with Work Readiness Facilitators on follow-ups with consumer-referred interviews.
- Assist the retention unit to ensure all employment data is accurate and verified.
You're a great fit for this role if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field.
- Minimum of one (1) year of job development and/or placement experience in either the public or private sector.
- Sales experience with marketing and/or public relations experience preferred.
- Experience developing jobs for individuals with disabilities requiring special accommodations. Or an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
Compensation
$25.49-$26.45/hr./$53k-$55k annually
Equal Opportunity Employer
About Us Mission: We are committed to improving the economic and social well-being of the impoverished and disadvantaged. For 85 years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group is the parent company of a growing number of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to serving over 300,000 children and adults each year across the United States and the United Kingdom. The Fedcap Group provides educational services to every age group, vocational training in high-growth labor industries, behavioral health services, work readiness skill-building and jobs—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
The work of The Fedcap Group is structured within four major practice areas: Education, Workforce Development, Occupational Health and Economic Development, which are strategically aligned for maximum impact.
The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader systems change—working in partnership with federal, state and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded and delivered.
Website: http://fedcapgroup.org/
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in social work or related field
- Minimum of one (1) year of job development and/or placement experience
- Experience developing jobs for individuals with disabilities requiring special accommodations or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Sales experience with marketing and/or public relations experience
- Experience entering case notes and using SEAMS and FedcapCARES (HRA record management systems)
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The Company
What We Do
Fedcap Apex Acquisition LLC is an entity formed by The Fedcap Group, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing economic well-being through education and workforce development, to acquire Apex Technical School, which provides vocational training in skilled trades.
