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Outreach & Recruitment Specialist - Career Centers
Department : Education, Training, and Youth Services
Employment Type : Fixed Term - Full Time
Location : Roxbury - Malcolm X Boulevard
Description
The MassHire Career Centers connect qualified job seekers with employers, providing the tools and resources needed to start a career, increase skills or find a new job. Join us as an Outreach and Recruitment Specialist in creating a supportive and enriching environment for our community. If you are passionate about community development, and possess the required skills, we invite you to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify a point of contact at each Emergency Assistance shelter located in the city of Boston through whom to engage individuals residing in each said shelter.
- Connect with individuals residing in each local Emergency Assistance shelter to identify the employment objective of each individual and the ancillary training(s) required to achieve the employment objective.
- Facilitate the development of a relationship between individuals residing in each local Emergency Assistance shelter and the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center.
- Establish, in conjunction with the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center Assistant Manager and other management staff, a consistent schedule of outreach to each local Emergency Assistance shelter.
- Develop, maintain, and update a roster of Emergency Assistance shelter residents to whom outreach has been conducted; provided that said roster shall also include the identification of each resident's employment objective and ancillary training(s) which are needed for the residents to achieve their employment objective.
- Enroll each local Emergency Assistance shelter resident, who wishes to, as a member of the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center.
- Work in tandem with staff members of the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center, and any other ABCD staff, to facilitate access to career center and other workforce development services.
- Perform other related duties as assigned from time to time.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
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