Career Retention Coach

Description

Do you feel called to serve in a Christian Ministry?

Do you want to serve where you make a difference in the lives of others?

Are you looking for a life-changing work experience?

The Retention Coach is a critical member of our Ministry by ensuring employment retention through supporting, advising, and reinforcing key training lessons to the client building solutions to any barriers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Maintains relationship/communication with employed clients, including regular one-on-one meetings to assess and address any needs
• Encourages and motivates employed clients to reach their personal and professional goals
• Builds trust and works with clients to slow down and connect them to the big picture of their definition of success
• Collaborates with Atlanta Mission’s corporate employment partners to ensure top-rate retention and continued partnership with hiring companies
• Utilizes outreach tactics outlined in the curriculum in order to ensure clients remain engaged with Atlanta Mission after moving into housing
• Assists clients with issues related to finances which includes budgeting and navigating resources when financial assistance is needed
• Holds responsibility for the job retention of clients for at least 1 year
• Maintains internal processing database to document work activity, client progress, and communications with all clients
• Prepares individual outcome reports, upholding a high standard of data integrity

Qualifications

You will uphold the following Christ-Centered values:

• Humbly Serve: You strive to live, Love and Lead like Jesus
• Faithfully Steward: You honor and wisely use the time, talent and treasures that God has provided
• Courageously Innovate: You are driven towards excellence, you continuously learn, adapt and improve
• Joyfully Celebrate: You intentionally appreciate and recognize all that God is doing in and through all the stakeholders of Atlanta Mission.
• Strength in Unity: You embrace God’s desire for oneness and kingdom-focused unity.

Position Requirements:

• Experience working with economically disadvantaged populations, ideally in a one-on-one coaching capacity 

• Knowledge of financial literacy and budgeting  

• Strong project management skills and the ability to organize, multitask, and prioritize a heavy workload 

• Ability to work with minimal supervision 

• Ability to have flexible, unconventional hours in order to meet clients where they are and accommodate work schedules 

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization 

• High energy and ability to engage others towards a common goal 

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information  

Physical Requirements:

• Must have the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing, sitting, and/or walking)
• Must have the ability to operate a computer and other office equipment constantly
• Must be able to communicate accurate information

Environmental Job Requirements:

• Occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions during events
• Moderate noise as in a business office environment

Special Job Requirements:

• Travel to Chicago bi-annually for training with Cara partner 

• Travel to various locations in the city and to clients’ work locations, as needed 

Salary : $42,000 - $52,000