Employability Skills Instructor

Description

Teaching Employability Skills also known as soft skills and job readiness training (e.g. resume’ writing, interviewing techniques, professional dress, effective communication, customer service and conflict resolution, money management, time management, job application completion, and computer skills such as Microsoft Office) to teens. This position will evaluate students based on their performance and participation in soft skills classes.

This position will also assist with the intake process and ongoing case management support, advocacy, and guidance. This position works collaboratively to provide ongoing career coaching, job follow-up, and tracking members’ attendance and progress. This position requires a candidate to demonstrate strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize workload and multi-task in a fast-paced environment, and a strong track record of meeting deliverables.

Classes are held at varying hours during weekdays. During school and after school shifts available.

Employability skills instructors play a pivotal role in preparing trainees for the modern workforce. Employment hours for soft skills instructors are part-time afternoon/evening hours during the week. During the school year, the hours can be from 11:30-3:00 pm or 2:30-6:30 pm based on the needs of the Technical Training Center. The summer hours for this position are 9:30-5:00 pm. The max hours a week an instructor will get on average is 29.5. This will fluctuate on days (weeks) that we have special events. Due to the nature of the training center, you may be asked to work special events or longer hours on certain days but will know ahead of time about those opportunities. 

Employability Skills instructors follow the curriculum given by employer with great opportunities to be creative and have input into the program. In addition, soft skills instructors sometimes transport students to and from job interviews and/or off-site events relevant to training. The instructor may also be asked to work at one of our satellite sites in the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis network to ensure that we are benefiting all at-risk Memphis youth.

 Please email your resume’ to crystalc@bgcm.org   

Requirements

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree preferred; prefer two years related experience working in opportunity youth programs, education, life skills, case management, social services, human resources, and counseling or employment and training programs. Also, it is preferable that the instructor have previous experience working with teens specifically.

Equal Employment Opportunity Title VI Policy Statement:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis is committed to ensuring that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or any other protected status as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (PL 100.259), be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity, whether those programs and activities are federally funded or not. This Policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, as well as the use of all Club facilities.

Consistent with its commitment to equal employment, the Club will work to accommodate disabled employees in keeping with applicable law. If an employee believes he needs an accommodation because of a disability, he should make a request to Human Resources and the Club will engage in an interactive dialogue with the employee to determine the best course of action.

No form of unlawful discrimination, including unlawful harassment, will be tolerated.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Salary : $15 - $17