Employer Engagement Specialist

About Greenwich House   

Founded in 1902, Greenwich House is a settlement house that provides high-impact, multigenerational arts, education, social, and health programming to support New York's diverse population. The organization offers a variety of programs and approaches to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness support, education, personal enrichment, skill-building, and cultural experiences.

Position Summary 

The Workforce Services Division at Greenwich House is seeking an Employer Engagement Specialist to support job seekers utilizing employment services at the Lifelong Skills and Opportunity Center in Greenwich Village. The center serves as a valuable resource for Greenwich House's priority communities, including older adults, migrants, individuals with prior criminal justice involvement, and adults recovering from substance use and mental health disorders. 

The Employer Engagement Specialist will establish partnerships with businesses and nonprofit organizations, building excitement around the benefits of hiring our talented and determined community members. 

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies to identify the best-fit workplaces for our priority populations. 
• Close deals with partners, establishing deliverables for hiring our clients. 
• Collaborate with case management team to ensure clients meet employer partner needs and hiring criteria. 
• Report regularly to the team about progress and completion of goals. 
• Create and implement a communications and marketing strategy to attract new businesses and organizations to the Lifelong Learning and Opportunity Center. 
• Maintain data reports and track metrics to support overall job placement outcomes. 
• Host information sessions for potential hiring partners and hiring events to match clients with employers. 
• Build relationships with key stakeholders, representing and promoting the work to various audiences. 
• Conduct regular outreach to partners, including mailings, cold calls, emails, and visits, with special attention to newly established partners. 
• Present partnership-building data to internal and external stakeholders as requested. 
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor. 

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a job developer for a non-profit organization or related role with relevant experience 
• Adept at creating marketing materials such as virtual presentations, flyers, web content, and social media posts 
• Proven track record of establishing new employer partnerships for a similar organization, with familiarity working with unique priority populations 
• Demonstrated talent in audience engagement, facilitation, face-to-face marketing, and telephone marketing 
• Passion for delivering quality services to communities in need 
• Strengths-based approach to serving communities with barriers to employment 

Vaccination Requirement 

As of October 29, 2021, we are requiring all Greenwich House and Barrow Street Nursery School new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, a successful candidate must be able to perform satisfactorily each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified candidates with disabilities to perform these duties. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee’s actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran’s status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https://www.greenwichhouse.org/about/