What are the responsibilities and job description for the Job Developer position at The Fedcap Group?
We are hiring in Queens! Join us at Fedcap Inc. for an exciting career as a Job Developer.
Wage/Salary: 55k-60k | Non-Exempt: Full-Time
Position Summary:
Job Developer is responsible for identifying, developing, and maintaining relationships with employers to create unsubsidized employment opportunities for clients.
Essential Job Functions:
- Conducts cold calls to employers to identify job leads and businesses that are currently hiring, in addition to follow-up calls to employers.
- Weekly visits to participants in Rikers Island transitioning out for employment group/discussions.
- Secures transitional and permanent placements, including but not limited to part-time and/or full-time employment
- Conducts field visits to ensure that all businesses are well versed in the methodologies of the program and open to hiring justice-involved participants
- Regularly reviews local postings and websites to remain abreast of local job fairs and employer open houses, and refer all qualified participants
- Possesses a comprehensive job bank and or/ the ability to leverage relationships to meet the needs of participants.
- Meets and understands the skills of job seekers to identify barriers to employment, as well as how to best present them to employers
- Produces daily and weekly reports on employment outcomes
- Designs and creates recruitment strategies, job fairs, on-site employer visits, “meet the manager” days, and cyber info sessions for internet job search companies that operate and screen through automated methods.
- Enters case notes for every job seeker in FedcapCARES
- Tracks retention for all participants.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, management, human relations, or related field preferred. (Four years of experience working in Workforce Development may supplement the degree.)
- Experience in outside sales or job development and placement track record; demonstrate established relationships with employers in the New York City area.
- Experience working with public assistance recipients, the homeless, the formally incarcerated, and/or those affected by the challenges associated with poverty is a plus
- Must have a mastery of all the key activities that customers must complete to successfully gain and retain employment
- Excellent communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Must be computer literate and proficient in MS Office products
- Highly organized and detail-minded
- Must be able to receive entrance clearance to Rikers Island
- Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer
