Career Coach – Construction

Location: Portland, Oregon

Hours: Monday to Friday

Reports to: Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program Manager

Salary: $42,928 to $53,660 annually

*To be considered for this position, please follow the Application Instructions at the end of this job posting*

Job Summary: 

• Conducts outreach, recruits, enrolls, and maintains a caseload of up to 40 clients, focusing on people ages 18-25. 

• Coordinates outreach, develops relationships with local employers and creates mechanisms for clients to access continuing education or job placement opportunities.

• Plans and facilitates job readiness, employment skills, and financial literacy lessons.

Job Duties:

• Conducting youth orientations and collecting/managing essential forms and paperwork

• Building relationships with assigned people and potentially the partner agencies affiliated with the people assigned.

• Collaborates with the Work Opportunities Training (WOT) team and other POIC departments to deliver services across program sites.

• Collaborates with employer partners to develop opportunities for clients of diverse skill levels to obtain work experience.

• Offering support services, including clothing and transportation necessary for position requirements and to support successful job completions.

• Documents all client interaction, progress, participation, and data in a workforce development-specific database system daily.

• Maintains detailed, organized, and updated files in compliance with local and federal government contractors

• Research promising practices for serving low-income clients and approaches to alleviating poverty to ensure that the program model is dynamic and responsive to client needs.

• Works with POIC’s community-based programs to address barriers to sustainable employment.

• Maintains punctual, regular, and predictable attendance.

• Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation. • Respectfully takes direction from supervisor.

• Other duties as assigned. Check box if you would like the following standard language added to the job duties: ☒ Maintains punctual, regular, and predictable attendance. 

•  Works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.

•  Other duties as assigned.  

Qualifications:

• Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the safety or health of employees or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Experience/Education:

• Highschool diploma/GED required.

What We Offer:

POIC + RAHS offers a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow. Our compensation and benefits package represents our commitment to employee health and financial wellness.

• Generous vacation/PTO policy

• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

• Employer-paid Life and Long Term Disability insurance

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option

• 403(b) Retirement Plan option

• Twelve paid holidays per year

• Professional growth and advancement opportunities

Application Instructions:

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit:

1. Personal Statement that includes:

   1. Why you are interested in working for POIC + RAHS

   2. How your skills and experience relate to this position

   3. What you can contribute to our organization and the youth we serve

2. Resume

Please send your Personal Statement and Resume to jobs@portlandoic.org with the job title in the subject line. 

Applicants who do not submit a personal statement that includes the requested information may be disqualified from being considered for the position.