Facilitator II, Industry Partnerships

Description :

Position Type : Full-time; Monday-Friday 8 : 00-4 : 30pm

Reports to : Program Manager, Industry Partnerships

Salary Range : $46,000-$51,000

About Towards Employment

Founded in 1976, Towards Employment (TE) is a non-profit leader in providing innovative solutions to move people out of poverty, into quality jobs and along a career pathway. Towards Employment has gained local and national recognition for achieving excellent outcomes through the hard work of its dedicated staff of 74 and an $8 million annual budget. Towards Employment offers a continuum of support to low-income individuals preparing to enter the workforce or looking to advance from low-wage employment while also fulfilling the staffing needs of local employers.

Towards Employment offers a robust and competitive benefits package designed to support our team’s health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include employer-subsidized medical and prescription; Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match and profit sharing; and company-provided life and short-term disability insurance. We also offer voluntary benefits such as, vision, dental insurance, HSA / FSA savings accounts and dependent life insurance. Additional perks include paid parental leave, generous paid time off (including vacation, 10 sick days, 13 paid holidays, and time off between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve), flexible schedules, salary advances, cell phone reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program offering free mental health support services. Join a team that invests in you!

POSITION OVERVIEW :

Towards Employment is seeking an experienced facilitator to provide career readiness training customized for manufacturing employer partnerships. The position is responsible for delivering a set of services designed to increase entry level employee placement and retention at local manufacturers. The Facilitator will work at employer partner’s and manufacturer’s sites, facilitating a program that includes training in job readiness and technical skills. The Facilitator will be responsive to the needs of trainees and the needs of the employers, which will serve as sponsor and host for the program. The Facilitator will build strong relationships with our employer partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Deliver engaging, interactive curriculum consistent with the employers’ needs
• Maintain a classroom environment consistent with the employers’ expectations for performance.
• Coordinate and facilitate group sessions contextualized to manufacturing
• Support students during technical training and hands-on portion of curriculum
• Promote best-practices in facilitation and utilize adult learning techniques during workshop instruction.
• Develop positive working relationships with employer partners to assess need to understand working environment / gauge services needed by employees advancement
• Work to a high level of responsiveness to employer needs, including responding immediately to crucial communications regardless of business hours and communicating resolution of all issues

Requirements : Minimum Requirements

Success in this position also requires :

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