Global Refuge · 14 hours ago
Career Development Specialist
Baltimore, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expGlobal Refuge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving newcomers seeking safety and support. The Career Development Specialist will advocate for refugees by providing personalized career support and ensuring access to job skills training opportunities.
Health CareHospitalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Closely collaborate with the Employer Engagement Specialist to identify and enroll eligible clients in EEP
Provide a client-centered, trauma-informed culturally and linguistically appropriate EEP services to enrolled refugee participants
Provide individualized and goal-oriented career support and follow-up to assist clients in career advancement
Monitor progress towards goal and conduct assessment to identify additional training needs
Identify opportunities for career advancement for refugees that match the skills needed to fill workforce gaps and support access
Ensure participants have convenient access to English language training
Follow up with program participants and employers to ensure retention, address any issues, and support job upgrade opportunities
Coordinate with resettlement and Refugee Support Services staff, as applicable, to support program participants' progress toward self-sufficiency
Partner with Workforce Development Centers and train their staff on how to work with refugees and ensure refugees access vocational training opportunities (utilizing WIOA funds)
Identify referral partners to address needs that impact program participation and self-sufficiency and make appropriate connections
Identify potential champions within workplaces and neighborhoods (i.e. faith leaders, neighborhood associations and community leaders) to plan and implement connection events that promote inclusivity promoting refugee integration
Work with LIRS and academic partner to conduct a robust evaluation
Maintain case files and clearly document service provision through documentation of participant eligibility, personalized training plan, assessment results, and case notes
Maintain relevant reports and statistics related to client activities and program services
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Ability to market refugees and immigrants as potential employees and agency services to businesses
A minimum of two (2) years of experience in non-profit immigration or social services programs
Ability to build and maintain relationships and partnerships with diverse stakeholders
Ability to make and maintain a connection with one stop career centers
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business and technical documents or instructions related to employment programs and businesses
Ability to contribute to reporting with accurate data about employer connections and workforce center partnerships
Ability to facilitate trainings and workshops with workforce staff, employers, and champions
Cross cultural sensitivity and knowledge with the ability and desire to work with people of other cultures
Ability to place clients in jobs related to their skills and experience
Ability to adjust clients' expectations to accept jobs that match their skills and experiences
Ability to work well on a team
Ability to track and report data regularly
Preferred
Undergraduate degree in social work, social sciences, or related field; preferred
Past experience in job development, coalition building and assisting refugees or migrants to access workforce system resources, preferred
Functional fluency in one or more foreign languages preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision available the first day of employment
Generous paid time off including 20 days of vacation, 12 days of sick leave, 12 paid holidays
12 weeks of fully paid parental leave and up to 12 weeks of fully paid FMLA leave
Company 403(b) contribution of 3%, an additional 7% match which vests immediately
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development
Company
Global Refuge
Global Refuge is a non-profit organization management.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Truist Foundation
2024-08-14Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
President & CEO
Allison Cheatle
Senior Program Officer for Community Partnerships
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