Overview
The Center for Personal Financial Health (CPFH) is a key driver of Restoration’s focus on disrupting the racial wealth gap, strives to advance Black individuals in Brooklyn, by equipping individuals with social support, expanding professional and employer networks to launch careers, and stewarding management of personal finances for long term growth and wealth generation. The Center has increasingly sought to focus efforts on helping low income and underrepresented minorities break into industries that will allow them to access high paying jobs, and resultantly accumulate wealth.
The Senior Career Development Specialist will recruit participants for technology programs and facilitate career readiness, social services and financial counseling to support them in landing, maintaining and advancing in high-paying roles in the technology industry, for instance roles in software engineering or product management. The goal is to ensure that clients start their first job successfully, but are also set up to continuously advance within the technology industry.
Specific responsibilities Career Development Specialist (Technology) include:
●Serve as lead contact between our tech partners, students and Restoration programs
●Recruit Brooklyn residents for skills based technology training, showcasing various career pathways available;
●Develop individual case management plans for training participants and graduates that includes financial coaching, social services, and mentorship.
●Design and facilitate trainings and programming that foster cohesion, mentorship, collaborative learning and support;
●Foster relationships with employers to understand their needs for prospective employees and ensure growth for recently hired graduates;
●Forge relationships with collaborative partners that might support participants, including tech executives, social service partners, etc.
●Develop and track metrics for success including employment, salary, improved financial health and job retention, etc.
Qualifications:
●Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred.
●Experience with the technology industry and background in workforce development, financial services or social services.
●Assertive, empathetic and culturally sensitive: you are able to advocate for your clients and use compassionate, strength-based techniques to guide clients towards their goals. You are also able to work effectively with families from diverse cultural, socio-economic, ethnic and educational backgrounds.
●Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
●Must be data-savvy: you have strong digital skills including proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Access & Outlook) as well as CRM management and reporting.
●Superior verbal/written English communication skills, including grammatical, editing and proofreading skills
●You possess a high level of emotional intelligence, and are able to navigate member needs and assess client readiness in the employment process.
●Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as detail oriented, documentation skills.