Employment Program Specialist

Jewish Family And Community Services East Bay

Concord, CA

$68,000 to $70,000 Yearly
Full-Time

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Employment Program Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Refugee Services 

REPORTS TO: PC Program Supervisor

LOCATION: Concord 

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time, Exempt 

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HOW TO APPLY 

Please complete an application including a cover letter and resume though the JFCS East Bay Career Center by clicking on the link or going to our website: https://jfcs-eastbay.org/jobs/ 

Please note: If you apply via an external site (Indeed, LinkedIn, etc) rather than directly through the Career Center, you may need to submit your cover letter and resume as one document if the site only allows for one uploaded attachment.  

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OUR AGENCY  

JFCS East Bay partners with our clients, staff, and community to pursue justice, promote healing, and advocate for meaningful change. We are an innovative social service agency and community-based organization that has served individuals and families throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties since 1877. We reunite and strengthen families, care for the mental and physical health needs of people impacted by trauma, support healthy relationships between young children and their caregivers, provide legal representation to immigrants, and resettle refugees who seek to start their lives anew. We advocate for housing justice, mobilize community resources, and build bridges across our diverse East Bay to support our clients in meeting their goals and strengthening our community overall.   

Our staff of almost 70 employees is characterized by its dedication, teamwork, warmth, and humor. JFCS East Bay actively seeks to hire a dynamic Employment Program Specialist who reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of the East Bay and of our clients. If you are deeply committed to developing authentic relationships with clients and colleagues, thinking creatively, and advocating for justice for our clients, this is the role for you. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrant, multilingual, older adult or differently abled candidates, and people of all faiths or none at all are encouraged to apply.  

HOW WE OPERATE 

We partner with our clients, staff, and community to advocate for justice and promote healing. 
We engage in our work with integrity, accountability, and transparency. 
We commit to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. 
We maintain an unwavering stance against antisemitism and all forms of prejudice.

POSITION SUMMARY  