Job Training Specialist

Position Open Until Filled

Position Summary

The Career Center serves over 1,900 adults each year through a variety of Employment and Training, Education, Supportive Service, Financial Empowerment, and Reentry services. Housed within the Career Center, the Job Training Program provides short-term paid work experience to clients who face barriers to employment. Participants are placed in positions in various departments at the Our House Campus and at our Resale Stores. The Job Training Specialist will have the vision and leadership to manage all aspects of the program and ensure that participants receive the ongoing support they need to successfully transition to unsubsidized employment. This position will be supervised by the Training Coordinator. 

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of the Job Training Program at Our House: 
  • Recruit clients who are a good fit for the program—individuals who experience barriers to employment, who wish to actively participate in workforce training and case management, and who have a goal of finding unsubsidized employment. 
  • Understand grant eligibility and documentation requirements, and maintain complete files for enrolled clients. Partners that support the Job Training Program include AARP, the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, and the Department of Labor.
  • Complete all required enrollment packets, onboarding paperwork, background checks, and COVID Vaccine verification for new enrollees. 
  • Ensure participants understand the expectations and goals of the program through regular program orientation and individual assessments. 
• Communicate with Job Trainee supervisors across campus and resale stores about participant performance, attendance, and areas of improvement. 
• Visit Job Trainees at their Work Sites, both on and off-campus, and provide ongoing support,  such as performance evaluations, job skills and soft skills training, connections to supportive services, and referrals to resources.  
• Support Job Trainees in transitioning to stable, unsubsidized employment after completion of the program. 
• Explore growth opportunities for the Job Training Program, including the creation of new positions, new Work Experience sites, and the development of new training materials in the Career Center.
• Enter client information in the Our House database, track outcomes, provide follow-up services,  and understand performance measures for Career Center programs. 
• Work with the Development Team to highlight client success stories that represent the Employment and Training programs at Our House.
• Actively engage and energize Our House staff members, volunteers, board members, event committees, partnering organizations, donors, and grant funders.
• Work closely with the Career Center team to align all programming with goals relating to long-term, sustainable employment. 

Qualifications

The Job Training Specialist will be thoroughly committed to Our House’s mission. All candidates should have the following qualifications and experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience working with individuals and families in poverty, distress, and/or homelessness and near-homelessness.
• Interest in workforce development, occupational training, and adult education.
• Excellent organization and multi-tasking skills. Ability to create and stick to systems. 
• Customer service skills, patience and conflict-resolution skills. 
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative.
• Must be focused on problem-solving, capacity-building, thriftiness, and teamwork.
• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.

Other Requirements 

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and vehicle to use in performance of job. Position requires some travel within Central Arkansas. 
• Must be able to pass criminal background and child and adult maltreatment screens and a pre-employment drug screen.
• COVID-19 vaccination required or must meet the legal guidelines for an exemption.
  

Salary and Benefits

• This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position.
• Benefits include employee health insurance (employee premiums paid by Our House) and optional dental, vision, life insurance, accident, STD, and critical illness (paid by employee). Available on the first day of the month following start date.
• 401(k) with Our House match up to 4% of wages contributed (available after 12 months of employment).
• 10 days of annual leave per year.
• 10 days of holiday leave per year including a birthday holiday.
• 15 days additional leave for illness or requirements of life.
• Employee Assistance Program

Our House is a drug free workplace.

Our House is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. People of color and members of the LGBTQ community are encouraged to apply.

Organization

Founded in 1987, Our House is a nonprofit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Our House empowers homeless and near-homeless families and individuals to succeed in the workforce, in school, and in life through hard work, wise decision-making, and active participation in the community. The diverse workforce that makes up the 100+ person team at Our House includes salaried and hourly staff, AmeriCorps and VISTA national service members, interns, and resident job trainees. Our House operates on a budget of approximately $7 million per year. Over the last decade, Our House has experienced tremendous growth, with an operating budget that has quintupled in size and a campus expansion that has included $16 million in capital investment.

Corporate Culture

Our House has a uniquely positive and mission-focused corporate culture. Team members are encouraged and expected to take their positions seriously, work hard, work together, engage supporters wherever possible, and always remain focused on the Our House mission. The Our House team has defined a set of seven Guiding Principles that characterize our culture and that we intentionally seek to uphold.