Business Liaison - Job Training Program

The Business Liaison facilitates customer access to training, education, and to employment services, as well as providing labor market information. The Business Liaison assists and recruits employers to provide opportunity and employment for Job Training participants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts Degree (Experience in a related field may be substituted on a year for year basis for education)
• Demonstrated supervisory skills and experience with high-risk youth
• Ability to work with the public in a professional manner
• Ability to communicate well with others both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to prepare accurate and reliable reports
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to organizational changes and needs
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to collaborate and to work as part of a team
• Must possess a valid California Driver License

General Responsibilities

• Worksite development to facilitate diverse opportunities in demand occupations
• Informs business, labor and public employers about the Job Training program.
• Completion of Worksite Agreements to include assisting Worksite Supervisors to ensure safe and productive work experience for participant.
• Prepares and coordinates the development of appropriate job duties, skills to be learned, as well as actual job descriptions of participants.
• Promotes and develops on-the job training opportunities for disadvantaged youth. Assists participants in job search efforts, ensuring the delivery of culturally sensitive, trauma-informed participant services. Conducts career and employment workshops.
• Establishes relationships with employers regarding any worksite problems, complaints, and progress of participants and recommends proper and necessary action as needed.
• Assist with outreach and participant recruitment efforts to include identifying recruitment sources, giving presentations and ongoing participation at events in the community.
• Instructs participants in resume writing, job search, interviewing techniques and completion of pre-employment requirements.
• Monitoring of participants overall progress in work experience and updating ISS as appropriate.
• Bi-Monthly Worksite Evaluations with Worksite Supervisor and participant.
• Vocational counseling and support service referral, as needed.
• Provides support and tracks activities as job seeker completes goals, which may include workshop attendance, online learning, classroom activities and work-based learning.
• Keep counseling notes concerning job development activities in the required systems. To include scanning documents and ISS and upload to participants file.
• Monitors skill attainment on work readiness skills. Utilizes required assessments and curriculum to benefit participant in career advancement. Provides retention services.

***CFLC Empower Youth, Planet Youth, & Rubidoux Youth, Youth Opportunity Centers of Riverside County are proud members of the Youth Opportunity Consortium. The Consortium is led by the Council for Youth Development, the youth voice for the Riverside County Workforce Development Board. These Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Title I financially assisted programs or activities are an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon requests to individuals with disabilities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person