Now Hiring - Youth Employment Specialist

Junior Achievement of South Florida

Full-time: 8:30 – 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday, Flexible hours

Location: Hybrid - Coconut Creek, FL 33066, work from home and visiting businesses.

Pay rate:  Salary, based on skills and experience.  

Junior Achievement of South Florida empowers our youth with the knowledge, ability, and confidence to navigate their futures, drive our economy and lead our community. We are looking for individuals who are passionate not only to our mission, but also about being part of the innovative and energetic culture at JA.

What is in it for you:

• Professional development assistance
• Medical insurance, Dental, Vision, HSA, Life, DDA
• 403(B) with matching
• Paid time off, sick, and Paid Holidays
• Flexible schedule
• Bonus Pay

Summary:

The Youth Employment Specialist will advance JA’s workforce development initiatives by implementing the Career Source Broward Youth Employment grant. The Specialist will recruit students, job sites and ensure the overall success of the program. The Youth Employment Specialist will report to the Youth Employment Manager and will also work closely with the Education Coordinator to provide student support and case management services.

What you will do:

• Recruit eligible program participants 
• Collaborate with Broward County Public Schools on school program day schedules 
• Plan and facilitate intake sessions, including document collection
• Ensure students receive case management services to be successful in the program
• Manage participant files in several systems including participant ISS, Employ Florida, DMS, etc. 
• Collect, enter and properly store participant documents such as hiring forms, report cards, timesheets, surveys, etc.
• Create program day work readiness curriculum 
• Provide Career Assessment to program participants 
• Facilitate program days and small group coaching sessions 
• Work with Community Outreach Manager to recruit program day volunteers
• Ensure participants have positive program exit 
• Follow up with participants quarterly after program completion
• Oversee necessary documentation such as Employ Florida, DMS, etc.
• Act as a liaison with CareerSource Broward for trainings, meetings, to determine and request support services (transportation, clothing, etc.) 
• Communicate with participant parents/guardians 
• Plan and facilitate participant orientations 
• Recruit, select and support WEX sites 
• Manage participants time to meet CareerSource guidelines
• Ensure that all male participants 18 or older register for Selective Service 
• Schedule student interviews
• Conduct WEX site visits  
• Facilitate participant performance reviews 
• Resolve participant/WEX site conflicts when necessary 
• Evaluate and record participant MSG (measurable skills gained)
• Create and implement participant incentive plan 
• Support participant with post-secondary education, military, or professional plans
• Prepare for state audits 
• Run program reports 
• Meet grant deliverables 
• Other duties as assigned
• before, during and after their internship experience.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or relevant experience.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a non-profit program position
• Proven ability to effectively manage high school student programs
• Employee must have a vehicle to travel to/from appointments, events, etc.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills (written/verbal)and being an active listener
• Strong networking skills
• Strong public speaking/presentation skills
• Ability to work in constituent database systems (ie BCRM)
• Ability to handle several projects simultaneously in a deadline-driven, team-oriented environment 
• Highly organized and strong project management skills

Who we are:

Junior Achievement of South Florida (JA) empowers our youth with the knowledge, ability, and confidence to navigate their futures, drive our economy and lead our community. We are looking for individuals who are passionate not only to our mission, but also about being part of the innovative and energetic culture at JA.

JA provides real-world training in financial literacy including budgeting, spending, investing and the use of credit; offers cutting-edge skill-building opportunities that enable young people to explore meaningful, productive careers; teaches students how to start businesses; and introduces entrepreneurial values that strengthen workplaces. Last year, with the help of over 7,100 trained corporate and community volunteers, JA delivered over 20 various programs to almost 50,000 students in classrooms throughout Broward and south Palm Beach counties and at JA World Huizenga Center at the Lillian S. Wells Pavilion, a first-class facility housing JA BizTown and JA Finance Park. For more information about Junior Achievement of South Florida, visit www.JASouthFlorida.org. Follow JA on social media @jasouthflorida.

Employee-created Organizational Values:

1. Drive and embrace change.
2. Own your actions.
3. Be bold, innovative and creative.
4. Deliver the WOW.
5. Do it with passion.
6. Celebrate uniqueness.
7. Commit to growth.
8. Bring fun and energy.
9. Build awesome relationships.
10. Be true, be you.

Junior Achievement of South Florida participates in the federal government’s E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of all newly hired employees and most existing employees through an electronic database maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. For all new hires, the E-Verify process is completed in conjunction with the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification on or before the first day of work. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For up-to-date information on E-Verify, go to www.uscis.gov and click on 'E-Verify' located near the bottom of the page.