Summary

The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) seeks a full-time Mobile Employment Specialist with a proven history of high-quality employment services provision, to provide culturally responsive services to women experiencing Homelessness. The Mobile Employment Specialist will support DWC’s general workforce development programing, both onsite and in the community, provide individual employment navigation services, conduct employer engagement, deliver DWC’s Career Series onsite and in the community. The Mobile Employment Specialist plays a key role in helping participants achieve their educational and employment goals and supports them with job readiness, searches, and placement. This individual will be responsible for employer engagement and job development, working closely with department Employment Specialists to fill open job opportunities. This position reports directly to the Workforce Development Manager.

Essential Functions 

Competencies

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities. 

Work Environment 

This position is primarily in a professional office environment on Skid Row, but does include field-based services, meeting clients in the field.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. 

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position would also require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. 

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Mondays-Fridays 8:30am 5:00pm, with the flexibility to adjust schedule to work other dates and times as needed.

Travel

Regular travel throughout Los Angeles County is required in this position.

Work Remotely 

Option for hybrid work schedule but with expectation to work onsite full time as scheduled.

Required Education and Experience and Qualifications 

Pay Range 

$23.07/hr 

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable) 

Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. DWC does not sponsor employment visas, such as H-1B. 

Downtown Women’s Center provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants and actively seeks candidates who reflect the rich diversity of the communities that we serve. We are committed to a work environment that embraces and promotes individuality and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion of varied perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences are essential to our organization’s effectiveness, and allow us to serve our clients in the respectful, responsive, and understanding way that they deserve. We define diversity in broad terms to include race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, mental or physical disability, marital status, pregnancy, military and veteran status, medical condition, geography, socio-economic status, and other unique attributes that make us who we are. 

Downtown Women’s Center complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.