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ABOUT JVS BOSTON:
JVS is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency. Our mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers; and to partner with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.
JVS provides a broad range of services including adult education, skills training, job readiness training, job placement and support, and access to post-secondary education. JVS assists employers in their search for well-qualified job applicants and their initiatives to upgrade the skills of their incumbent workforce.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Sr. Manager of Outreach and community Engagement, the Community Outreach Worker conducts outreach and recruitment for all JVS programs. As a first impression of the JVS community, the Community Outreach Worker delivers the highest level of customer service, as well as efficient and effective direction and assistance to all potential and current clients. The Community Outreach Worker is responsible for supporting client services' outreach goals by doing in-person marketing of programs in the community through distributing fliers to individuals, community agencies, and businesses and tabling at community events. The community outreach worker works at least 80% of the time out in the community and up to 20% of the time in the office planning outreach in coordination with the Community Outreach Specialist and marketing teams and providing customer support at JVS Boston’s central location. A successful outreach worker has strong communication skills, marketing, time management, and customer relations capabilities, as well as a true commitment to JVS’s mission and goals.
In addition to doing weekday community outreach, this role includes working at evening and weekend events in the community as a regular part of your work week, including at leastone weekend day per week, usually Saturday.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Build relationships, collaboration, and teamwork:
Contribute to program success:
Administrative/Communication
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION REQUIRED:
High School Diploma and 1-2 years of related experience
KEY COMPETENCIES:
JOB COMPETENCIES:
WORKING CONDITIONS: Regular local travel, evening hours, and weekend availability are required.
JVS CULTURE:
JVS is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates, and values employee differences and similarities. By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, JVS will better serve our local communities and continue to provide quality services.
JVS is an employment-at-will organization and an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, JVS prohibits retaliation against an applicant or employee because he or she has engaged in protected activity under the statutes prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. (Posting Purposes: EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
Full Time
$58k-78k (estimate)
01/05/2024
07/13/2024
jvs-support.org
Boston, MA
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