What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Pathways Navigator- Employer Relations & Job Placement position at New Beginnings of Indianapolis?
About New Beginnings
New Beginnings of Indianapolis is a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to helping individuals and families move toward stability, career growth, and long-term self-sufficiency. Through workforce development, education, wraparound support, and community partnerships, we help participants gain the skills, credentials, and confidence needed to succeed in today’s job market.
Position Summary
New Beginnings seeks an experienced, results-oriented, relationship-driven Career Pathways Navigator to support participants in its CDL Training Academy and IT Certification Program from training through employment and retention. In addition to individualized career navigation, coaching, and case management, a central responsibility is proactively building employer relationships, recruiting hiring partners in transportation, logistics, and IT, developing job leads, arranging candidate interviews, securing and documenting placements, and supporting long-term job retention. Direct experience engaging hiring employers and placing candidates is essential.
Key Responsibilities
Employer Relations & Job Placement
· Develop, maintain, and expand hiring partnerships with transportation, logistics, trucking, and IT employers, especially those offering entry-level opportunities to credentialed graduates.
· Proactively identify job openings, recruit employers willing to interview program completers, and match qualified participants with appropriate positions.
· Coordinate employer presentations, hiring events, direct referrals, mock interviews, interviews, and other recruitment activities.
· Serve as the primary employer liaison; follow up consistently on referrals, interviews, offers, start dates, and placement results.
Participant Career Support
· Assess participants’ career goals, employment readiness, barriers, and support needs; provide individualized coaching and case management.
· Assist with resumes, job applications, interview preparation, job-search strategies, and employer communication.
· Teach workplace and soft skills, including adaptability, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, resilience, and time management.
Retention, Tracking & Collaboration
· Follow up with placed graduates at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, providing appropriate support to strengthen job retention.
· Maintain accurate records of employer outreach, job leads, referrals, interviews, job offers, placements, wages, job titles, case notes, and retention outcomes.
· Collaborate with training instructors and program staff to align graduate readiness with employer needs and resolve employment barriers.
Qualifications
Required
· Demonstrated hands-on experience building employer relationships, recruiting hiring partners, developing job opportunities, and successfully placing job seekers or workforce program participants.
· Proven ability to conduct employer outreach, maintain hiring partnerships, manage job leads, and move candidates from referral through interview to placement.
· Strong communication, relationship-building, organizational, follow-through, and documentation skills.
· Ability to provide employment readiness coaching, including resumes, applications, interviewing, and workplace soft-skills instruction.
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, email, and online job platforms.
Strongly Preferred
· Experience placing graduates in CDL-A/transportation roles and/or entry-level IT roles, or working directly with employers hiring in these sectors or similar sectors.
Compensation
$27.00 per hour.
Equal Opportunity Statement
New Beginnings of Indianapolis is an equal opportunity employer.
Pay: $27.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Salary : $27